Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU Master of Technology Management Plan II College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Graduate Projects Engineering Winter 12-10-2014 Developing a Wireless Sensor Network Programming Language Application Guide Using Memsic Devices and LabVIEW Xiao Xie Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ms_tech_mngmt Part of the Mechanical Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Xie, Xiao, "Developing a Wireless Sensor Network Programming Language Application Guide Using Memsic Devices and LabVIEW" (2014). Master of Technology Management Plan II Graduate Projects. 10. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ms_tech_mngmt/10 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master of Technology Management Plan II Graduate Projects by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. Developing a Wireless Sensor Network Programming Language Application Guide Using Memsic Devices and LabVIEW Xiao Xie A Major Project Report Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Technology Management December 2014 Committee: Dr. David Border, Chair Dr. Sri Kolla Dr. Todd C. Waggoner TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................. 1 LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ 3 LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Acknowledgement ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Chapter I Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 7 Context of the Problem ............................................................................................................................. 7 Statement of Problem .............................................................................................................................. 10 Statement of Objectives .......................................................................................................................... 10 Description of the Product ...................................................................................................................... 10 Product Performance Specification ......................................................................................................... 12 User Specification ................................................................................................................................... 12 Significance of the Project ...................................................................................................................... 12 Definitions of Terms ............................................................................................................................... 13 Chapter II Literature Review ...................................................................................................................... 14 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 14 History of Wireless Sensor Network Development ................................................................................ 14 Survey on Wireless Sensor Network Hardware and Software Platform ................................................. 15 1 i. Wireless Sensor Node (Mote) .......................................................................................................... 15 ii. Operating System ............................................................................................................................ 16 Application, Research and Development Trend ..................................................................................... 17 Survey on Existing Wireless Sensor Network Study Materials .............................................................. 18 Chapter III Methodology ............................................................................................................................ 21 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 21 Restatement of Problem .......................................................................................................................... 21 Restatement of Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 22 Experimental Environment Installation .................................................................................................. 22 Sensor Data Collection ........................................................................................................................... 22 i. MoteView ................................................................................................................................... 22 ii. LabVIEW Plug and Play Instrument Driver ............................................................................... 27 NesC and TinyOS Programming ............................................................................................................ 29 Chapter IV Results and Findings ................................................................................................................ 32 Data Collection and Statistical Analysis ................................................................................................. 32 NesC Language and TinyOS Resources ................................................................................................. 36 Chapter V Summary, Discussion and Recommendations ........................................................................... 38 Summary of Guide Development ........................................................................................................... 38 Guide Potential Limitations and Recommendations ............................................................................... 40 Reference .................................................................................................................................................... 42 Appendix ..................................................................................................................................................... 44 2 LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Results on sections course contents and learning and teaching 4 ................................................. 9 Table 1.2 Contents of the project guide ...................................................................................................... 11 Table 4.1 Data from sensor node 4643 & 4647 created on July 16th, 2014 ............................................... 33 Table 4.2 Summary of statistics generated by Excel .................................................................................. 36 Table 4.3 Summary of WSN guide potential content ................................................................................. 40 3 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1 Global installed industrial wireless sensing points (2011-2016) ................................................. 7 Figure 3.1 MoteView data tab .................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 3.2 MoteView command tab ........................................................................................................... 24 Figure 3.3 MoteView chart tab ................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 3.4 MoteView health tab ................................................................................................................. 25 Figure 3.5 MoteView histogram tab ........................................................................................................... 26 Figure 3.6 MoteView scatterplot tab ........................................................................................................... 26 Figure 3.7 MoteView topology tab ............................................................................................................. 27 Figure 3.8 LabVIEW read data and display health interface ...................................................................... 28 Figure 3.9 MoteWorks sample programs directory .................................................................................... 30 Figure 4.1 Place where the two nodes locate .............................................................................................. 32 Figure 4.2 MoteView interface to display node data .................................................................................. 32 Figure 4.3 Charts of data from node 4643 & 4647 created on July 16th, 2014