In this article, the new Constrained Access Protocol (CoAP) will be introduced and analysed for its fitness for purpose in constrained environments such as wireless sensor nodes. Iain Learmonth a member of the Electronics Research Group at the University of…
Temperature Sensor for Biomedical Applications
In response to the biomedical industry demands for a high-accuracy, high-stability temperature sensor, Heraeus, a global and privately owned company that specializes in precious metals, materials, and technologies, sensors, biomaterials, and medical products, has developed the surface mount platinum Resistance…
Wireless Sensor Network Node with REST Advantages: HTTP Protocol
Platforms such as wireless sensor nodes are typically quite constrained in the amount of processing power, memory and battery power available. Whilst 6LoWPAN has enabled these devices to have IPv6 connectivity, the protocols that are typically deployed on top of…
The Internet Connectivity of Home Appliances
The “internet of things” that was predicted by movies, researchers and business entities could soon be with us – household objects going online and communicating with each other and people, machine to machine communication is here to stay. Even the…