phidgets for monitoring building performance and occupant behaviour
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Phidgets for Monitoring Building Performance and Occupant
Behaviour
Presented by Phidgets IncJuly 16th, 2014
Phidgets for Monitoring
● What Phidgets are● How Phidgets have been used for
monitoring● What you can monitor● How to collect data● Questions
What Phidgets Are
● sensors and controllers ● connect to a computer through USB● come with a robust API ● easy to develop applications in a number of
programming languages
How Phidgets Have Been Used
● SARI® is a technological tool for precision agriculture through in-situ sensors It is able to perform calculations that allow the detection and management of three key phenomena in the life cycle of any crop: water stress, frost and fire.
How Phidgets Have Been Used
● The Community Seismic Network at CalTech facilitates the block-by-block collection of ground motion intensity data before, during, and after earthquakes, using inexpensive accelerometers.
How Phidgets Have Been Used
● We have set up our own monitoring devices to watch temperature, motion, and even bathroom supplies
What You Can Monitor
● More than 100 different sensors:o Distanceo Gas Pressureo Lighto Soundo Motiono pHo Temperatureo Humidity
o Toucho Proximityo Currento Voltageo RFIDo Magnetso Switcheso Acceleration
How to Collect Data
● Phidgets has excellent operating system support for:o Windowso Maco Linuxo iOSo Android
How to Collect Data
● And Phidgets libraries are available for a variety of popular programming languages:o C/C++o Javao Pythono Visual Basico Cocoao LabViewo and more...
How to Collect Data
● To start, hook up some Phidgets sensors to an interface kit
● Download code examples● Modify the examples or write your own
program● Compile and run the program
Questions...
Kat DornianProject Outreach, Phidgets Inc
Brian BurleySupport, Phidgets Inc