sensors in the wild
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How Yuktix Can help science
Problem
• Capture data from a large number of sensors deployed in the field
• Sensors can be gases (Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia, SOX, NOX), air quality, water quality, temperature, aerosols, humidity, pressure and rain.
• Automate the existing manual process of data collection.
Requirements
• Sensors for data capture• Transmission on Network• Storage and cloud connectors• Models and Analysis• Distribution
Ideal solution• Make a universal logging platform. Swap the
sensor and capture new requirement.• Should run on solar or batteries• Low power consumption so can operate in field
without supervision• Transmission of data on local long range radio
(Zigbee) , Cellular (GSM/GPRS), SATCOM etc.• Show all data on a dashboard
Ideal solution• Low support cost
– Allow Over the air updates (OTA)– Remote reset
• Reverse communication – from a central dashboard – make the device do actions.
Problem for researchers• System engineering is not the domain. Requires
talking to multiple people and vendors to do the solution
• It takes a long time to stabilize the solution• From a research perspective, you want to get the
data as soon as possible.• DIY is different from professional grade. You don’t
expect an Arduino board to last in the jungle.
Yuktix – our proposal
• You bring the model, we bring the device.• You plug the sensor and you start receiving data• Short circuit all the time consuming system engineering that is
not core to your task• Together we can do it a lot quicker and on budget
What is Yuktix
• We make devices that would allow you to capture and display data easily from multiple places.
• Power on and start receiving the data on smartphone• Allow additional sensors to be plugged at no cost.• Provide GSM, Xbee out of the Box• Provide solar and battery power options• Hardware expertise for customizations
Case study - citizen weather network
• We are running 12 nodes with weather sensors in Bangalore
• Specs – (>=) what IMD published for AWS Tender• Data transmission every 3-5 minutes• Stations running in all weather conditions and keep
sending data every 3-5 minutes
Bangalore citizen weather network
• Make data easy to get. Easy means easy.• Provide API to write clients• Raw data archives• Archiving and daily report, can do alerts
