Remote-sensor-network

Team members: (Sensor Team 02) Kansul Mahrifa, Ahmed Karanath and  Thejas Babu.

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 00 Executive Summary 00 Installation Instructions 00 User Instructions 00 Highlights 00 Theory of Operation 00 Work Breakdown 00 Future Work 00 Conclusions 00 Demo 00 Not Late Comments: I'm looking forward to seeing this.

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Executive Summary
Want to know what temperature is it outside? Or wether you need your coat/sunglasses when you go out? The Weather Station Project collects weather info from locations around the Kamand campus and gives real-time insights. Know how warm it is in the mess, or how hot it is in the boy's hostel. A variety of sensors (temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide concentration, et cetera) are interface with a Beagle bone, which sends the data to the cloud.

This project is mainly focused on the sensors for gathering weather related information. The primary objectives include sensing the weather related information in and around the campus and transmitting the collected information to the server.

Packaging
These are the hardware used for this project: Apart from this you may need a breadboard, a couple of wires and resistors.
 * 1) Beagle bone black - http://beagleboard.org/BLACK
 * 2) Temperature and humidity sensor(HTU21D) - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12064
 * 3) Carbon monoxide concentration sensor (MQ7) - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9403
 * 4) Barometric pressure sensor (BMP180) - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11824
 * 5) Realtek WiFi module (RTL8188CU) - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Realtek-RTL8188cus-USB-USB2-0-150Mbps-802-11b-g-n-n-Wireless-WiFi-adapter-dongle-/230973235744

Installation Instructions
For this project, we require different weather-related sensors like Temperature sensor Humidity sensor Pressure sensor Air quality sensors (carbon monoxide, methane, etc detectors)

The individual installation instructions will be updated soon.

User Instructions
The user instructions would follow subsequently after having the installation file and procedure setup.

Highlights
In a vast campus like ours, seldom are the temperature readings consistent at different places. Hence, it is our objective to gather weather inputs at several points in the campus and then deduce the mean of these readings to get a generalized value. In addition to this, we are interested in generating the statistical figures such as standard deviations and graphs for the weather changes, in the campus.

Theory of Operation
The theory of operation relies wholly on the operation of the individual components of the project, in this case, on the individual sensors and the wifi module.

The individual sensors detect data and sends it to the Beaglebone. The bone then transforms this data into a suitable format and uploads it to a central server.

Work Breakdown
Major tasks:

1) Interfacing the sensors to the Beaglebone

2) Setting up sensors in specified locations

3) Sending gathered data to centralized server - work with server team

4) Documentation of project

Tasks 1 and 4 are ongoing as of now. Tasks 2 and 3 will be done on completion of task 1.

Future Work
We would try and install a suitable set-up for measuring the wind speed in the campus.The setup could be located on the rooftop of any tall building, like the academic building or the faculty quarters. Another suggestion is using the soil moisture sensor along with the sensor network to predict when plants need watering, and to keep a check on it.

Conclusions
As of now, we have done the groundwork to deal with the sensors and wifi module handed over to us. In the near future, we are planning to install sensor apparatus in a few locations in the campus.