Wireless Home Security System
Wireless Home Security System
University of Connecticut ECE 290 Spring, 2004
Sponsor: ECE Department, University of Connecticut Advisor: Lei Wang
David Crouse (EE)
Michael Diaz (EE)
Darko Budimir (EE)
david.crouse@uconn.edu
michael.diaz@uconn.edu
darko.budimir@uconn.edu
I. ABSTRACT
Our group investigated wireless security system design for home use. The target market is composed of lowincome individuals who cannot afford the services of a security company such as ADT. Ideally the sensor nodes would communicate their status to a base station through mesh networking, however, after experiencing a few difficulties, only an IR barrier sensor, and a motion detector, powered by
PIC microprocessors were completed along with a sample program for UART communication. Hardware was designed and built to demonstrate a star network of sensors communicating to a base station, via aRadiotronix WiSE network, however communication difficulties with the
Radiotronix boards occurred and the boards were unable to send. The main predecessor to the current Wireless
Network Sensor (WSN) system is a technology called Packet
Radio. It was first introduced in the 1960s, in two main research organizations: The Rand Corporation, the original non-profit think tank helping to improve policy and decision making through objective research and analysis; and the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a military agency devoted to national security through weapons development. These two corporations set out to develop a system that would interconnect a research computer network, spread across the islands of Hawaii. In this system, the sensor nodes were computer terminals, arranged in a Star Topology (refer to
1
Figure 1) , that computed data and transmitted results to a central base station.
II. INTRODUCTION
Be it a priceless heirloom or silverware acquired in better times, many low-income individuals own valuable property. Sadly, the poorest communities are often the ones with the
University of Connecticut ECE 290 Spring, 2004
Sponsor: ECE Department, University of Connecticut Advisor: Lei Wang
David Crouse (EE)
Michael Diaz (EE)
Darko Budimir (EE)
david.crouse@uconn.edu
michael.diaz@uconn.edu
darko.budimir@uconn.edu
I. ABSTRACT
Our group investigated wireless security system design for home use. The target market is composed of lowincome individuals who cannot afford the services of a security company such as ADT. Ideally the sensor nodes would communicate their status to a base station through mesh networking, however, after experiencing a few difficulties, only an IR barrier sensor, and a motion detector, powered by
PIC microprocessors were completed along with a sample program for UART communication. Hardware was designed and built to demonstrate a star network of sensors communicating to a base station, via aRadiotronix WiSE network, however communication difficulties with the
Radiotronix boards occurred and the boards were unable to send. The main predecessor to the current Wireless
Network Sensor (WSN) system is a technology called Packet
Radio. It was first introduced in the 1960s, in two main research organizations: The Rand Corporation, the original non-profit think tank helping to improve policy and decision making through objective research and analysis; and the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a military agency devoted to national security through weapons development. These two corporations set out to develop a system that would interconnect a research computer network, spread across the islands of Hawaii. In this system, the sensor nodes were computer terminals, arranged in a Star Topology (refer to
1
Figure 1) , that computed data and transmitted results to a central base station.
II. INTRODUCTION
Be it a priceless heirloom or silverware acquired in better times, many low-income individuals own valuable property. Sadly, the poorest communities are often the ones with the
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