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Paris 13 octobre 2010
Instrumentation Cloud: Wi-Fi technology and Internet to create a global sensor network
Pablo Molina
CEO pmolina@anturitech.com Anturi Technology, S.L. Marie Curie 8, B building, Technology Park of Andalusia 29590 Malaga, Spain +34 951 23 17 67 www.anturitech.com
Key-words: sensor, Wi-Fi, Internet, instrumentation, cloud Applications based upon Cloud Computing paradigm have experienced a remarkable growth in the last years. The way in which this new paradigm affects the measurement applications is difficult to assess, but what is clear is that it will change the way these applications are developed. The popularity of the applications that make use of measurement systems (building automation, grid applications, biomedical, etc.) and the need to take advantage of Internet technology leads us to believe it is necessary that the data measured by the sensors are accessible from anywhere. Instrumentation Cloud defines an architecture where both the sensors and applications that make use of the measured data are in the cloud and are therefore accessible from any location. In this architecture there is a component that plays a main role, the Tag4M Wi-Fi device. Tag4M is a compact device with a size of a credit card, which collects data from sensors that are connected (temperature, humidity, light, vibration, greenhouse gases, etc.) and are transmitted via Wi-Fi to any computer connected to Internet. The use of Wi-Fi technology allows the Tag4M can communicate with any router or access point 802.11b/g, so no need to deploy a separate network, as currently happens with other communication systems such as ZigBee and 6LoWPAN.
Instrumentation Cloud: Wi-Fi technology and Internet to create a global sensor network
Pablo Molina
CEO pmolina@anturitech.com Anturi Technology, S.L. Marie Curie 8, B building, Technology Park of Andalusia 29590 Malaga, Spain +34 951 23 17 67 www.anturitech.com
Key-words: sensor, Wi-Fi, Internet, instrumentation, cloud Applications based upon Cloud Computing paradigm have experienced a remarkable growth in the last years. The way in which this new paradigm affects the measurement applications is difficult to assess, but what is clear is that it will change the way these applications are developed. The popularity of the applications that make use of measurement systems (building automation, grid applications, biomedical, etc.) and the need to take advantage of Internet technology leads us to believe it is necessary that the data measured by the sensors are accessible from anywhere. Instrumentation Cloud defines an architecture where both the sensors and applications that make use of the measured data are in the cloud and are therefore accessible from any location. In this architecture there is a component that plays a main role, the Tag4M Wi-Fi device. Tag4M is a compact device with a size of a credit card, which collects data from sensors that are connected (temperature, humidity, light, vibration, greenhouse gases, etc.) and are transmitted via Wi-Fi to any computer connected to Internet. The use of Wi-Fi technology allows the Tag4M can communicate with any router or access point 802.11b/g, so no need to deploy a separate network, as currently happens with other communication systems such as ZigBee and 6LoWPAN.