Wearable wireless sensor Nodes for a calf healts monirtoring system

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26892021
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Agricultural environmental engineering/Agricultural information engineering
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Nogami Hirofumi 九州大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (50736147)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: MEMS / Wearable sensor / 低消費電力センサ / アニマルヘルスモニタリングシステム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We succeeded to fabricate low power wireless sensor nodes to count breathing rate or heart rate of a calf. The first, we made the prototype sensors to measure piezoelectric voltages in response to the breathing or heart beating of a calf. Using both these sensors and bio-instrumentation system for a calf, we attached these sensors to calves. As a result, we got the voltage change corresponding to the breathing or heart beating. Based on the results, we fabricated low power wireless sensor nodes using the ultra-low power consumption custum IC, the event-driven system and piezoelectric sensors.

Free Research Field

MEMS, 機械工学，計測工学