Lab127. Wireless nanoNET. Automation. Data acquisition.

nanoNET

Lab127 team is ready to work at your R&D projects on wired and wireless data acquisition, processing, control and presentation

The "Wireless nanoNET" course including lectures and practical classes was introduced in Petrozavodsk State University. External seminars are also possible.

TECHNOLOGY

Unlicensed 2.4 GHz ISM (Industry, Science, Medicine) radio band
Bit rates 1 Mbps and 2 Mbps
Unique method of frequency chirp-encoding
Low power consumption
Possibility to operate with Universal Time Coordinated UTC
Compatibility with IEEE 802.15.4a standard
Communication distances up to 900 meter on open area and 60 meter in office without additional amplifying (as stated by nanoNET technology developers Nanotron Technologies GmbH)
Location awareness technique (nanoLOC)

APPLICATIONS

Wireless sensors networks (WSN)
Ad hoc low power consumption networks
Industrial technological monitoring and control
Medical and envorinmental applications
RFID / vehicle and living creatures tracking
Security
Distributed data networks
Building control
Smart home technologies
Radio communication with power saving technique
2D/3D Real-Time Location Systems

IN DEVELOPMENT:

Investigation of various operation modes of nanoNET modules (distance, reliability, sensitivity)
Sensor networks with minimal power consumption (algorithms, hardware)
Applications of data acquisition, processing and presentation (including LabView environment)
Design of microcontroller based devices with application in nanoNET, GSM/GPRS, GPS
Complex nanoNET (based on retranslators) networks
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ALREADY DONE

AVR32 embedded Linux-based software for ATNGW100 low cost multifunctional board (AT32AP7000 MCU) for radio communication using nanoPAN 5361 module. Software for this module may be organized as network interface nn0 with the ability to use TCP and UDP transmission over radio links.
AVR embedded software for establishing nanoNET connections on the basis of TRXdd 2.01 demo version, supplied by Nanotron Technologies
Hardware radio module based on Atmel AVR and Nanopan 5361 (NA1TR8), USB-equipped nanoNET modules
Wireless data acquisition system based on nanoNET for analysis of fish resources in lakes and rivers
Data transfer in jumbo packets (more than 128 bytes payload)
Experiments on measuring the connection quality and data rates dependences on the distances and data rates for various antennas. Several articles (up to 50 pages total) published (both in Russian and English) available on a request
Network algorithm for simple and medium complexity sensors network operating in mixed CSMA/CA and TDMA modes
Previous projects (not connected to nanoNET)

Field conditions experiments

Wireless connection experiments

5 masters - 1 slave

Functions (for AVR microcontrollers of Atmel Corporation) to communicate with NA1TR8 transceiver and NanoPAN module
ReadRTC, WriteRTC, NanoSleepByRTC, CalculateWakeupTime	Global time UTC functions
EnableTimeSync, SendTimeB	Time syncronization functions
DS1820_c_Init, DS1820_c_Convert_T, DS1820_c_Temperature_10, etc.	Functions for comunication with temperature sensors (Dallas Semiconductor)
AppData_StartADC, Process_ADC_data	ADC (TLC3544) data read and exchange
ADPCM_encoder, ADPCM_decoder	ADPCM coding and decoding of data obtained from ADC (16bit)
FT_Init, FT_Read, FT_Write	USB interaction (for FT245RL chip)