The main purpose of this subject is to form to the student in the design and characterisation of the electronic instrumentation systems based on smart sensors in wired or wireless topologies.
The main contents are ordered as follows:
+ Analysis of the main architectures of smart multi-sensor networks, with the aim of covering different fields of application.
+ Review of the standards applied by the microelectronic manufacturers to the design of advanced smart sensors.
+ Analysis and design of energy harvesting smart sensors systems.
+ Software tools and hardware platforms for designing smart sensor systems.
+ Wired interconnection standards in different fields application areas: home automation, building automation, vehicular technologies, industrial plants, robotics, and autonomous vehicles of land, sea, air and space.
+ Wireless networks standards in the different application areas: home automation, building automation, vehicular technologies, industrial plants, robotics, and autonomous vehicles of land, sea, air and space.
The main objective of the practical part of the subject is that the student acquire the fundamentals for a correct handling of the software tools and the hardware platforms for designing smart sensor systems. The student, at the end of the course, must be able to distinguish and characterize the different components of the smart sensor systems (wired or wireless), and to have practical skills in assembling and measurement.
