An integrated modular power-aware microsensor architecture and application to unattended acoustic vehicle tracking

Michael Bajura; Brian Schott; Jaroslav Flidr; Joe Czarnaski; Carl Worth; Tam Tho; Li Wang

doi:10.1117/12.606658

27 May 2005 An integrated modular power-aware microsensor architecture and application to unattended acoustic vehicle tracking

Michael Bajura, Brian Schott, Jaroslav Flidr, Joe Czarnaski, Carl Worth, Tam Tho, Li Wang

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Proceedings Volume 5796, Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications VII; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606658
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We introduce a truly modular, power-aware, distributed microsensor architecture, capable of seamlessly spanning performance metrics from point-optimized low-power to point-optimized high-power applications. This type of performance is often needed in unattended ground sensor applications such as acoustic sensing and tracking, where long periods of minimal sensing activity are intermixed with short periods of intense sensor processing. The system design and implementation of a microsensor platform based on this architecture are described with experimental results. We show that although building a modular power-aware system requires additional hardware components, it results in system capable of rapid physical hardware and software reconfiguration with module reuse for new applications, while achieving a significant decrease in overall system power.

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Michael Bajura, Brian Schott, Jaroslav Flidr, Joe Czarnaski, Carl Worth, Tam Tho, and Li Wang "An integrated modular power-aware microsensor architecture and application to unattended acoustic vehicle tracking", Proc. SPIE 5796, Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications VII, (27 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606658

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