Abstract
In this work, we present a complete hardware development and current consumption study of a portable electronic nose designed for the Internet-of-Things (IoT). Thanks to the technique of measuring in the initial action period, it can be reliably powered with a moderate-sized battery. The system is built around the well-known SoC (System on Chip) ESP8266EX, using low-cost electronics and standard sensors from Figaro’s TGS26xx series. This SoC, in addition to a powerful microcontroller, provides Wi-Fi connectivity, making it very suitable for IoT applications. The system also includes a precision analog-to-digital converter for the measurements and a charging module for the lithium battery. During its operation, the designed software takes measurements periodically, and keeps the microcontroller in deep-sleep state most of the time, storing several measurements before uploading them to the cloud. In the experiments and tests carried out, we have focused our work on the measurement and optimization of current consumption, with the aim of extending the battery life. The results show that taking measurements every 4 min and uploading data every five measurements, the battery of 750 mAh needs to be charged approximately once a month. Despite the fact that we have used a specific model of gas sensor, this methodology is quite generic and could be extended to other sensors with lower consumption, increasing very significantly the duration of the battery.
Highlights
Monitoring with gas sensors is a subject of special relevance at present, from air quality in wearables to hazardous gases in industrial plants
A Wireless Sensor Network comprises a set of sensor nodes that can measure ambient conditions, such as detecting air quality through gas sensors that send the measurements wirelessly to a base station [1]
We do not show any results of gas measurements, since the methodology of measurement in the initial action period has been validated in our previous work [14]
Summary
Monitoring with gas sensors is a subject of special relevance at present, from air quality in wearables to hazardous gases in industrial plants. Sensor Networks (WSN) and the Internet-of-Things (IoT). A Wireless Sensor Network comprises a set of sensor nodes that can measure ambient conditions, such as detecting air quality through gas sensors that send the measurements wirelessly to a base station [1]. There is the possibility of a node, through the Wi-Fi infrastructure, directly publishing the information in the cloud using some of the known IoT platforms, it is not widely used in the context of WSNs. In the case of gas sensors there are many factors to take into account when designing a node: the target gas, sensitivity, speed of response, cost, stability, durability, safety requirements and lifetime, that is, the operating time without needing to use any external intervention, such as battery replacement [2]
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