A A simple wireless long-range data acqusition system using xbee radio modules, the Arduino platform and the NI-Labview development environment.

Authors

  • Welliton Leite da Silva Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Liliana Yolanda Ancalla Davila Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Nilo Mauricio Sotomayor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2359-3652.2018v5nEspecialp87

Abstract

The construction and testing of prototypes of data acquisition systems employing radio waves, developed in 2016 as part of the Scientific Initiation Program of the Federal University of Tocantins (PIBIC), is being carried out

with the work plan entitled: Construction of a system of data acquisition with communication via radio waves using Xbee modules, the Zigbee standard, the Arduino prototyping platform and Labview. The built-in systems include: sensor modules, Xbee-type radio modules, the Arduino electronic prototyping platform and the Labview systems development environment. The goal is to take advantage of the new long-range communication capabilities of Digi International's low-power form factor radio modules along with its compatibility with the Arduino series of microcontroller-based PCB family of printed circuit boards, Raspberry and others, as well as shields and sensor modules, for the construction of wireless data acquisition systems. The prototypes are formed by two subsystems: In the first, sensor modules collect analogical electrical information from physical quantities being analyzed and send the data to an Arduino Uno card that transforms the analog signals into digital ones and then uses an Xbee module to propagate the information through broadcasting. The second subsystem consists of another Xbee module connected to a microcomputer via the USB interface which is in communication with an application in Labview, this subsystem receives the signal being broadcast by the first module. The application in Labview controls the process of acquiring and broadcasting the information as well as recording the numerical data and its graphical presentation on a computer display. The built-in systems allow you to transmit and receive scientific data by communicating through radio waves between two distant locations, in real time, and accurately. The prototypes can be easily constructed and modified to be introduced as a reliable tool of data acquisition in any scientific laboratory.

 

Keywords:Instrumentation, Arduino, Xbee.

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Published

2018-10-31

How to Cite

da Silva, W. L., Ancalla Davila, L. Y., & Sotomayor, N. M. (2018). A A simple wireless long-range data acqusition system using xbee radio modules, the Arduino platform and the NI-Labview development environment. DESAFIOS - Revista Interdisciplinar Da Universidade Federal Do Tocantins, 5(Especial), 87–96. https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2359-3652.2018v5nEspecialp87