DC-DC switching converter as on-field self energy meter

Schandy, Javier - Oreggioni, Julián - Steinfeld, Leonardo

Resumen:

A DC-DC switching converter, originally included to reduce the power consumption of a Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) node, has been proposed as the core of an on-field self-energy meter. In this paper we present a method and circuit that improves the electronics proposed by previous work by conditioning the signal from the switching converter that is connected to the microcontroller's counter. A software module that allows a WSN node to measure its own charge and current consumption was also implemented. The proposed method allows to measure the current consumption in a wide range, from 0 to 30mA, is highly linear and is ultra-low-power (the maximum current consumption is 8µA). Finally, we present a case study in which the proposed method is used to power profile a WSN node. Results show that a time-based estimation (Energest) overestimates the Clear Channel Assessment consumption for more than 10%.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2016
Wireless sensor networks
Low-power design
DC-DC converter
Energy measurement
Contiki OS
Electrónica
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/42740
Acceso abierto
Licencia Creative Commons Atribución - No Comercial - Sin Derivadas (CC - By-NC-ND 4.0)