Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

deviceslike PDAs, laptops and phones.Some of the protocols employing WPAN include Zigbee, Bluetooth, Ultra-wideband, andinfrared Data Association (IrDA).Each of these is optimized for particular applications ordomains. ZigBee, with its sleepy, battery-powered end devices, is a perfect fit for wirelesssensors. IEEE 802.15.4 is a packet-based radio protocol. It addresses the communication needsof wireless applications that have low data rates and low power consumption requirements. It isthe foundation on which ZigBee is built. It supports star and peer-to-peer topologies. The ZigBeespecification not only supports star but also mesh and cluster tree kind of peer-to-peertopologies

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Jarvis Brewer T, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Alberto G De La Cruz, Savannah State University; Faraz Muhammad Yousuf, 3D Imaging Developer

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Software DesignTypically, development tools needed for the microcontroller can be divided into two differentgroups: software and hardware. Software tools include assemblers, compilers, program editors,debuggers, simulators, communication programs, and systems integration environments toimplement solutions. In the wireless robot project, the BASIC Stamp2 microcontroller isinterfaced to the BASIC Stamp2 Editor software, which is used to write programs that theBASIC Stamp2 module will run. The software is also used to communicate with Easy BluetoothModule. The BASIC Stamp2 Editor is free software, and the two easiest ways to get it are:• Download from the Internet. Search for “BASIC Stamp2 Windows Editor Version 2.0” onwww.parallax.com, the Parallax