TY - GEN
T1 - Characterizing the RF performance of the eZ430-Chronos wrist watch
AU - Mora-Becerra, Francisco J.
AU - Sathler, Pedro
AU - Carlson, Jay D.
AU - Psota, Eric T.
AU - Perez, Lance C.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The Texas Instruments eZ430-Chronos development kit is a popular wireless platform for researchers, commercial developers, and hobbyists. Built into the form factor of a standard wrist watch, the Chronos is ideal for wireless body area networks (WBANs), indoor localization, and activity detection. Many of these applications requires knowledge of the RF performance of the platform, which has never been characterized by Texas Instruments nor any third parties. Here, we provide experimental data characterizing the RF performance of the eZ430-Chronos watch in various configurations, including when worn by a person while sitting, standing, and reaching. The RF performance of the Chronos watch is compared with an Angelos Ambient wireless mote that uses a common type of ceramic chip antenna. Our results indicate the Chronos has excellent omnidirectionality and reasonably good RF gain in all tested configurations.
AB - The Texas Instruments eZ430-Chronos development kit is a popular wireless platform for researchers, commercial developers, and hobbyists. Built into the form factor of a standard wrist watch, the Chronos is ideal for wireless body area networks (WBANs), indoor localization, and activity detection. Many of these applications requires knowledge of the RF performance of the platform, which has never been characterized by Texas Instruments nor any third parties. Here, we provide experimental data characterizing the RF performance of the eZ430-Chronos watch in various configurations, including when worn by a person while sitting, standing, and reaching. The RF performance of the Chronos watch is compared with an Angelos Ambient wireless mote that uses a common type of ceramic chip antenna. Our results indicate the Chronos has excellent omnidirectionality and reasonably good RF gain in all tested configurations.
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U2 - 10.1109/EIT.2014.6871797
DO - 10.1109/EIT.2014.6871797
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84906573213
SN - 9781479947744
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology
SP - 399
EP - 403
BT - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, EIT 2014
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, EIT 2014
Y2 - 5 June 2014 through 7 June 2014
ER -