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Die Erfindung betrifft eine elektrische Insektenabwehrvorrichtung (1) zur Abwehr kriechender Insekten (2) umfassend eine Spannungserzeugungseinrichtung (4a, 4b) zur Erzeugung einer Abwehrspannung sowie umfassend zumindest zwei nebeneinander angeordnete und beabstandet zueinander verlaufende blanke elektrische Leiter (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d), die derart mit der Spannungserzeugungseinrichtung (4a, 4b) verbunden sind, dass die Abwehrspannung zwischen ihnen liegt. Die elektrischen Leiter sind als flache Leiterbahnen (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) auf oder in der Oberfläche eines gemeinsamen Trägers (12, 13, 50, 60) ausgebildet, so dass ein Insekt (2) bei einem Berühren der Leiterbahnen (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) einen elektrischen Schlag erhält.
En el siguiente trabajo se presentan las diferentes alternativas tecnológicas que brindarán soporte para las comunicaciones en el Proyecto Campo Conectado, priorizando el bajo consumo y mantenimiento. Esta plataforma de transmisión proveerá la conectividad necesaria para la recolección y envío de los datos requeridos por los productores agropecuarios, con el fin de mejorar la gestión de los procesos productivos y comerciales. Se comenta además los orígenes del proyecto y los actores involucrados en el mismo, destacándose el trabajo interinstitucional e interdisciplinar que se lleva a cabo.
The paper presents the design of a baseband pi/4-DQPSK complex wavelet packet modulation CWPM transceiver and the results of its FPGA implementation. The design uses 8-point Discrete Wavelet Packet Transform (DWPT) and its inverse as core processing modules. All modules have been designed using VHDL programming language together with the Altera software tools Quartus II 9.1 and ModelSim 6.5b. The transceiver was implemented on a Cyclone III board.
High peak to average power ratio (PAPR) of a transmitted signal is one of the major drawbacks of the complex wavelet packet modulation (CWPM) as usual in any multicarrier communication system. Utilizing the advantage of concentrating the energy to certain subspaces of the discrete wavelet transform, many PAPR reduction techniques are proposed to solve this problem like threshold and clipping methods. In this paper a novel hybrid PAPR reduction method for CWPM called Threshold-Clipping (TC) method has been proposed. The simulation results in Rayleigh multipath fading channel show that the proposed scheme has achieved 4.5 dB and 3 dB reduction in PAPR over the traditional threshold and clipping methods respectively with less than 0.5 dB degradation in bit error probability.
The requirements of an efficient communication scheme for wireless sensing applications have been investigated. The noncoherent direct chaotic communication scheme called chaos on-off keying (COOK) has presented itself as a promising candidate. This paper proposes a modified version of the COOK scheme to improve its performance in noisy and fading environments. The proposed scheme is designed to increase the signal space of the decision variable by using the concept of differential correlation keeping implementation requirements simple. The results show that the proposed modified version of the COOK scheme achieves less bit-error probability in noisy and fading channels at moderate signal-to-noise ratio values and almost constant detection threshold as compared with the original version.
Energy consumption awareness is an important first step to reduce carbon emissions. While real time fuel consumption indicators in motor vehicles are widespread, the instant energy consumption of buildings is typically unknown. This paper presents a multisensor system for energy consumption awareness in large, existing buildings that offers real time consumption values of all energy types at low-costs and with little installation efforts. The system aims at educating, motivating and supporting the inhabitants to save energy and reduce their carbon footprint. Sensor data fusion is used to enhance measurement quality while keeping costs low.
This paper presents the design procedure and implementation results of an amplitude modulation (AM) double sideband – Large carrier (DSB-LC) receiver using an Altera FPGA EP3C120 development board. The design is first implemented in MATLAB/Simulink(TM) using also embedded MATLAB(TM) blocks. It is then automatically converted to VHDL level with the Simulink HDL coder. The VHDL code is then synthesized and fitted with QuartusII ®; software and downloaded to the Altera CycloneIII EP3C120 FPGA development board. The results show that this approach makes it is easy for students to understand and develop the reception of AM signals using programmable logic tools. It also presents an efficient design flow for realizing design modules using MATLAB.
On the design and performance of a hybrid-integrated high-T c superconducting C-band oscillator
(1992)
Cost efficient energy monitoring in existing large buildings demands for autonomous indoor sensors with low power consumption, high performance in multipath fading channels and economic implementation. Good performance in multipath fading channels can be achieved with noncoherent chaotic modulation schemes such as chaos on-off keying (COOK) or differential chaos shift keying (DCSK). While COOK stands out in the area of power consumption, DCSK excels when it comes to its performance in noisy and multipath fading channels. This paper evaluates a combination of both schemes for autonomous indoor sensors. The simulation results show 50% less power consumption than DCSK and more than 3dB SNR gain in Rayleigh fading channels at BER=10-3 as compared to COOK, making it a promising candidate for low power transmission in autonomous wireless indoor sensors. We further present an enhanced version of this scheme showing another 1 dB SNR improvement, but at 25% less power consumption than DCSK.
In this paper, the performance evaluation of Frequency Modulated Chaotic On-Off Keying (FM-COOK) in AWGN, Rayleigh and Rician fading channels is given. The simulation results show that an improvement in BER can be gained by incorporating the FM modulation with COOK for SNR values less than 10dB in AWGN case and less than 6dB for Rayleigh and Rician fading channels.
Design and Analysis of an OFDM-Based Orthogonal Chaotic Vector Shift Keying Communication System
(2018)
We propose a new non-coherent multicarrier spread-spectrum system that combines orthogonal chaotic vector shift keying (OCVSK) and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). The system enhances OCVSK by sending multiple groups of information sequences with the same orthogonal chaotic vector reference sequences over the selected subcarriers. Each group carries M information bits and is separated from other groups by orthogonal chaotic reference signals. We derive the information rate enhancement (IRE) and the energy saving enhancement (ESE) factors as well as the bit error rate theory of OFDM-OCVSK under additive white Gaussian noise and multipath Rayleigh fading channels and compare the results with conventional OCVSK systems. For large group numbers, the results show that the IRE and ESE factors approachM×100% andM/(M+1)×100%, respectively, and thus outperform OCVSK systems. The complexity analysis of the proposed scheme as compared with OFDM-DCSK shows a significant reduction in the number of complex multiplications required.
We present the development and evaluation of a basic building block for a future wireless sensor network for agriculture monitoring in Argentina. The module consists of a compact battery-powered wireless sensor node capable of monitoring the ambient air parameters of temperature, humidity, gas and air pressure in the agriculture industry of Argentina's Pampa region. Further in-and outputs allow the system to be extended flexibly by adding more sensors. Throughout the development, a simple, low-cost and open-source-based approach together with a lightweight communication protocol was pursued. The sensor nodes cover ranges of over 400 metres and can be operated on two AAA alkaline batteries for several years. Detailed current consumption values, range limits and battery life estimates are presented.
