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Contents 1 Built-in sensors 1.1 ADXL345 Accelerometer 1.2 TMP102 Temperature 2 External sensors 2.1 Ziglets 2.1.1 ZIG001 Temperature-Humidity Sensor 2.1.2 ZIG002 Light Sensor 2.1.3 ZIG003 Barometric Sensor 2.2 Analog (Phidget-like) 2.2.1 Low power consumption PIR (optic) 3 Phidgets 3.1 IR Distance Adapter 3.2 IR Reflective Sensor 5mm 3.3 IR Reflective Sensor 10cm 3.4 Vibration Sensor 3.5 Force Sensor 3.6 Magnetic Sensor 3.7 Rotation Sensor 3.8 Touch Sensor 3.9 Motion Sensor 3.10 Slider 60mm 3.11 Mini Joy Stick Sensor 3.12 Gas Pressure Sensor 3.13 Multi-turn Rotation Sensor 3.14 Voltage Sensor 3.15 50Amp Current Sensor AC&DC 3.16 20Amp Current Sensor AC&DC 3.17 30 Amp Current Sensor AC&DC 3.18 Voltage Divider 3.19 Precision Voltage Sensor 3.20 Precision Temperature Sensor 3.21 Humidity/Temperature Sensor 3.22 Differential Gas Pressure Sensor 3.23 Precision Light Sensor 3.24 Sonar Sensor 3.25 IR Distance Sensor

Built-in sensors

The Z1 mote has two built-in sensors ready to use for most WSN applications: ADXL345 accelerometer and TMP102 temperature sensor. Currently both are fully supported in Contiki and TinyOS.

ADXL345 Accelerometer

The ADXL345 is a small, thin, low power, 3-axis accelerometer with high resolution (13-bit) measurement at up to ±16 g. Digital output data is formatted as 16-bit twos complement and can be accessed through either a SPI (3- or 4-wire) or I2C digital interface. ADXL is connected to msp430 through the USCIB1 used as I2C.

Legacy ADXL435 TinyOS drivers are available on the zolertia SVN:

cd $TOSROOT/tos/chips/
svn co https://zolertia.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/zolertia/tinyos-2.1.1/tos/chips/adxl345 adxl345

A newer version of the drivers will be integrated in upcoming TinyOS release, this link will be updated soon.

Documentation:

• Browse ADXL345 info page
• Download ADXL345 Datasheet

Drivers:

• TinyOS ADXL345 driver
• Contiki (soon!)

Available test applications (TinyOS):

• Test 1 - Basic example
• Test 2 - Using hardware interruptions
• Test 3 - Accelerometer + Radio
• Test 4 - Another example

Available test applications (Contiki):

• Soon!

TMP102 Temperature

The TMP102 is a two-wire, serial output temperature sensor available in a tiny SOT563 package. Requiring no external components, the TMP102 is capable of reading temperatures to a resolution of 0.0625°C. The TMP102 is ideal for extended temperature measurement in a variety of communication, computer, consumer, environmental, industrial, and instrumentation applications. The device is specified for operation over a temperature range of -40°C to +125°C. TMP102 is connected to msp430 through the USCIB1 used as I2C.

TMP102 TinyOS drivers are available on the zolertia SVN:

cd $TOSROOT/tos/chips/
svn co https://zolertia.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/zolertia/tinyos/tos/chips/tmp102 tmp102

Documentation

• Browse TMP102 info page
• Download TMP102 Datasheet

Available test applications (TinyOS):

• Test 1 - Basic example
• Test 2 - Another example

Available test applications (Contiki):

• Basic example

External sensors

Z1 motes provides a full range of pins available for connecting many kinds of sensors in a really easy way. Pinout is divided in 3 areas (each at one border of the board): Analog sensors, digital buses and GPIO.

• Analog Sensors

Analog sensors powered up to 5V can be connected to Z1 without external components or modifying existing components. Unregulated VCC is available at the analog pin area, a 5V regulated out is also available (requires Z1 powering through USB pins). Ports ADC0-7 and DAC? are available.

• Digital Sensors

Digital sensors using I2C, SPI or UART protocols can be connected using the digital buses pinout.

Ziglets

Ziglets are a new concept of sensors towards an standardization of digital sensors, they are based on the I2C bus and provide an easy way to connect more than one sensor to a single port of your Z1. Features a GPIO pin highly configurable alongside with the SDA/SCLK and VDC/GND lines. The idea behind the Ziglets is to allow the developer to focus on work other than having to worry about how to connect a sensor to a board, provide an intelligent port that in the future can behave as a truly plug-n-play device, and ease the integration of many sensors to the same enclosure if wanted.

ZIG001 Temperature-Humidity Sensor

ZIG001 Temperature-Humidity sensor is the first Ziglet designed by Zolertia. The sensor selected for this purpose is an SHT1x/7x temperature/humidity sensor from Sensirion. This sensor is factory-calibrated and provides a digital output with good accuracy and low power consumption. With this Ziglet it is possible measure relative humidity in the range 0%-100% and operating temperatures in the -40ºC - +123.8°C range.

Documentation:

• Download Temperature-Humidity sensor brochure

Buy the sensor:

• ZIG001 at Zolertia Shop

Drivers:

• TinyOS
• Contiki

Available test applications:

• TinyOS
• Contiki

ZIG002 Light Sensor

Light sensor is one of the most popular sensors concerning wireless sensor networks. This sensor is widely used in low-power applications because it allows the user to measure the amount of light that hits the sensor so you can optimize the consumption of the system under different circumstances. The simplest example is a lamp that turns on when night falls and vice-versa. This Ziglet can measure a range of 0.1 lux (full moon on clear night) to 40,000 lux (direct sunlight) with an approximate human eye response.

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Documentation:

• Download Light sensor brochure

Buy the sensor:

• ZIG002 at Zolertia Shop

Drivers:

• TinyOS
• Contiki (soon to be updated

Available test applications:

• TinyOS
• Contiki (soon to be updated

ZIG003 Barometric Sensor

This Ziglet includes BMP085 high-precision, low power barometric pressure sensor. This Ziglet can be used as a weather application or as altimeter. The driver for this Ziglet automatically makes the calculation to determine the altitude easily if necessary. The BMP085 offers a measuring range of 300 to 1100 hPa with a noise level of down to 0.03 hPa (equivalent to an altitude change of 0,25m). At the same time the power consumption is less than 2µA. It's based on piezo-resistive technology for EMC robustness, high accuracy and linearity as well as long term stability.

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Documentation:

• Download Atmospheric pressure sensor brochure

Buy the sensor:

• ZIG003 at Zolertia shop

Drivers:

• TinyOS
• Contiki (soon to be updated

Available test applications:

• TinyOS
• Contiki (soon to be updated

Analog (Phidget-like)

This family of sensors are ready-to-use analog sensors adapted to the Z1 platform, featuring connection ports similar and compatible to the Phidgets, and with the required circuitry to operate. The following sensors are available at our webshop.

Low power consumption PIR (optic)

MS-320LP is a multipurpose low power passive infrared motion sensor module provided by IR-TEC. The module is able to detect the human movement within 90° wide angle, 10m long detection range. It is an extremely low power sensor module ideal for battery or solar powered products.

Documentation:

• Low Power PIR Motion Sensor Module MS-320LP Technical Datasheet

Buy the sensor:

• PIR at Zolertia shop

Drivers

• TinyOS
• Contiki (soon to be updated

Available test applications:

• TinyOS
• Contiki (soon to be updated

Phidgets

Phidgets are easy to connect sensors provided by Phidgets Inc.. They provide analog sensors with standard molex conector with VCC, Signal and GND. Phidgets are 5V powered sensors, but most of them work with 3V or less and can be used with the Z1 module out of the box. When using phidgets you have to power the Z1 to the requiring voltage and connect the phidgets either to the 3V or the 5V pin.

Below we provide a complete list of recommended sensors for most WSN applications.

IR Distance Adapter

Designed to interface the Sharp GP2D12 sensor to the PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 or the PhidgetTextLCD. Measures distances from 10 cm to 80 cm.

4.75VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1101

IR Reflective Sensor 5mm

Can detect an object at 5mm. Can be used to determine the difference between low reflective conditions and high reflective conditions.

3.0VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1102

IR Reflective Sensor 10cm

Can detect the presence of a highly reflective object at 10cm, for less reflective objects (like hands) the distance is about 5cm.

4.75VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1103

Vibration Sensor

Buffers a piezoelectric transducer. As the transducer is displaced from the mechanical neutral axis, bending creates strain within the piezoelectric element and generates voltages.

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1104

Force Sensor

The Force Sensor is intended as a user input device (i.e recognizing that someone is pushing a button). It is not accurate enough to be used as a weight measurement device. Bold text http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1106

Magnetic Sensor

Hall-effect sensor that provides a voltage output that is proportional to the applied magnetic field.

4.5VDC to 5.5VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1108

Rotation Sensor

can be rotated 300 degrees and outputs a number between 0 and 1000 based on the shaft position.

3.0VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1109

Touch Sensor

is a capacitive touch sensor and can detect a touch through plastic, glass, or paper.

3.0VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1110

Motion Sensor

Detects changes in infrared radiation which occur when there is movement by a person (or object) which is different in temperature from the surroundings.

4.75VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1111

Slider 60mm

is a linear potentiometer - the resistance varies linearly with the position of the slider.

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1112

Mini Joy Stick Sensor

Two-axis joystick with a momentary switch.

3.0VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1113

Gas Pressure Sensor

Measures absolute gas pressure from 20 to 250 kPa (2.9 to 36.3 psi) with a maximum error of ±1.5%.

4.74VDC to 5.46VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1115

Multi-turn Rotation Sensor

3600 degrees of rotation - 10 full turns.

3.0VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1116

Voltage Sensor

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1118

50Amp Current Sensor AC&DC

Measures alternating current up to 50Amps and direct current from -50Amps to +50Amps.

4.5VDC to 5.5VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1118

20Amp Current Sensor AC&DC

Measures alternating current up to 20Amps and direct current from -20Amps to +20Amps.

4.5VDC to 5.5VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1119

30 Amp Current Sensor AC&DC

Measures alternating current up to 30Amps and direct current from -30Amps to +30Amps.

4.5VDC to 5.5VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1122

Voltage Divider

Provides an interface to non-Phidgets resistance sensors such as: Force-Sensing Resistors (FSR), light sensors, thermistors (heat sensors), and bend sensors.

3.0VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1121

Precision Voltage Sensor

Measures DC voltages from -30 to +30 Volts with a typical error of ±100mVolts.

4.75 to 5.25 VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1123

Precision Temperature Sensor

Measures ambient temperatures from -50°C to +150°C (-58°F to 302°F). Typical error: ±0.5°C

4.0VDC to 6.5VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1124

Humidity/Temperature Sensor

Measures Relative Humidity from 10% to 95%

4.75VDC - 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1125

Differential Gas Pressure Sensor

Measures the pressure difference between two pressure intakes. Pressure range: -3.6 psi (-25 kPa) to +3.6 psi (+25kPa)

4.75 to 5.25 VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1126

Precision Light Sensor

Measures human perceptible light level in lux. Measures from 1 lux (Moonlight) to 1000 lux (TV studio lighting)

3.3VDC to 5.0VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1127

Sonar Sensor

Detects objects from 0 inches to 254 inches (6.45 meters) with 1 inch resolution.

3.0VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1128

IR Distance Sensor

Uses the 1101 - IR Distance Adapter to interface the Sharp GP2D12 sensor to the PhidgetInterfaceKit 8/8/8 or the PhidgetTextLCD.

4.75VDC to 5.25VDC

http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=2008