EDP Design Projects

EDP DESIGN PROJECTSXavier Fernando’s

http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~fernando/ele800

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION

RFID – the emerging battery free sensor that find numerous applications

RFID will fully replace bar codes in WALMART stores by 2010

Active/Passive Tags Read only/writable tags Used in smart cards, smart homes etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMjukYHibzM

RFID CATEGORIESBand Unlicensed Frequency Wavelength Classical Use

LF 125-134.2KHz 2400 meters Animal tagging

and keyless entry.HF 13.56MHz 22 meters

UHF 865.5-867.6MHz ()

915MHz ( )

950-956MHz()

32.8 centimeters Smart cards, logistics, and item management

ISM 2.4GHz 12.5 centimeters Item management

[1] Table taken from RFID Applications, Security, and Privacy, Simson Garfinkel and Beth Rosenberg.

RFID APPLICATIONS Design of an RFID system RFID based metro-pass RFID augmented photo album RFID based exam hall supervision RFID based smart-home for elderly care

WI-FI COVERAGE IN TORONTO Toronto down-town gets Wi-Fi

coverage How to make use of this for

revenue generation? Parking control using Wi-Fi Traffic info-management using Wi-Fi Inexpensive VOIP phone using Wi-Fi Energy meters using Wi-Fi Special purpose opportunistic

networks

LOW-COST AD-HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS

eZ430-RF2500 Development Kit ($49)

WIRELESS PULSE RATE MONITOR FOR TREADMILL

SMART WIRELESS UTILITY METER The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is calling for:

§ 800,000 smart meters to be installed by December 31, 2007 and

§ The installation of smart meters for all Ontario customers by December 31, 2010.

Ontario will be the first, full-scale smart meter system in North America. There are several smart meter pilots running in Ontario now. Hydro Ottawa has started conducting its pilots last spring.

Past students who worked on this are now with Hydro One

WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM CONTROL Distributed power generation and micro

grids have drastically transformed the electric power grid management and control

Communications play major role in power system management

Design of a wireless communication scheme for power system control

WIRELESS HOME ALARM SYSTEM A thief will first cut the telephone line

before attempting a burglary Most current systems will fail in this

case What about a system that uses wireless

network for emergency contact when dead telephone line is detected

Brainstorm

RFID BASED BABY MONITORING

WIRELESS INFOPAD FOR MUSEUMS

Award Winner in 2006