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A sensor node architecture with zero standby power on wireless sensor network

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The wireless sensor network (WSN) is a promising technology to improve the social life cooperating with the robotic technologies like nursing robots, disaster rescue robots, industrial robots, and so on. For such WSN, we propose an architecture of the sensor node with zero standby power consumption. This is accomplished by combining a power transistor cutting the ground line, an electromotive from a sensor for just turning on the power transistor and a conventional battery. The preliminary experiments demonstrate that our proposal can actually activate the sensor node, which stays at the sleep mode with zero power consumption, with a short-time electromotive force generated by the piezoelectric sensor. It is also confirmed that the sensor node activated can establish the wireless communication correctly.

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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26330106.

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  1. Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Akira Yamawaki, Mayu Yamanaka & Seiichi Serikawa

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  1. Akira Yamawaki
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Correspondence to Akira Yamawaki.

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This work was presented in part at the 20th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Beppu, Oita, January 21–23, 2015.

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Yamawaki, A., Yamanaka, M. & Serikawa, S. A sensor node architecture with zero standby power on wireless sensor network. Artif Life Robotics 20, 210–216 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-015-0218-9

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