A smart gas sensor for environmental monitoring, compliant with the IEEE 1451 standard and featuring a simplified transducer interface

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 63-79

  Bissi, Lucia ^a   Scorzoni, Andrea ^a   Placidi, Pisana ^a   Marrocchi, Luca ^a   Cicioni, Michele ^a   Roselli, Luca ^a   Zampolli, Stefano ^b   Masini, Luca ^b   Elmi, Ivan ^b   Cardinali, Gian Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

environmental monitoring; IEEE 1451 standard; metal oxide sensors; smart sensors; smart transducer interface module; STIM

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953987419     PISSN: 17408865     EISSN: 17408873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijista.2007.014127     Document Type: Article

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