Autonomous indoor ultrasonic positioning system based on a low-cost conditioning circuit

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-283

  Sanchez, Alberto ^a   De Castro, Angel ^a   Elvira, Santiago ^a   Glez De Rivera, Guillermo ^a   Garrido, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Field programmable gate array; Instrumental amplifiers; Location; Trilateration; Ultrasonics; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

ANCHOR POINT; CONDITIONING CIRCUIT; DISTANCE ESTIMATION; LOCATION SYSTEMS; LOW COSTS; LOW NOISE; MOBILE NODES; SYSTEM USE; TRILATERATION; ULTRASONIC POSITIONING SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); LOCATION; MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84856757569     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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