Sensor systems based on FPGAs and their applications: A survey

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 12235-12264

  de la Piedra, Antonio ^a   Braeken, An ^b   Touhafi, Abdellah ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Erasmushogeschool Brussel   (Belgium)

Author keywords

802.15.4; FPGA; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

802.15.4; COMMERCIAL SENSORS; IN-FIELD; LOW POWER; PROCESSING CAPABILITY; SELF-TESTING; SENSOR SYSTEMS;

CONTROLLERS; DATA COMPRESSION; MICROCONTROLLERS; SENSOR NODES; SURVEYS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

EID: 84867018807     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120912235     Document Type: Review

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