APAN MEETING, HAWAII, 13-18 JAN 2013

National Centre of Excellence for Sensor Technology

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Background,

WSN in 10th Malaysia Plan,

Standards and Guidelines,

WSN Pilot Projects; Agriculture, Slope, Structure and Infrastructure,

Research,

Issues and Challenges,

Future directions.

Vision 2020

Knowledge -Based Society

Access to Infostructure

Enrichment of Information,

knowledge and applications

BACKGROUND: NATIONAL VISION

Where ICT as driver for restructuring of economy and employment

Prerequisites include access to infostructure and development of

Information, knowledge and applications

Malaysia has set a vision to move towards a knowledge-

based society and economy

Source: MEWC 7/22/2009 3

28th APAN Meeting, Kuala Lumpur 20-23 July, 2009

3 MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUSED

UNDER 9MP ICT INFRASTRUCTURE

7/22/2009 4 28th APAN Meeting, Kuala Lumpur 20-23

July, 2009

BROADBAND

IPv6

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Roadmap

“outlines both compelling strategy and implementation approach

to chart the way forward for Malaysia in the area of sensor

technology”

System

Architecture

“develop wireless sensor system architecture which include

hardware interface, network layers, middleware, application and

other relevant components”

Application

Development

“develop and deploy wireless sensor applications as a proof of

concept”

Pilot Project

“pilot the use of RFID in an asset tracking application at KTAK and

evaluate the use of Wireless Sensor Network for asset tracking

application”

K-repository

system

“develop a generic Repository Engine that consolidates information

related to Short Range Communication in general but with a

specific focus on Wireless Sensor Network”

Promotion &

Awareness

“create awareness and promote the use of wireless sensor

technology for various applications through seminars, roadshow,

awareness workshop, technology workshop and application

workshop” 7/22/2009 5 28th APAN Meeting, Kuala Lumpur 20-23

July, 2009

STANDARDS AND GUIDELINE, PILOT PROJECTS, AWARENESS AND

TRAINING

To encourage industry investment on the technology,

To remove concerns among the primary wireless service providers on the issue of interference,

Consultative approach with Academician, industry and government agencies and the public,

Guideline report covers SHORT RANGE DEVICES SPECIFICATIONS,

PROTOCOLS, SENSORS, OTHER ISSUES,

Co-existence study shows no harmful interference to and from the sensors to other services.

WSN FOR AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS

Permanent Food Production Park (TKPM) • 5,594 hectares (60 projects), 184,300 MT, RM197 million • Chili, corn, pitaya, melon, tomato, jack fruit, papaya and others

Integrated Aquaculture Industrial Zone (IZAQ) • 37,000 hectares (39 projects), 662,000 MT, RM6.9 billion • Marine shrimp/fish, fresh water prawn/fish, shellfish and ornamental fishes

Gedung Makanan Negara (GMN) • RM750 million investment • Chili (kulai), banana (berangan), beef cattle, tilapia fish

National Feedlot Centre (NFC) • 2,000 hectares (310 satellite farms), 16,800 MT, RM202 million • Beef cattle

Site Name: TKPM Besut

Loc: 5.655234,102.6212744

Distance: ~ 500km from UPM

Crops: Rock Melon

Type : Controlled Farming

Area :

Mode: Closed loop fertigation

Monitor: Soil conditions –ph, ec, moisture; others – light, water flow rate,

• WSN system

– locally designed gateway with Atom CPU

• Sensors

– Moisture, Electrical Conductivity, Acidity, Light, Water flow,

– Actuator, • Water + fertilizer valve

Water and fertilizer

administration system

Control Panel

Automatic Fertiliser Mixer

Container for

EC & pH

Measurement

Output to Plot

Fresh Water Input

Suction Point

Filter

Insertion Point

A and B Solution

Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3

Sensor Node 3:

Moisture

Soil Temp

pH

EC

Sensor Node 2:

Moisture

Soil Temp

pH

EC

Inside Lux

Sensor Node 1:

Moisture

Soil Temp

pH

EC

Outside Lux

Door

Fertilizer

Fertilizer Fertilizer

Sensor RG

RG

Pump House

Screenshot GUI – Dashboard Display Gateway & WSN

Coordinator

Proposed Deployment

Setup

Planning stage

• Sime Darby seed growing site,

highly mechanised,

• Sensors, Sensor Nodes and

Gateway positions or location that

are planned for deployment at

Sime Darby Ladang

• Measure – EC, Ph, Water level, .

Proposed Deployment

Setup

Ssensor Nodes

Hydraprobe II and Greenspan PS2100 Sensors

Sensor Integration to Wireless Node

Screen capture of data received at the server and

stored in the MySQL database

Research &

Development for

Wireless Sensor

Technology

PRECISION AGRICULTURE

AQUACULTURE & LIVESTOCK

ENVIROMENTAL MONTIORING

National Center of

Excellence for

Sensor Technology

World leader

Micro Processor

Technology

WSN

World leader in

Design &

Manufacturing of

embedded

Technology

SLOPE MONITORING

GOVERNMENT

ENABLER

A collaborative project among research institutes & MNC

Links Penang Island to the mainland

Different parts of the bridge: Cable stay Pillar Arranged into 4 clusters (each served with a gateway)

WSN system from Microstrain:

Gateway Sensor Nodes

Solar Panel

Sensor Node

Landslides in the neighbourhood in 2010, A 15 storey condo remained intact, but cracks showed up. Objective, – Monitor inclination,

settlements, stress and strain,

– Provide early warning.

Sensors A1 – Accelerometer & Strain

Sensors Node

A2 – Accelerometer & Strain

Sensors Node

A3 – Accelerometer & Strain

Sensors Node

A4 – Accelerometer & Strain

Sensors Node

A5 – Accelerometer & Strain

Sensors Node

A6 – Accelerometer & Strain

Sensors Node

A7 – Accelerometer & Strain

Sensors Node

Sensor Location

A2 A3

A7

A5

A1

A6

A4

Sensor Nodes

SLOPE MONITORING; SIMPANG PULAI, a mountain pass leading to Cameron Highland, a popular temperate vacation destination, and vegetable farms. Monitoring of Soil Conditions, movements. Early warning system.

SULIT

Rain Gauge, Inplace Inclonometer, Vibrating Wire Piezometer, Surface

Extensiometer SULIT

Surface Extensiometer

Rain Gauge

Inplace Inclinometer

Gateway

SULIT

Gateway/Rain Gauge Station:

(CB Radio Transmitter Modem)

JKR Site: (CB Radio Antenna & Modem)

Maxis GPRS Connection

SULIT

Site clearance for drilling machine mobilization

Targeted drilling machine mobilization (23/10/2012)

Estimated 5 days to reach the borehole at the

highest point on the hill 3 days to drill

5 days to move to another

borehole

SULIT

Sensor readings are successfully being deposited remotely into a central server,

Analysis shall be made on the collected data for

– decision support system, early warning system, prediction,

Research are being carried out at the same time,

Some research topics,

– Intelligent routing,

– Mobility management,

– Energy management,

– Machine to machine communications,

– Middleware,

– Sensors – physical, chemical, biological

ISSUES & CHALLENGES

Unstable devices,

Ensuring uninterruptible power supply,

Radio Coverage and Propagation,

Data repository,

Data security,

Weather proofing,

Need for Civil Works for installation.

Buy in of stake holders,

Access to sites,

Safety of equipments and personnel,

Maintenance of site,

Security of devices and equipment against thefts and vandalism,

Legal issues.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Data: Post processing. Interpretation. Prediction,

Halal food tracking and tracing,

Integration with other sources of data,

Virtualization -- collaborative research,

IoT.