Session Overview
Can Wireless be as Robust as Wires?
Track: Wireless for Controls & Monitoring
Wednesday 4-October-2006
16:00 - 17:00
The number one question for most potential adopters of wireless for control and monitoring is reliability, especially in harsh applications such as industrial and commercial buildings. Without knowing this answer, most adopters will be hesitant to use wireless. This session is dedicated to understanding and discussions of the reliability issues of wireless for these types of applications, while setting some expectations for future solutions.
Armin Anders
Co-Founder & Head of Product Marketing
EnOcean GmbH
Panelist
We live in a world of permanent change, and all changes are connected to a flow of energy. Finger pressure, moving objects, temperature changes, vibrations of machine parts, electromagnetic waves such as light, radio waves or infrared waves and other energy sources are all round us. Why not use these energies instead of batteries to power small, wireless and maintenance free radio sensors? Two factors for the implementation of such sensors are essential: highly efficient energy transformers on the one hand and extremely energy-saving sensor and radio technologies on the other. Within the last few years there has been made remarkable progress in these fields, and the above ideas have already enabled manifold applications and ready-made products for mass-market applications. This presentation will give a technical overview on self-powered wireless sensor technology and its application in commercial buildings.