Real-time tracking system using C80 DSPs and a binocular robotic head

[EN]An active vision system to perform tracking of moving objects in real time is described. The main goal is to obtain a system integrating off-the-self components. These components includes a stereoscopic robotic-head, as active perception hardware; a DSP based board SDB C80, as massive data processor and image acquisition board; and finally, a Pentium PC running Windows NT that interconnects and manages the whole system. Real-time is achieved taking advantage of the special architecture of DSP. An evaluation of the performance is included.

A Low Consumption Real Time Environmental Monitoring System for Smart Cities based on ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network

Nowadays, there is an increasing interest in wireless sensor networks (WSN) for environmental monitoring systems because it can be used to improve the quality of life and living conditions are becoming a major concern to people. This paper describes the design and development of a real time monitoring system based on ZigBee WSN characterized by a lower energy consumption, low cost, reduced dimensions and fast adaptation to the network tree topology. The developed system encompasses an optimized sensing process about environmental parameters, low rate transmission from sensor nodes to the gateway, packet parsing and data storing in a remote database and real time visualization through a web server.

Aplicación en tiempo real para el control de señales en empotrados

[ES] Este software pretende dar soporte a la monitorización y control de señales provenientes de distintos dispositivos electrónicos a través de un sistema empotrado con un sistema operativo en tiempo real que proporcione las herramientas necesarias para cumplir con los requisitos de tiempo que se plantean. Para ello la aplicación se divide en varios procesos encargados de la lectura y configuración de las distintas señales, control de eventos anómalos (interrupciones, fallos del sistema, etc),  almacenamiento en una base de datos de la información generada y una interfaz de usuario vía web que permita la monitorización del sistema en su conjunto.