WSN Update

According to the folks at Measurement Specialties the sensor revolution is here. Businesses need to adjust their resources to embrance wireless sensor technology to optimize their business processes.

I wouldn't quite say the revolution is here, but I do belive that it is certainly starting. It is good to see WSN technology starting to move out of the universities and R&D, and into businesses and commercial products. The actual adoption rate of the technology by end users, however, remains slow. We will remain on the bring of a technology revolution until businesses begin to adopt and embrace the technology and realize the value of new information about their assets and environment.

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Another article on Texas Instrument's upcoming release of its CC2431 System on a Chip (SoC) with Location Detection capability for Zigbee networks. This article by Wireless Design and Development Asia states that volume production is currently scheduled for 3Q of 2007.

The release of this chip is likely to lead to a new wave of asset monitoring applications. It may also significantly impact the proprietary Active RFID tag market which has provided location detection capabilites for some time. If the success of this chip's predecesor CC2420 is any indication, this product will be huge for TI.

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Discovery Channel News has an interesting article today about a new sensor that can detect when crops actually need water. This can result in saving 30 to 40 percent of water used during irrigation. Eventually the sensor will utilize RFID technology so the data can be transfered wirelessly without the need for a battery or other power source.

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