Phidgets for Monitoring Building Performance and Occupant

Behaviour

Presented by Phidgets IncJuly 16th, 2014

Phidgets for Monitoring

● What Phidgets are● How Phidgets have been used for

monitoring● What you can monitor● How to collect data● Questions

What Phidgets Are

● sensors and controllers ● connect to a computer through USB● come with a robust API ● easy to develop applications in a number of

programming languages

How Phidgets Have Been Used

● SARI® is a technological tool for precision agriculture through in-situ sensors It is able to perform calculations that allow the detection and management of three key phenomena in the life cycle of any crop: water stress, frost and fire.

How Phidgets Have Been Used

● The Community Seismic Network at CalTech facilitates the block-by-block collection of ground motion intensity data before, during, and after earthquakes, using inexpensive accelerometers.

How Phidgets Have Been Used

● We have set up our own monitoring devices to watch temperature, motion, and even bathroom supplies

What You Can Monitor

● More than 100 different sensors:o Distanceo Gas Pressureo Lighto Soundo Motiono pHo Temperatureo Humidity

o Toucho Proximityo Currento Voltageo RFIDo Magnetso Switcheso Acceleration

How to Collect Data

● Phidgets has excellent operating system support for:o Windowso Maco Linuxo iOSo Android

How to Collect Data

● And Phidgets libraries are available for a variety of popular programming languages:o C/C++o Javao Pythono Visual Basico Cocoao LabViewo and more...

How to Collect Data

● To start, hook up some Phidgets sensors to an interface kit

● Download code examples● Modify the examples or write your own

program● Compile and run the program

Questions...

Kat DornianProject Outreach, Phidgets Inc

kat@phidgets.com

Brian BurleySupport, Phidgets Inc

support@phidgets.com403-282-7335