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Electronics, Volume 5, Issue 3

2016 September - 29 articles

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Articles (29)

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,139 Views
11 Pages

Low Delay Video Streaming on the Internet of Things Using Raspberry Pi

  • Ulf Jennehag,
  • Stefan Forsstrom and
  • Federico V. Fiordigigli

The Internet of Things is predicted to consist of over 50 billion devices aiming to solve problems in most areas of our digital society. A large part of the data communicated is expected to consist of various multimedia contents, such as live audio a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
8,444 Views
18 Pages

Robust and Accurate Algorithm for Wearable Stereoscopic Augmented Reality with Three Indistinguishable Markers

  • Fabrizio Cutolo,
  • Cinzia Freschi,
  • Stefano Mascioli,
  • Paolo D. Parchi,
  • Mauro Ferrari and
  • Vincenzo Ferrari

In the context of surgical navigation systems based on augmented reality (AR), the key challenge is to ensure the highest degree of realism in merging computer-generated elements with live views of the surgical scene. This paper presents an algorithm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,102 Views
15 Pages

Monitoring and Analyzing of Circadian and Ultradian Locomotor Activity Based on Raspberry-Pi

  • Vittorio Pasquali,
  • Riccardo Gualtieri,
  • Giuseppe D’Alessandro,
  • Maria Granberg,
  • David Hazlerigg,
  • Marco Cagnetti and
  • Fabio Leccese

A new device based on the Raspberry-Pi to monitor the locomotion of Arctic marine invertebrates and to analyze chronobiologic data has been made, tested and deployed. The device uses infrared sensors to monitor and record the locomotor activity of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,619 Views
11 Pages

This paper proposes and evaluates an algorithm to automatically detect the cataracts from color images in adult human subjects. Currently, methods available for cataract detection are based on the use of either fundus camera or Digital Single-Lens Re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
12,096 Views
9 Pages

The Raspberry Pi is being increasingly adopted as a suitable platform in both research and applications of the Internet of Things (IoT). This study presents a novel project-based teaching and learning approach devised in an Internet of Things course...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,616 Views
9 Pages

Two Micron Pixel Pitch Active Matrix Spatial Light Modulator Driven by Spin Transfer Switching

  • Hidekazu Kinjo,
  • Kenichi Aoshima,
  • Nobuhiko Funabashi,
  • Takenobu Usui,
  • Shintaro Aso,
  • Daisuke Kato,
  • Kenji Machida,
  • Kiyoshi Kuga,
  • Takayuki Ishibashi and
  • Hiroshi Kikuchi

We have developed an active matrix-addressed magneto-optical spatial light modulator driven by spin-transfer switching (spin-SLM) which has a 100 × 100 array pixel layout with a 2 µm pixel pitch. It has pixel-selection-transistors and logic circuits...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
11,865 Views
17 Pages

Building IoT Applications with Raspberry Pi and Low Power IQRF Communication Modules

  • Isidro Calvo,
  • José Miguel Gil-García,
  • Igor Recio,
  • Asier López and
  • Jerónimo Quesada

Typical Internet of Things (IoT) applications involve collecting information automatically from diverse geographically-distributed smart sensors and concentrating the information into more powerful computers. The Raspberry Pi platform has become a ve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,958 Views
21 Pages

In this paper, we consider the problem of the research and development of high-speed semiconductor photodetectors suitable for operation as parts of on-chip optical interconnections together with the high-speed laser modulators based on the AIIIBV na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
9,955 Views
45 Pages

ROSMOD: A Toolsuite for Modeling, Generating, Deploying, and Managing Distributed Real-time Component-based Software using ROS

  • Pranav Srinivas Kumar,
  • William Emfinger,
  • Gabor Karsai,
  • Dexter Watkins,
  • Benjamin Gasser and
  • Amrutur Anilkumar

This paper presents the Robot Operating System Model-driven development tool suite, (ROSMOD) an integrated development environment for rapid prototyping component-based software for the Robot Operating System (ROS) middleware. ROSMOD is well suited f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,582 Views
12 Pages

Miniaturized Blood Pressure Telemetry System with RFID Interface

  • Michele Caldara,
  • Benedetta Nodari,
  • Valerio Re and
  • Barbara Bonandrini

This work deals with the development and characterization of a potentially implantable blood pressure telemetry system, based on an active Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15693 compliant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,311 Views
27 Pages

In the domain of digital wireless communication, flexible design implementations are increasingly explored for different applications in order to cope with diverse system configurations imposed by the emerging wireless communication standards. In fac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,625 Views
25 Pages

Communication is increasingly present for managing and controlling critical infrastructures strengthening their cyber interdependencies. In electric power systems, grid splitting is a topical communication-critical application. It amounts to separati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
89 Citations
15,658 Views
28 Pages

A Comparative Review of Footwear-Based Wearable Systems

  • Nagaraj Hegde,
  • Matthew Bries and
  • Edward Sazonov

Footwear is an integral part of daily life. Embedding sensors and electronics in footwear for various different applications started more than two decades ago. This review article summarizes the developments in the field of footwear-based wearable se...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,792 Views
13 Pages

Skin Admittance Measurement for Emotion Recognition: A Study over Frequency Sweep

  • Alberto Greco,
  • Antonio Lanata,
  • Luca Citi,
  • Nicola Vanello,
  • Gaetano Valenza and
  • Enzo Pasquale Scilingo

The electrodermal activity (EDA) is a reliable physiological signal for monitoring the sympathetic nervous system. Several studies have demonstrated that EDA can be a source of effective markers for the assessment of emotional states in humans. There...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
12,157 Views
27 Pages

This paper presents a new remote healthcare model, which, exploiting wireless biomedical sensors, an embedded local unit (gateway) for sensor data acquisition-processing-communication, and a remote e-Health service center, can be scaled in different...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,893 Views
14 Pages

Wearable Multimodal Skin Sensing for the Diabetic Foot

  • James Coates,
  • Andrew Chipperfield and
  • Geraldine Clough

Ulceration of the diabetic foot is currently difficult to detect reliably in a timely manner causing undue suffering and cost. Current best practice is for daily monitoring by those living with diabetes coupled to scheduled monitoring by the incumben...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,880 Views
8 Pages

A Raspberry Pi Based Portable Endoscopic 3D Measurement System

  • Jochen Schlobohm,
  • Andreas Pösch and
  • Eduard Reithmeier

Geometry measurements are very important to monitor a machine part’s health and performance. Optical measurement system have several advantages for the acquisition of a parts geometry: measurement speed, precision, point density and contactless opera...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
12,613 Views
15 Pages

A Multi-Modal Sensing Glove for Human Manual-Interaction Studies

  • Matteo Bianchi,
  • Robert Haschke,
  • Gereon Büscher,
  • Simone Ciotti,
  • Nicola Carbonaro and
  • Alessandro Tognetti

We present an integrated sensing glove that combines two of the most visionary wearable sensing technologies to provide both hand posture sensing and tactile pressure sensing in a unique, lightweight, and stretchable device. Namely, hand posture reco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,387 Views
12 Pages

Voltage sag is considered to be the most serious problem of power quality. It is caused by faults in the power system or by the starting of large induction motors. Voltage sag causes about 80% of the power quality problems in power systems. One of th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
90 Citations
21,229 Views
18 Pages

As part of the smart grid development, more and more technologies are developed and deployed on the power grid to enhance the system reliability. A primary purpose of the smart grid is to significantly increase the capability of computer-based remote...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
9,849 Views
26 Pages

In this paper, an analytical and accurate in-to-out (I2O) human body path loss (PL) model at 2.45 GHz is derived based on a 3D heterogeneous human body model under safety constraints. The bit error rate (BER) performance for this channel using multip...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,475 Views
16 Pages

A Galvanic Coupling Method for Assessing Hydration Rates

  • Clement Ogugua Asogwa,
  • Stephen F. Collins,
  • Patrick Mclaughlin and
  • Daniel T.H. Lai

Recent advances in biomedical sensors, data acquisition techniques, microelectronics and wireless communication systems opened up the use of wearable technology for ehealth monitoring. We introduce a galvanic coupled intrabody communication for monit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
11,715 Views
14 Pages

Instructional laboratories are common in engineering programs. Instructional laboratories should evolve with technology and support the changes in higher education, like the increased popularity of online courses. In this study, an affordable and por...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,766 Views
28 Pages

Virtual Machine Replication on Achieving Energy-Efficiency in a Cloud

  • Subrota K. Mondal,
  • Jogesh K. Muppala and
  • Fumio Machida

The rapid growth in cloud service demand has led to the establishment of large-scale virtualized data centers in which virtual machines (VMs) are used to handle user requests for service. A user’s request cannot be completed if the VM fails. Replicat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,061 Views
18 Pages

Erica the Rhino: A Case Study in Using Raspberry Pi Single Board Computers for Interactive Art

  • Philip J. Basford,
  • Graeme M. Bragg,
  • Jonathon S. Hare,
  • Michael O. Jewell,
  • Kirk Martinez,
  • David R. Newman,
  • Reena Pau,
  • Ashley Smith and
  • Tyler Ward

Erica the Rhino is an interactive art exhibit created by the University of Southampton, UK. Erica was created as part of a city wide art trail in 2013 called “Go! Rhinos”, curated by Marwell Wildlife, to raise awareness of Rhino conservation. Erica a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,820 Views
15 Pages

Robotics networks are an emerging technology that has a wide range of applications. Robots are used for many military and civilian applications. Applications such as search-and-rescue operations or area monitoring during an environmental disaster, ca...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
12,278 Views
17 Pages

The original aim when creating the Raspberry Pi was to encourage “kids”—pre-university learners—to engage with programming, and to develop an interest in and understanding of programming and computer science concepts. The method to achieve this was t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,286 Views
14 Pages

Benefits of Considering More than Temperature Acceleration for GaN HEMT Life Testing

  • Ronald A. Coutu,
  • Robert A. Lake,
  • Bradley D. Christiansen,
  • Eric R. Heller,
  • Christopher A. Bozada,
  • Brian S. Poling,
  • Glen D. Via,
  • James P. Theimer,
  • Stephen E. Tetlak and
  • Jeffrey B. Shealy
  • + 1 author

The purpose of this work was to investigate the validity of Arrhenius accelerated-life testing when applied to gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) lifetime assessments, where the standard assumption is that only critical s...

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