IOT6162: MODULE DESCRIPTION

MODULE CODE : IOT6162

MODULE TITLE : SMART SENSORS & ACTUATORS
LEVEL /SEMESTER/CREDITS : 6/1/10
YEAR OF PRESENTATION : 2021-2022
ADMINISTERING SCHOOL : AFRICAN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE OF
INTERNET OF THINGS (ACEIoT)
CORE : Core Module
PRE-REQUISITE OR CO-REQUISITE
MODULE, EXCLUDED COMBINATIONS : NA

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 WEEK PLAN
• DAY 1: 03:05:22
– Sensor Components - Sensors and sensing technologies
• DAY 2: 04:05:22
– The Actuator Components - Actuators and actuating technologies
• DAY 3: 05:04:22
– Sensors for Localization and Tracking - Sensor Tasking and Control
• DAY 4: 06:05:22
– Sensor Communication protocols
• DAY 5: 09:05:22
– Project Demo

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 DAY 1

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 DAY 1 PLANNER
• The Sensor Components:
– Different components of
a sensor
• Transducers
• A-to-D converter
• Transmitter
• Receiver
• Power supply
• Microprocessor
• Memory

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 Introduction
• Introduction to IoT
• Why this course?
• Sensors vs. Smart Sensors
• Why?
• Where?
• How?

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 Introduction to IoT
• What is IoT?
• Is it new?
• Why so popular?
• Ingredients of IoT
• Applications

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 Why this course?
IoT Statistics - Key Findings

• In 2021, there were more than 10 billion active IoT devices.

• Every second, 127 devices hook up to the internet for the first time.
• The number of cellular IoT connections is expected to reach 3.5
billion in 2023.
• The industrial IoT market size is expected to reach $123.89 billion in
2021.
• It’s estimated that the number of active IoT devices will surpass 25.4
billion in 2030.
• By 2025, there will be 152,200 IoT devices connecting to the internet
per minute.
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IoT solutions have the potential to generate $4-11 trillion in
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 IoT Statistics - Key Findings

• 83% of organizations have improved their efficiency by

introducing IoT technology.
• It’s estimated that global IoT spending will total $15 trillion
in the six-year period between 2019 and 2025.
• The consumer IoT market is estimated to reach $142 billion
by 2026 at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 17%.
• 94% of retailers agree that the benefits of implementing IoT
outweigh the risk.
• The amount of data generated by IoT devices is expected to
reach 73.1 ZB (zettabytes) by 2025.
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 Sensors vs. Smart Sensors
• Human Body as a Master Machine
• Sensing organs are parts of the Machine
• Brain is the decision maker based on inputs
from senses.
Introspection:
Now guess which is the Sensor, how many
sensors and which is the smart sensor?
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 Sensors vs. Smart Sensors

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Courtesy: http://www.basicknowledge101.com/subjects/brain.html
 Sensors vs. Smart Sensors

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Courtesy: http://www.basicknowledge101.com/subjects/brain.html
 Assignment 1
• Identify sensors which matches brain
functions in slides 10-11

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 What is What?
• The Sensor Components:
– Different components of a (SMART) sensor
• Transducers: Converts one form of energy to another
• A-to-D converter: Analog to Digital Conversion
• Transmitter: A set of equipment used to generate and
transmit electromagnetic waves carrying messages or
signals, especially those of radio or television.
• Receiver: A listener, Reader, Observer or Decoder
• Power supply: Energy needed to start the process
• Microprocessor: Computing Device
• Memory: Storage
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 Warm UP: Identify Transducers
• Valves • Thermistors
• Microphones • Tacho-generators
• Diode • Ultrasonic level
• Heater detector
• Solenoids • Thermocouple
• Hydraulic Cylinders • Motors
• pH probe • Power Transformer

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 Identify the Transducers
• Valves • Thermistors
• Microphones • Tacho-generators
• Diode • Ultrasonic level
• Heater detector
• Solenoids • Thermocouple
• Hydraulic Cylinders • Motors
• pH probe • Power Transformer

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 Warm up: Transducers and its use

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 Transducers and its use

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 Popular Broad Classification

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 DAY 1 PLANNER
• Sensors and sensing technologies:
– Thermocouples,
– Resistive sensors,
– Inductive sensors,
– Capacitive sensors,
– Piezoelectric sensors,
– Encoders and tachometers;
– Sensor performance criteria,
– Biometric sensors
– Multimedia sensors.
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 Assignment Task
• Define Sensors and Smart Sensors.
• Classify Transducers on all possible genres.
• Classify sensors on all possible genres you can.
• When classifying did you feel overlaps? Why?
• Draw a creative mind map/ chart/ animation
or any creative ways to concrete your learning

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 Assignment Task

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 Useful Links
• https://program-plc.blogspot.com/2016/03/difference-between-sensor-and-smart.html
• https://www.slideshare.net/popet/transducers-11149932
• https://www.elprocus.com/transducer-types-and-their-applications/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics
• https://www.omega.co.uk/temperature/z/thermocouple-rtd.html
• https://circuitglobe.com/photoelectric-transducer.html
• https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/photoemissive

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