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Connection thoughts (Wireless woes?)

A project log for Sensor Skin Slip Suit

Simple Scheme for Sophisticated Sensing of Stuff in Speedy Sports such as Sled Hockey, Skiing, and Sparring

jhrjhr 08/21/2014 at 01:240 Comments

We are looking at different types of technologies to connect the suits to the client devices. The wireless technology we use will dictated by the environment we are expecting. The number of users, number of devices, the amount of data we are pushing over the connection, etc.. are all variables that we need to consider to select the optimum technology that we will utilize.

Bluetooth to mobile - Tons of different mobile devices are available and it is easy to connect to these devices. Bluetooth is unfortunately limited in the number of simultaneous devices and may make scalability past a certain point difficult.

Wifi to computer - 802.11 connection to software running on a PC or mobile device. This wireless technology is quite widely available which makes deployment possible to a wider audience. We currently have nothing developed for this yet but we want to seriously consider this.

Xbee - is another common wireless technology we are be looking at using. We already have xbee working on the controller which has been used successfully in previous projects. Unfortunately this wireless will require more hardware as the technology isn't widely used in most consumer equipment.

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