Electronics for the environment

Course objectives

GENERAL The course analyses architecture, basic disciplines and technologies that enable the handling of engineering knowledge needed for planning, managing, and operating large systems dedicated to operations that take place over a territory of any real size. Furthermore, the course aims to examine detection systems by using of distributed sensors on the territory, located by means of GPS or IP. Their connection will be preferably wireless, and they need show low power and low voltage characteristic, in order to use design based on energy harvesting. SPECIFIC • Knowledge and understanding: to know techniques and technologies for monitoring, operation and management of complex scenarios on the territory. • Applying knowledge and understanding: to apply design methods with and for GIS ((Geographic Information Systems). To apply monitoring techniques by using of distributed sensors forming WSN, by using of prototypal systems (e.g. Arduino) and energy harvesting. • Critical and judgmental skills: basic elements of systems system architecture. Critical capabilities of electronic design of energy self-sufficient WSN systems. Laboratory tests with the usage of prototypal boards (Arduino / Genuino,…), transceivers, sensors (GPS receivers, IMU, ...), DC-DC converters, energy Harvesting components, combined with firmware programming and data processing (MathWorks, Python, Sketch Arduino, ...). • Communication skills: to know how to describe the architectural and circuit solutions adopted to solve the monitoring by using of WSN and GIS. • Learning skills: valid learning for insert in working contexts specialized in designing electronic systems such as WSN, sensor node units, and in management by means of GIS.

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ANDREA PIETRELLI Lecturers' profile

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Prerequisites
Electronics, technics for solving electronic circuits RF and base band , important Electrical communications, communication protocols, important
Books
Supplementary material (course slides / slides, articles) available on the website: https://elearning.uniroma1.it/course/view.php?id=15245 Recommended books: - GIS • Emanuela Caiaffa, “ECDL GIS - La rappresentazione cartografica e i fondamenti del GIS”, McGraw-Hill Education (Italy) - Web services – client-server – SOA- restful - IoT • Jeam-Philippe Vasseur, Adam Dunkels, “Interconnecting smart objects with IP”, ed. MK • Reti client –server : Pier Calderan, “Reti domestiche. La guida tascabile per creare reti su misura aggiornata a Windows 10”, ed. Apogeo • SOA: Fantuzzi Nestore Paolo, “ Introduzione alle SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)”, ed. Hoepli - Cartographic projections • NASA, G.Projector — Global Map Projector, http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/gprojector • John P. Snyder, “Maps Projections – A working manual”, ed. U.S. Geological survey professional paper 1395 - WSN • Matthijs Kooijman, “ Building Wireless Sensor Networks Using Arduino”, Packt – Open source community -2015 • Robert Faludi, “Building Wireless Sensor Networks: with ZigBee, XBee, Arduino, and Processing”, O'Reilly Media, Inc - Radio-link design • ITU (International Communication Union): Final Acts of the Regional Radiocommunication Conference - Antenna design • John D. Kraus, “Antennas”, ed. McGraw-Hill - Harvesting • Shashank Priya, Daniel J. Inman, “Energy Harvesting Technologies”, ed. Springer Science & Business Media Bibliografia di riferimento Web services – client-server – SOA- restful - IoT • The Java EE 6 Tutorial – Part III Web services: https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/gijti.html • http://www.html.it/guide/restful-web-services-la-guida/ - Proiezioni cartografiche • NASA, G.Projector — Global Map Projector, http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/gprojector - Matlab • Sito web MatWorks (help on line) - Pompe di carica e convertitori DC-DC • J. Picard, “Under the Hood of Flyback SMPS Designs”, http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/slup254/slup254.pdf , https://www.ti.com/seclit/ml/s
Frequency
Attendance is in presence. It is optional, but highly recommended. • Use of e-learning platform for distribution of educational material.
Exam mode
Exam with evaluation in thirtieths Examinations are planned with laboratory activities (software codes generation, firmware, tools, hardware prototypes of WSN,…) with an overall evaluation (max 5) that takes into account the progress of learning. Alternatively, the assessment is done by a written test (2h of duration) regarding the resolution of technical problems and of designs (weight of evaluation 50%), and by an oral test of learning verification and reasoning ability (weight of evaluation 50%).
Lesson mode
ENG • Frontal lessons. • Laboratory activities that use electronic prototype development boards (Arduino / Genuino, ...) • Exercises with the aid of software development program (MathWorks,…) for generating codes and programming firmware, together with the design of interactive tools in GIS environment. • Use of e-learning platform for distribution of educational material. Lessons will take place in presence. The student reception is in presence.
  • Lesson code1021782
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseElectronics Engineering
  • CurriculumIngegneria Elettronica (percorso valido anche ai fini del conseguimento del doppio titolo italo-statunitense o italo-francese)
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDING-INF/01
  • CFU6