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Wireless Sensor Networks For Long-Term Monitoring Of Urban Noise, Courtney Peckens, Cédric Porter, Taylor Rink Sep 2018

Wireless Sensor Networks For Long-Term Monitoring Of Urban Noise, Courtney Peckens, Cédric Porter, Taylor Rink

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Noise pollution in urban environments is becoming increasingly common and it has potential to negatively impact people’s health and decrease overall productivity. In order to alleviate these effects, it is important to better quantify noise patterns and levels through data collection and analysis. Wireless sensor networks offer a method for achieving this with a higher level of granularity than traditional handheld devices. In this study, a wireless sensing unit (WSU) was developed that possesses the same functionality as a handheld sound level meter. The WSU is comprised of a microcontroller unit that enables on-board computations, a wireless transceiver that uses …

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Range Information Characterization Of The Hokuyo Ust-20lx Lidar Sensor, Matthew A. Cooper, John F. Raquet, Rick Patton May 2018

Range Information Characterization Of The Hokuyo Ust-20lx Lidar Sensor, Matthew A. Cooper, John F. Raquet, Rick Patton

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This paper presents a study on the data measurements that the Hokuyo UST-20LX Laser Rangefinder produces, which compiles into an overall characterization of the LiDAR sensor relative to indoor environments. The range measurements, beam divergence, angular resolution, error effect due to some common painted and wooden surfaces, and the error due to target surface orientation are analyzed. It was shown that using a statistical average of sensor measurements provides a more accurate range measurement. It was also shown that the major source of errors for the Hokuyo UST-20LX sensor was caused by something that will be referred to as “mixed …

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