Simple cost effective and network compatible readout for capacitive and resistive (chemical) sensors

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Contributors

  • G. A.M. Nastasi - , STMicroelectronics (Author)
  • A. Scuderi - , Qualcomm Incorporated (Author)
  • H. E. Endres - , Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies (EMFT) (Author)
  • W. Hell - , Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies (EMFT) (Author)
  • K. Bock - , Chair of Electronic Packaging Technology, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies (EMFT) (Author)

Abstract

The described application directs the integration of capacitive and resistive sensors for environmental parameters monitoring (CO2, relative humidity, dew point and temperature) in low cost applications which can be made on flexible substrate, which was developed in the European FP7 project INTERFLEX [1]. This type of applications on plastic substrates requires a reduction of amount and type of components in order to reduce costs through simplification of assembly processes as well as enhancement of the reliability. This paper describes a very simple low power and cost effective architecture for readout of capacitive and resistive sensors, which uses few external components, exploiting a STMicroelectronics STM8L15x microcontroller and sensors developed by Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies (EMFT).

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1234-1238
Number of pages5
JournalProcedia engineering
Volume87
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title28th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers, EUROSENSORS 2014
Duration7 - 10 September 2014
CityBrescia
CountryItaly

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0757-3325/work/139064933

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

Keywords

  • Air quality monitoring, Capacitance measurement, Capacitive sensor, Charge transfer method, Chemical sensors, Direct sensor interface, Internet of things, Microcontroller, Resistive sensors, Smart systems