Design and realization of multi-channel wireless data acquisition system for laboratory-scale experiments on structural health monitoring

Gurkan K., GÜRKAN G., DİNDAR A. A.

JOURNAL OF MEASUREMENTS IN ENGINEERING, vol.6, no.1, pp.64-73, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 6 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.21595/jme.2018.19699
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MEASUREMENTS IN ENGINEERING
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, INSPEC, Directory of Open Access Journals, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.64-73
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this paper, we present the design steps of a low cost multi-channel accelerometer system accompanied with an open-source data acquisition software. Hardware part of the system, named KACC, is composed of battery powered tri-axial MEMS accelerometers that use IEEE 802.15.1 protocol for data transmission. The software part, named PyKACC, is developed under Python (c) open-source environment and handles initiation of data acquisition, data synchronization and data logging. The developed system is tested for synchronization and reliability via shake-table tests and results are presented.