Implementation of transducer electronic data sheet for ZigBee wireless sensors in smart building

Emerging sensor era in building automation and control recommends the need of interoperable wireless sensors in future homes. The rapid development in smart sensor manufacturing from multitude of sensor manufacturers has also led to the incompatibilities among various devices in wireless sensor network. IEEE 1451 defines a set of open, common, network-independent communication interfaces for connecting transducers (sensors or actuators). Sensing devices come with different calibration, output data units, data-packet structure, number of sensors in devices, buffering techniques, throughput time etc. Interoperability challenge among the devices can be addressed by usage of common reliable globally accepted standard like IEEE 1451. This paper explains implementation of IEEE 1451 standard for ZigBee motes with Activity recognition sensor, PIR sensor, Accelerometer sensor and Temperature sensor.