Research Article

An Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node Based on Hybrid RF Solar Energy Harvesting

Table 2

Commands available within the node.

ByteDescription of command instructions

0 × F0Sample the temperature of the node
0 × F11Show the temperature on a test point
0 × F21Turn on the FRAM power supply; make the FRAM sleep
0 × F31Turn off the FRAM power supply
0 × F41Turn on the comparator power supply
0 × F51Turn off the comparator power supply
0 × F61Show the command on a test point
0 × F71Reset the temperature in the node to 25°C
0 × F8Send the node temperature via the TX module
0 × FBCarry out sanity check of FRAM and TX modules (verify device IDs)
0 × Dn2Store the temperature in FRAM address n
0 × Cn2Retrieve the temperature in FRAM address n
0 × 3n1,2Set the high nibble of the temperature byte in RAM with n
0 × 4n1,2Set the low nibble of the temperature byte in RAM with n

1These commands are used for debugging purposes. 2For these commands, n is a variable, ranging from 0 × 0 to 0 × F.