Collaborative Research: IDBR: Type B: An Open-Source Radio Frequency Identification System for Animal Monitoring

合作研究：IDBR：B 型：用于动物监测的开源射频识别系统

• 批准号: 1556316
• 负责人: Jay Wilhelm
• 金额: $ 15.67万
• 依托单位: Ohio University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-10-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1556316&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; IDBR; Type; Open

An award is made to the University of Oklahoma to develop a highly adaptable, low-cost Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system for monitoring animals. RFID refers to a form of simple, short-distance wireless communication between small uniquely-identifiable transponder tags and an interrogator or reader. When a tag is attached to an animal, strategically placed readers can detect and record an animal's presence at key locations such as nests and food sources. The new RFID system is based on an existing design currently in use by dozens of researchers around the world that has enabled several new insights into the ecology and behavior of both free-living and lab animals. With improvements to this existing system, the research and development team will create a device that is highly customizable yet accessible to non-engineers. More specific improvements include capacity for wireless data transfer, accommodations for a wide array of additional sensors and actuators that can greatly expand the utility of the RFID system, and an online tool for designing customized antenna coils to meet specific user needs. The RFID system will be made available to users through multiple avenues, including online instructions, user-assembled reader kits, and fully constructed units, all of which will cost less than $50 per unit. With these low-cost self-assembly options, the RFID system will serve not only as a data collection tool for biologists but also as a vehicle for STEM education.In the development of this instrument changes to the existing RFID hardware will include a more sophisticated microcontroller and a new RFID integrated circuit (to replace a device that has become obsolete). The firmware for the device will be rewritten and transferred from a proprietary language (Picbasic Pro) to Energia, which is a freely available open-source development environment based on the same framework used in many hobbyist electronic systems, like Arduino. Data output from the RFID reader will be configured for direct uploading into the ETAG database, which has been established by the development team with funding from the Advances in Biological Informatics program at NSF. The project will support several student-led projects that involve both testing the RFID system and creating accessory devices, such as electronic balances or infrared motion detectors, that can interface with the RFID system to provide additional data-collection capabilities. Ultimately, the new system will eliminate all barriers to the use of RFID technology in biological research. The sum total of the system improvements will give rise to an instrument that is affordable in the context virtually any serious research effort, customizable to an extent that allows for a wide range of field and lab deployment scenarios, accommodating to additional forms of data collection, and accessible to non-engineers such that biologists are able to establish systems themselves.

向俄克拉荷马大学颁发了奖励，以开发一种高度适应性的低成本射频识别（RFID）系统，用于监测动物。 RFID是指小型唯一可识别的应答器标签与询问器或阅读器之间简单短途无线通信的形式。当标签附着在动物上时，策略性的读者可以在巢和食物来源等关键位置检测并记录动物的存在。新的RFID系统基于全球数十名研究人员目前正在使用的现有设计，该设计使得对自由生活和实验室动物的生态和行为有了一些新的见解。通过改进该现有系统，研发团队将创建一个高度可自定义但非工程师访问的设备。更具体的改进包括无线数据传输的容量，可大大扩展RFID系统实用程序的各种其他传感器和执行器的容纳能力，以及用于设计定制天线线圈以满足特定用户需求的在线工具。 RFID系统将通过多种途径提供给用户，包括在线说明，用户组装的读取器套件和完全构造的单元，所有单元的成本少于50美元。借助这些低成本的自组装选项，RFID系统不仅将作为生物学家的数据收集工具，而且还可以作为STEM教育的工具。在开发此仪器的开发中，对现有的RFID硬件的更改将包括一个更复杂的微控制器和一个更复杂的RFID集成电路（替换已过时的设备）。该设备的固件将被重写，并将其从专有语言（PICBASIC PRO）转移到Energia，该语言是一个免费的开源开发环境，基于许多业余爱好电子系统（如Arduino）所使用的相同框架，例如Arduino。 RFID读取器的数据输出将配置为直接上传到ETAG数据库中，该数据库已由开发团队通过NSF的生物信息学计划的进步提供了资金。该项目将支持几个涉及测试RFID系统和创建配件设备（例如电子平衡或红外运动探测器）的项目，这些项目可以与RFID系统连接以提供其他数据收集功能。最终，新系统将消除在生物学研究中使用RFID技术的所有障碍。系统的总和总数将导致一种在几乎任何认真的研究工作中负担得起的工具，该工具可以在某种程度上进行定制，从而可以允许广泛的现场和实验室部署方案，适应其他形式的数据收集，并可以为非工程师访问，例如生物学家能够自己建立系统。