A2b–Required Sensor Information

Question:

I am looking up sensor information to put into my database and, as you said in class, there is a lot of information that is not available on the manufacturer's website. Do we need to find sensors and manufacturers that give us ALL the information to fill in our fields in our database? or can we indicate in some way that this information was not available in some cases?

 

Response:

You do NOT need to find sensors that have all the information – that’s quite likely impossible.  Leave blank the info you cannot find or put in something like “unavailable”.  What these gaps will illustrate is how difficult it is to find the “right” information.

A2b–Sensor Types

Question:

For the sensor entries, are we entering specific sensors? For example, the manufacturer name and model number of the sensor. Or are we just entering genres of sensors, i.e thermocouples or infrared laser?

Response:

Specific sensors with as much information as possible about manufacturer, characteristics, etc.

A2b - Building Systems Question

Question
I was looking over the rubric and noticed a section regarding the sensors addressing the building systems. I could find no further explanation of this in the assignment details. Is this referring to sensor fields that address the building systems being monitored by the sensing device?


Response
My intention is that the types of sensors you choose address the needs of the different building systems:  Structures, HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing etc.