Embedded based wind plant monitoring system using wireless sensor network

This paper describes wireless sensor network for remote diagnosis and monitoring of a wind mill be a target application, which is further grouped into small cluster and connected to the local server and communicate with remote server through internet. Here we are using the PIC 16F887 microcontroller and zigbee module and ARM7TDMI processor for diagnosis. The speed of the fan is sensed by using the RPM sensor, the current and voltage value generated is measured and the values are sent to the PIC controller for measure the import and export of wind power. Once the values are obtained in the controller a back up is stored and also the details are sent through wireless ZIGBEE communication medium so that the system can be operated by a personal computer located in a remote area connected through the internet. Similarly number of systems can be placed under control for monitoring as the number of pins and ports available in controller are more. The other end consists of a system which consists of an internet connection through which control can be made to the wind plant, the input information is obtained through the wireless ZIGBEE communication medium so that number of parameters can be obtained.