Sparrow Wireless Sensor Node

Sparrow is an excellent platform for IoT, ultra low-power wireless computing and energy harvesting, with state-of-the-art sensing capabilities. It was designed to work with a range of wireless protocols, including IEEE 802.15.4, 6LoWPAN and ZigBee.

Fig. 1: Sparrow v4 Sensor Node

Features include:

• Atmega128RFA1 8-bit AVR low-power microcontroller
• Integrated 2.4GHz radio transceiver
• Precision temperature & humidity sensor
• 9 DOF inertial unit
• Barometer/altimeter
• Light sensor (visible, IR and UV spectrum, luxmeter and UV radiation index)
• Fully-compatible with Arduino, with dedicated libraries for easy programming of the sensors and radio.