Lab 10. Performance Estimator
- Thomas Watteyne
The "Dust Networks SmartMesh Power and Performance Estimator" (https://www.analog.com/en/technical-articles/smartmesh-power-and-performance-estimator.html ) is a Excel-based tool which allows you to evaluate the performance of your network, given a set of constraints.
Download and open the performance estimator.
You probably have to enable the contents to be able to run the estimator
Assume that you have
1 manager
20 1-hop motes
20 2-hop motes
each mote sends an 80-byte data packet every 30s
In the "Estimator" tab, enter parameters corresponding to the setup described above. What setting did you use?
number of motes per depth | Â |
|---|---|
requested service | Â |
reporting interval | Â |
payload size | Â |
path stability | Â |
supply voltage | Â |
temperature | Â |
Answer 1:
What is the resulting estimated performance of your nodes?
Average current consumption at 1 hop | Â |
|---|---|
Average current consumption at 2 hops | Â |
mean upstream (US) latency at 1 hop | Â |
mean upstream (US) latency at 2 hops | Â |
Answer 2:
Using the "Battery Life" tab, convert the average current consumption figures in the table above into lifetime, for the following batteries:
 | CR2032 | L-91 AA | TL9530D |
|---|---|---|---|
battery lifetime for 1-hop motes | Â | Â | Â |
battery lifetime for 2-hop motes | Â | Â | Â |