LOW COST EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORKS

George Hloupis, Ilias Stavrakas, Konstantinos Moutzouris, Dimos Triantis

2012

Abstract

The current paper deals with the use of open source, low cost solutions for the development of educational seismic networks. The contribution of the current research is the minimization of sensors’ and accompanying hardware costs through newly implemented devices as well as their coupling to custom and public available software. Our effort is to deploy plug-n-play devices with initial cost under 10€ in their basic versions that can be easily operated by school teachers without the need of complicated instructions. Two solutions based on different microprocessors (with the accompanying software) along with preliminary guides for inquiring students into seismology are presented..

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in Harvard Style

Hloupis G., Stavrakas I., Moutzouris K. and Triantis D. (2012). LOW COST EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORKS . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-06-8, pages 356-359. DOI: 10.5220/0003923003560359


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu12,
author={George Hloupis and Ilias Stavrakas and Konstantinos Moutzouris and Dimos Triantis},
title={LOW COST EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORKS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2012},
pages={356-359},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003923003560359},
isbn={978-989-8565-06-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - LOW COST EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORKS
SN - 978-989-8565-06-8
AU - Hloupis G.
AU - Stavrakas I.
AU - Moutzouris K.
AU - Triantis D.
PY - 2012
SP - 356
EP - 359
DO - 10.5220/0003923003560359