Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society : APPLEPIES 2016

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This book provides a thorough overview of cutting-edge research on electronics applications relevant to industry, the environment, and society at large. It covers a broad spectrum of application domains, from automotive to space and from health to security, while devoting special attention to the use of embedded devices and sensors for imaging, communication and control. The book is based on the 2016 ApplePies Conference, held in Rome, Italy in September 2016, which brought together researchers and stakeholders to consider the most significant current trends in the field of applied electronics and to debate visions for the future. Areas addressed by the conference included information communication technology; biotechnology and biomedical imaging; space; secure, clean and efficient energy; the environment; and smart, green and integrated transport. As electronics technology continues to develop apace, constantly meeting previously unthinkable targets, further attention needs to be directed toward the electronics applications and the development of systems that facilitate human activities. This book, written by industrial and academic professionals, represents a valuable contribution in this endeavor. Read more... Abstract: This book provides a thorough overview of cutting-edge research on electronics applications relevant to industry, the environment, and society at large. Read more... Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Long-Range Radio for Underground Sensors in Geothermal Energy Systems....Pages 3-11 Embedding Monitoring Systems for Cured-In-Place Pipes....Pages 12-17 Delay Tolerant Wireless Sensor Network for Animal Monitoring: The Pink Iguana Case....Pages 18-26 Low Dose-Rate, High Total Dose Set-Up for Rad-Hard CMOS I/O Circuits Testing....Pages 27-33 Engaging Self-powered Environmental Sensors via Serious Gaming....Pages 34-40 Flora Monitoring with a Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell....Pages 41-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Developing ICT Solutions for Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles....Pages 51-58 Maximizing Power Transfer for Dynamic Wireless Charging Electric Vehicles....Pages 59-65 A Serious Game Architecture for Green Mobility....Pages 66-76 Design and Implementation of an Electronic Control Unit for a CFR Bi-Fuel Spark Ignition Engine....Pages 77-85 Front Matter....Pages 86-92 Wake up for Power Line Communication in Street Lighting Networks....Pages 93-93 High Resolution Time Domain Reflectometry for Dielectric State Monitoring in High Voltage Cables....Pages 95-103 A Calorimetry Based System for Measuring the Power Losses of Switching Power Devices....Pages 104-110 ZnO-rGO Composite Thin Film Resistive Switching Device: Emulating Biological Synapse Behavior....Pages 111-116 Embedded System for Prosthetic Interface Mapping of Lower Limbs Amputees....Pages 117-123 Wideband mmWave Antenna for Wireless Network-On-Chip/Network-On-Board Communications....Pages 124-131 Failure Effect Analysis of Patch-Clamp Electronic Instrumentation in Electrophysiology Experiments....Pages 132-137 Front Matter....Pages 138-144 Performance Evaluation of Non Volatile Memories with a Low Cost and Portable Automatic Test Equipment....Pages 145-145 An Emulator for Approximate Memory Platforms Based on QEmu....Pages 147-152 Front Matter....Pages 153-159 Failure Analysis of Plastic Packages for Low-Power ICs....Pages 145-145 Front Matter....Pages 160-166 Towards a Virtual Reality Interactive Application for Truck Traffic Access Management....Pages 167-167 A Contactless, Energy-Neutral Power Meter for Smart City Applications....Pages 169-176 Front Matter....Pages 177-182 Emerging Applications of Whispering Gallery Mode Photonic Resonators....Pages 183-183 Compressive Sensing Reconstruction for Complex System: A Hardware/Software Approach....Pages 185-191 Experimental Evaluation of 3D Ultrasound Palmprint Recognition Techniques Based on Curvature Methods and Under Skin Principal Lines....Pages 192-200 RFID Eavesdropping Using SDR Platforms....Pages 201-207 Non Destructive Ultrasound Equipment to Evaluate the Concrete Compressive Strength....Pages 208-214 Pulse Compression: From Radar to Real-Time Ultrasound Systems....Pages 215-220 ....Pages 221-227