Performance comparison of communication module againts detection location for blind cane

Abstract

A Blind Cane is a tools resembles an ordinary wooden stick that can help blind people to recognize the environment atmosphere around them. However, this Blind Cane only help the blind, passively. Many research has been developed and enhanced for the Blind Cane. One of the research conducted is to create a smart cane that can detect the location while the blind doing travel. This research is comparing the performance comparison of module communication that will be implemented on Blind Cane in Telkom University area. There are three module communications that will be compared in order to have the best performance and the most economics cost implementation. They are module NRF24L01, module XBee Pro S2C, and module USR-BLE101. Based on the testing scenario, the best performance module communication is gained by XBee Pro S2C Module. While the minimum cost for implementation system is using module communication NRF24L01.