Table 8 Hardware cost assessment.

From: A cost effective real time rail track monitoring system leveraging multi sensor fusion and multi objective optimization

Component

Model

Quantity

Price per unit (USD)

Microcontroller

Arduino Uno

1

5.00

Arduino mega

1

8.00

Power source

Battery LiPo (1000 mAh)

1

20.00

Amplifier

LM358P

15

0.50

Resistor

100 K, 1 K, 1 M

60

0.10

Zener diode

5.0 V

15

0.10

Capacitor

0.1 µF

20

0.10

Piezoelectric sensor

7BB206L0

15

1.0

Breadboard

–

3

1.0

Total price

70 USD (each unit)