This questions related to GNSS (GPS, Glonass, Galileo) reached me. Q: “I work for a company that develops GPS tracking devices. I have been reading your posts on M2M and you seem to be an expert regarding GSM/UMTS/ETC and GPS. There are two questions I want to ask you. Number one is with Galileo, you […]
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Android running on your uC Core? Can we use it for a smart home gateway?
The question as below reached me: “Is Android running on your uC Core? Please explain your solution. We are building smart home gateway right now on 32 bit processor with Android.” Smart home gateway proposal On the uC Core will run the Arduino SDK. Nevertheless, on the uC you can run several operating systems (e.g. […]
GSM and GPS meets short-range radio
OBU (On Board Unit) and short-range radios An inexpensive trailer detection on 2400 MHz radio modules is indeed already published. http://www.gsm-modem.de/M2M/m2m-faq/trailer-detection-active-rfid/ Through the use of ICs, which were developed for consumer products, the bill of materials is very low. Last week, a GSM / ISM Bridge required based on Linux. A GPS module is also […]
MQTT Q&A
Personal MQTT Q&A by Andy Piper Andy contact me with the text as below. Hopefully it will bring some light in the tunnel. “Hi, actually traffic was up by even more than that on day 2 (I’m the site admin), and there was a similar but smaller spike back in August when the Facebook news […]
How to charge wireless?
Who can help with a proposal? Who is interested in delivering? I have the need to make a proposal to charge the battery wireless for several project customers. We found the Wireless Power Consortium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Power_Consortium We emailed the Wireless Power Consortium and a few companies listed on the official website of WPC http://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/ but got […]
MQTT in Android mobile applications
How to receive push notifications using MQTT in an Android mobile application Dave Lane was so friendly to describe the using of the MQTT protocol with Android. Many thanks to Dave. It will save developers some time and hopefully one of them will make some more code, tips and hints public. The whole story of […]
Why SAR tests are expensive?
SAR tests are expensive, because there is an expensive robot arm plus expensive software on a PC in use Nevertheless, there is some manual work to do as well. The pictures as below will make the described process visible. The robot has on the end of its arm a probe to measure the radiated energy. […]
Q&A: Smart Home, Android@Home, NFC, Bluetooth and 6LoWPAN
Questions and answers about Smart Home, Android@Home, NFC, Blueotooth and 6LoWPAN Q&A about Smart Home, Android@Home, NFC, Bluetooth and 6LoWPAN during the event at c-base in Berlin. Slides in upload here: http://www.box.net/shared/dhb87ifp9k7ox2o6fmil c-base e.V. The c-base e.V. is a non-profit organization to promote education in the areas of hardware, software and network technology. The multi-faceted […]
M2M device testing for antenna performance
With the endless array of applications and form factors for M2M devices, it’s very common that the device under test really shouldn’t or can’t be tested in the standard way. If you plan a M2M device with external cellular antenna, then you will find a supplier for common antennas easy. If you plan a small […]
Smart-Home by Android@Home, 6LoWPAN and Google Plus?
For a lot of people 6LoWPAN is just a piece of cake for the Smart Home or Ambient Assisted Living. My wish is a Smart-Home on a reasonable price level. In my opinion we need some kind of web based interface to get the coffee machine live on the display of the smartphone or laptop. […]