IOT, AVL, Smart Home, AAL, M2M and M2M2P on Arduino

IOT – AVL  Smart Home – AAL -M2M – M2M2P

Name it what ever you like. In the end the device will need some kind of micro controller to run your code. Google selected the Arduino and its clones for the Android@Home. All of Microchip Arduino Clones comes with Android accesory libaries.

Table with Arduino´s

The prices at the table are catched in November 2011 on Internet. The BUDGETARY prices of Microchip you can get by using their Microchip Advanced Part Selector . The parameters of the Microchip micro controllers are picked by cut and paste. The technical data of the ATMEL are a manual selection from the website of ATMEL. Please excuse mistakes. Any hint on mistakes are welcome.

	PIC32MX 795F512L	PIC32MX 320F128L	PIC24FJ256 GB110	ATmega2560	ATmega328
* The prices is for BUDGETARY USE ONLY, shown in USD, and is subject to change.	1: 10.40 26: 9.53 100: 8.63 1000: 7.94* 5000+  6.83*	1:5.58 26:5.11 100: 4.63 1000: 4.26* 5000+ 4.05*	1: 7.01 26: 6.42 100: 5.82 1000: 5.35* 5000+ 5.09*	1:  $20.04 10:  $13.14 25:  $11.43 100:  $11.30	1:  $5.69 10:  $5.29 25:  $4.89 100:  $4.35 250:  $3.42
Part number eval kit	TDGL003	TDGL002	DM240415	???	???
Evaluation kit with Arduino footprint and	chipKIT Max32â„¢ Prototyping Platform	chipKIT Uno32â„¢ Prototyping Platform	PIC24F Accessory Development Starter Kit for Android	Arduino Mega ADK	Arduino Uno
Android accesory libaries	yes	yes	yes	yes	Yes
Core	32-bit PIC32	32-bit PIC32	16-bit PIC24	8-bit AVR	8-bit AVR
Price per eval kit	USD 50	USD 27	USD 80	USD 88	USD 30
P.Memory (Kbytes)	512 Flash	128 Flash	256 Flash	256 Flash	256 Flash
P.Memory (Kwords)	128	32	85
Self-Write Flash	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
RAM (Bytes)	128K	16K	16K	8K	2K
EEPROM (Bytes)	0	0	0	4K	1K
I/O Pins	85	85	84	86	23
Max CPU Speed	80 MHz (80 MIPS)	80 MHz (80 MIPS)	32 MHz (16 MIPS)	16 MHz (16 MIPS)	20 MHz (20 MIPS)
Internal OSC	8 MHz, 32 kHz	8 MHz, 32 kHz	8 MHz, 32 kHz	32 KHz RTC	32 KHz RTC
CodeGuard Security			Basic
System Mgmt Features	BOR, LVD, POR, WDT, RTCC, WUR, 8-DMA, nanoWatt-[Low Speed, Fast Wake, Pwr Modes]	BOR, LVD, POR, WDT, RTCC, WUR, nanoWatt-[Low Speed, Fast Wake, Pwr Modes]	BOR, LVD, POR, WDT, RTCC, nanoWatt-[Low Speed, Fast Wake, Pwr Modes]
Analog Peripherals	2-Comparatorsw/ SRLatch, Bandgap – Internal, OpAmp, ShuntReg; 1A/D, 16×10-bit @ 1000ksps	2-Comparatorsw/ SRLatch, Bandgap – Internal, OpAmp, ShuntReg; 1A/D, 16×10-bit @ 1000ksps	3-Comparatorsw/ SRLatch, OpAmp, ShuntReg; 1A/D, 16×10-bit @ 500ksps; CTMU	1-Comparator, 16A/D, 16×10-bit @ 15ksps	1-Comparator, 16A/D, 8×10-bit @ 15ksps
Digital Comm. Peripherals	6-UART, 4-SPI, 5-I2C	2-UART, 2-SPI, 2-I2C	4-UART, 3-SPI, 3-I2C, PPS	4-UART, 5-SPI, 1-I2C	1-UART, 2-SPI, 1-I2C
Connectivity	1-FS Host/OTG-USB 2.0 OTG, 2-CAN, 10/100 Base-TX Mac, LIN, IrDA	LIN, IrDA	1-Full Speed-USB 2.0 OTG, LIN, IrDA
Capture/ Compare PWM Peripherals	5-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 5-Input Capture	5-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 5-Input Capture	9-CCP, 9-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 16-bitPWM, 9-Input Capture	16-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 4-Input Capture, PWM channels 15	6-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 1-Input Capture, PWM channels 6
Digital Timers	5×16-bit, 2×32-bit	5×16-bit, 1×32-bit	5×16-bit	6x???bit, 32kHz RTC	3x???bit
Application Peripherals	16-mTouch, PMP16, EBI-No	16-mTouch, PMP16, EBI-No	16-mTouch, PMP, EBI-No
Debug/Develop. Features	JTAG-Debug/ Program/Boundary Scan, ICSP, ICDdebug – Integrated	JTAG-Debug/ Program/Boundary Scan, ICSP, ICDdebug – Yes	JTAG-Boundary Scan, ICSP, ICDdebug – Yes	JTAG
Package (Pins)	TFBGA, TQFP (10 )	TFBGA, TQFP (100)	TQFP (100)	TQFP (100) CBGA (100)	MLF (VQFN) 32, TQFP 32, PDIP 28
Operating Voltage	(2.3V-3.6V)	(2.3V-3.6V)	(2V-3.6V)	(4.5V-5.5V)	(1.8V-5.5V)
Temperature Ranges	(-40 to 105)	(-40 to 105)	(-40 to 85)	(-40 to 85)	(-40 to 85)

The Arduino´s in the table and a long list of further Arduino clones are supported by adapter boards with wireless modules. The origin Arduino´s are on 5 Volt. All clones I have seen are on 3 Volt. The GSM/GPS adapter and further I will make public will support 5 Volt and 3 Volt CMOS level. A basic Arduino has one UART and one SPI only. Later versions or clones offer more serial interfaces. Nevertheless one UART you can drive one wireless module normally only. With the SPI it is close the same. The new generation of adapters listed here (also called shields) are supporting some kind of multiplexing. Based on this feature it is possible to build “sandwiches” of several adapter PCBs on top of an Arduino. Arduino´s are cheap. The clones are even cheaper. The Ardunio clones of Microchip together with GSM/GPS adapter build the cheapest evaluation kits for AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) the world ever have seen. My ignoring the GPS you get a inexpensive telemetry playground. Everything is open source. Everybody can copy it. Last but not least it is supported by engineering offices to redesign the Arduino plus adapter board to one industrial PCB with switched DC/DC regulator for example. The benefit is that the software development on Arduino plus adapter can be processed parallel to the hardware development.

Arduino with GSM/GPS adapter

Arduino Shied with GSM and GPS module

If you are interested in a your own IOT, AVL, Smart Home, AAL, M2M or M2M2P solution, then send an email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de or give me a call at +49-1755774832. I will present you my experience (25 year in radio / 15 years in GSM and GPS). On request you can get references to wireless projects for all over the world. Thank you in advance for any challenge.