In the Netherlands, a new billing system for public toilets which is based on mobile wireless technology has been developed by “NeoNumus”. The costs incurred for provision of the facilities, cleaning and maintenance are paid quickly and simply by the customer by “mobile phone” via a cashless system. This system reduces the waiting time for […]
If you read the article linked as below ,then you get the impression that Apple is the father and the mother of the Bluetooth Low Energy radio beacons. You also get the feeling that Android developers have no idea how to use such radio beacons and Windows 8 does not matter at all. Sorry, but […]
ZigBee has interoperability problems. Two software layers called ZigBee profiles developed by two different companies can create profiles that interfere with different versions of ZigBee profiles. Worst case two devices that have ZigBee chips might not interoperate. And even two of the same chips can’t communicate to each other if the run different profiles like […]
Home appliance, smart home and AAL General about home applience Any home appliance has a power supply. That means power is no problem to support a wireless hub inside the device. Each AC power plug can run as wireless to power line communication gateway. In the basement I run a washing machine. In the kitchen […]
The reference design contains a NFC link to a PDA or Android smartphone. The magnetic energy of the NFC reader / writer of the Android phone is high enough to supply the reference PCB with MCU and E-Paper label. The PCB holds a System on Chip (NFC antenna interface, embedded MCU, EEprom and SPI interface), […]
The Anthias Bluetooth Low Energy module supports the single mode of Bluetooth 4.0. It offers ultra low power on coin cell battery. The module is available with an on-chip Antenna or with a U.FL mini-coaxial RF connector. Anthias is one of the lowest power consuming BLE modules on the market with a peak power of […]
Bluetooth Low Energy System on Chip ML7105 The ML7105 SoC for Bluetooth Low Energy enables short range wireless communication with ultra low-power consumption and low-latency. This facilitates a wide range of applications and smaller form factor devices in the healthcare, fitness, security and home entertainment industries. Key Features of the Bluetooth Low Energy SoC Bluetooth® […]
Objective: to log the movements of a customer through a retail space, for example for market research The space is populated fixed radio beacons (2.4 GHz ISM Band), each of which periodically transmits signals which uniquely identify the particular beacon. The radio signal is limited in strength and can only be received within a defined […]
Just to let you know that you don’t have to wait longer for home automation gadgets based on Bluetooth 4.0 or ANT any more. Radio beacons and tags on BLE and ANT have become available at present. These can be deployed as miniature beacons in buildings, parking garages, shopping malls and airports without significant installation […]
Wi-Fi locating / identification service with Android 4.3 for all of us? The advanced wireless LAN settings of Android 4.3 also offers a new option “identification service always available.” Underlying this is a technique that allows the location even when Wi-Fi service is disabled, to search for networks, so as to easily identify the location […]