Temperature Demo design on Bluetooth Low Energy Functionality of Bluetooth Low Energy design Measures and transmits temperature to a peer device CR2032 coin cell battery Years of battery life Disconnected model < 15 mA peak < 200 μA advertise mode average 0.5 μA Idle mode I have seen it live and made videos on Bluetooth […]
Are you aware that IPv6 day is today? 6LoWPAN is riding on IPv6 too.
What’s actually going to happen? Who are these IPV6 users? And what could possibly go wrong? Connected planet gives answers to the five following questions: So what is actually going to happen tomorrow? Who are the IPV6 users? What could possibly go wrong? How should service providers respond to customer problems? What happens after World […]
6LoWPAN question: A Low power, what is it good for? Just a waste of time. Everything was already set.
This question came in this morning by comment to a previous post. We’ve been talking of the Internet-of-Things for years, but we forgot to inform our engineers how it will work. The website of the engineer who commented is showing medical applications. I am able to connect all their equipment to my WIFI network easily. […]
EN 300 328 V1.8.1 the end of 802.15.4 ?
Is EN 300 328 V1.8.1 the end of ZigBee, Z-Wave and all other radio protocols riding on 802.15.4? Does it mean, that we all will deinstall our 804.15.4 based ISM devices? IEEE 802.15.4 divides the 2.4 GHz band into 15 channels. ETSI Draft 1.8.1 requires that a radio system must use at least 15 channels. […]
The smallest GPS module with embedded GPS antenna?
Is that really the smallest GPS module with embedded GPS antenna? GPS module Unique Features Extremely tiny form factor 9.6 x 14.0 x 1.95 mm -> I found no smaller GPS module Low power consumption: 68 mW@ 1.8 V -> I found no other GPS module with lower power consumption Only 125uA in average consumption […]
Google´s Open Source radio protocol on 6LoWPAN at a glance
Features of Googles Radio protocol 868 / 915 MHz instead of 2400 MHz Frequency hopping instead of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum like 802.15.4 Licence free 6LoWPAN instead of ZigBee Open source instead of proprietary Advantage of Google´s Radio protocol Better coverage in buildings End-to-end security if they use IPsec Proven standard IPv6 plus 6LoWPAN No […]
6LoWPAN for dummies
6Lo… what? This is the first reaction that you get, if you use the word 6LoWPAN. The word is not easy to speak and spell. Marketing wise is a nightmare. Anyhow, Google will use it. If Google will use the word often enough, then the people will start to remember it. 6LoWPAN meaning IPv6 over […]
Will Google’s Open Source Radio protocol on 6LoWPAN replace ZigBee and Z-Wave?
Google promised to release open source code for a 868/915 MHz wireless mesh protocol. It will be a low cost alternative to Zigbee or Z-Wave. It shall require less than 16 Kbytes RAM and 32 Kbytes flash. The target of the bill of material is 30 percent less than Zigbee Pro. The Google protocol will […]
Android smartphone with ANT+ radio for automatic lock of GSM/GPS tracker
State of the art Android smartphones of Sony Ericsson supports the radio link called ANT+. Sony Ericsson launched five different mobile phones with ANT+ radio inside on the 6th of January 2011 at CES in Las Vegas. The APIs you can download free of charge at http://www.thisisant.com/pages/developer-zone/android-api Below is a list of the existing mobile […]
Android@Home – From Sweet Home to affordable Smart Home
Two can play in this game. The device will be the host and the host will be the device. Is Google going bananas? Why a small PCB will be the host and a big powerful Android tablet PC or smartphone will be the device? Does this make any sense? Yes it does. Cheap Smart Home […]