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 […]
Tag: ANT+
How to track a shopping trolley in supermarket?
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 […]
ANT / Bluetooth 4.0 beacon evaluation kit for home automation solution to support humans and pets
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 […]
Hackathon @ Droidcon in Berlin – Great prizes – cash, products and media exposure
Join the ANT Challenge at the Droidcon Berlin Hackathon Sunday, April 7,| 9am-6pm The ANT Challenge is an excellent opportunity to create new and dynamic applications with cutting-edge technology and use cases using the latest release of the ANT Android API. Great development opportunity. Great prizes – cash, products and media exposure! 60 M ANT+ […]
Internet of Things Around the Smartphone
Wednesday 10th of March 14:45 – 15:20 Droidcon 2013 in Berlin Mr. Klaus Starnberger, Starnberger Innovation & Technologie GmbH Ultra low power wireless technologies like Bluetooth 4.0 or ANT+ are about to revolutionize our daily life. The smartphone reaches out for sensing, controlling and utilizing its proximity and neighbourhood. New technologies enable proximity and find […]
How to become a Jedi?
With this new game controller childhood dreams come true. Everyone can now become a Jedi. In addition to video games, you can use it to control a home entertainment system or model air-plane. What’s missing in my opinion, are more new profiles in Bluetooth Smart. We need uniform interfaces and APIs. There is not just […]
50 ANT slaves talking to one ANT master – ANT vers BLE Part 1
How to connect 50 ultra low power slaves to one master? Bluetooth Low Energy is limited because each wireless slave connected to the master will charge RAM. Nevertheless, Bluetooth Low Energy is just one 2400 MHz technology out of several others. In comparison to Bluetooth Low Energy a technology called ANT charges much less RAM. […]
Comparsion of Bluetooth Low Energy – BLE – Bluetooth Smart ICs
BLE = Bluetooth Low Energy = Bluetooth Smart = a part of Bluetooth 4.0 Competitor vers. nRF51 (left side third party / right side nRF51 for my application) Switch Mode Power Supply & Linear regulators/ ditto Not supported / Individual power management for all peripherals inside the IC 1 x 10-bit ADC / 8/9/10 bit […]
Ultra small balun for Bluetooth Low Energy and ANT+
2 mm2 instead of 13,25 mm2 space for your Bluetooth Low Energy or ANT+ balun What does it mean? What will be the advantage? What will be the benefit? The dark regions shows the space for the balun. The PCB surface on left picture is 13,25 mm2. On the right picture the PCB surface is […]
Proximity Tag without Bluetooth 4.0
Today Nordic Semiconductor announced that Unikia has developed a proprietary key fob-sized wireless tag object locator that it says will appeal to anyone who doesn’t want to download an app or employ a smart phone in order to find misplaced items such as keys, glasses, and remote controls. Read more here: https://www.nordicsemi.com/News/Press-Releases/Product-Related-News/Low-cost-proprietary-wireless-proximity-key-fob-does-not-need-a-smartphone If somebody would […]