Field test: tracking indoor and outdoor In order to demonstrate the tracking of goods and assets across borders, a field test was executed over several days in different countries using different methods of transport. In addition to delivery vehicles and cars, trams and walking were also used. The car was parked in an underground car […]
The oldest delivery service is certainly Santa Claus. He has been delivering punctually to children for generations. Santa Claus lives in his factory at the North Pole. Santa’s helpers are the gnomes. They make gifts for the children. At Christmas Santa Claus packs all the presents on his sled. As we now, reindeers pull the […]
SIM on chip or eSIM cards do the exact same job as a normal IoT SIM card. Neverthelesss, eSIM cards are permanently stored inside a device. An eSIM is usually attached by soldering to the PCB. eSIMs prevent people from tampering with the device or changing the device it sits in. This helps enhance the […]
The LPWAN world is about to be turned upside down, and this is your chance to be part of it. SIM cards for 1 Euro 10 Euro, running time 10 years, 500 MB => 50 MB per year, 1 Euro per year, about 8 cents a month! Additional data volume bookings possible 500 MB upload […]
In 2016, a creative team in Frankfurt had the idea of developing an IoT push button for ordering goods via a cellular module. In principle, something similar to the Amazon Dash button, only using a GSM radio instead of Wi-Fi. A first, and a tricky learning curve for the engineering team. The developers in the […]
Some people talk about IoT. My customer do IoT. In this case, it is an IoT device in metering again. The M-Bus Master Unit GSS-134 of Pikkerton is on Quectel GSM module M66 and got a replaceable battery pack. It can run easily without longer installation effort. M-Bus master interfaces: M-Bus Master Unit, 20 Standard […]
Many IoT / M2M Cookbook customers asked me for an evaluation kit within the last two years. I launched the first version during M2M Summit in September 2016. In February 2017 the multicellular version came true. The working name is HARduino because it has an Arduino R3 compatible UART interface. HARALD – ALD + duino […]
IoT / M2M question by email to me: Q: Hi Harald,I found you on m2m.com forum discussion. I am an M2M enthusiast building an M2M PoC. I noticed in one of the m2m.com forum thread you suggested to Wakeup devices using SMS or Voice call. ie. Bootstrap to the GPRS network. I would like to […]
Are you able to find the mistakes in this GSM module antenna design? The manufacturer labelled it a GSM adapter for the Arduino platform. We have removed the brand name of the GSM module. Delivery notes There were no delivery notes or invoice inside or outside of the package. The customer was really lucky, that […]
Before the year comes to an end there is a need for a birthday cake on my desk. This is because I have been working in GSM and GPS for 20 years. What has happened in those 20 years? GPS GPS have modules achieved lower and lower power consumption. Today we are at 5 mA […]