Month: September 2010

Wireless M-Bus Portfolio: Chips, Modules, Terminals, USB-Sticks, Gateways

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M-Bus (Meter-Bus) is a European Standard for the remote reading of gas, water or electricity meters. M-Bus is also usable for other types of consumption meters.

The M-Bus interface is made for communication on two wires, making it very cost effective. This protocol exists with several physical layers such as paired wires, optical fibber or radio link. The radio variant of M-Bus is called Wireless M-Bus and is specified in EN 13757-4. It is dedicated to the European ISM frequency band at 868MHz. It means that modules embedding the Wireless M-bus stack must comply with the general SRD standard EN 300-220.

M2M white papers and reports plus sample titles

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ABI Research http://www.abiresearch.com Software for M2M Applications (2010) Cellular M2M Markets (2009) 3G Machine-To-Machine (M2M) Communications (2007) Berg Insight http://www.berginsight.com/ Smart Metering in Western Europe (July 2010) The Global Wireless M2M Market (December 2009) Forrester http://www.forrester.com The M2M Market Is A Blossoming Opportunity (March 2010) Machine-to-Machine (M2M): New Traffic on Wireless Networks (March 2010) Frost […]

Your M2M application ready on Python in less than 1 hour!

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The evaluation board „smart-GSM/PLC“ makes it possible The GSM-PLC board is designed to realize development from e.g.: Remote Control boxes with digital I/O‘s Remote Control boxes with analog inputs Gate opener via call by mobile phone Telemetry boxes Data logging Counter monitoring GPRS / GSM burglar alarm and much more On its I2C bus you […]

M2M module: Embedded Linux, ARM9, GPRS module, USB and further Interfaces

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Today I would like to show and to talk about a new Linux based application for wireless M2M. The PCB is already in use in several projects. Based on its enclosure it can be used as a final product for end users. It supports a lot of interfaces like SD card / MMC card, GPIO Pins , AD / DA converter, UARTs, USB Device, USB Host, I2C, SPI and JTAG. At GPIO you will find PMW (Pulse Wide Modulation), counters and other intelligent channels.

Arduino with GSM GPRS GPS Shield

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… the extension module for GSM / GPRS and GPS

The open-source physical computing platform Arduino, based on easily applicable hardware and software for the development of prototypes, consists of a micro controller
(ATmega328) with numerous digital as well as analogue inputs and outputs and interfaces…
Arduino boards can be expanded to valuable features by plugging the so-called ”Shields”. With the GSM / GPRS/ GPS-Shield the Arduino board is enabled to use GSM (mobile communication) and GPS functionality (navigation), for example

Navigation without GPS? Sensors with Greenfield app in cellphones could replace the need of GPS

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Team of researchers at Microsoft has taken up the task of giving you a perfect solution in the situations where GPS refuses to work. A prototype device called Menlo phone will collect the data with the help of the sensors, as the user walks indoors or in the places where GPS’s signals are weak.

RF as Alternative for Remote Control Applications

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Reference Design for RF Remote To ease the process, an RF remote control reference design such as the nRD24H1 is available. The device (transmitter) side of the nRD24H1 is implemented as a hardware module fitted on a six-button remote control application board. The module includes a PCB antenna, a 2.4GHz transceiver (the nRF24L01) and an […]