M2M Machine to Machine

Archive for September, 2010

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

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

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 & Sullivan
http://www.frost.com
World Satellite Machine-to-Machine Communications [...]

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

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 have have [...]

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

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.

IPv6: 340.282.366.920.938.463.463.374.607.431.768.211.456 IP addresses

IPv6 offers 128 bit address space. Theoretically there are 340.282.366.920.938.463.463,374.607.431.768.211.456 addresses available.
This means there are approximately 6.67 * 10^27 IPv6 addresses per square meter on our planet.

Arduino with GSM GPRS GPS Shield

… 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

10 webinars related to wireless M2M – Regular price: free

With on-line seminar services you don´t need to leave your office: just connect easily with your telephone and web browser for free. After the registration you will receive a personal code and a description to enter the chosen on-line seminar.

Webinar: Best in class solution for ultra-low power coin cell battery apps – Regular price: free

ANT, The nRF24AP2 family represents the best in class solution for ultra-low power coin cell battery applications. Already widely embedded into markets such as sports and healthcare ANT now has been upgraded to a 2nd generation of devices offering even better power consumption and additional features including enhanced pairing, 128-bit encryption and application profiles.
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Qualification Cost Comparsion Bluetooth, Bluetooh LE, ZigBee and ANT+

Summary costs of licences, membership, conformance tests, CE, FCC and further

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Low power network module with IP-addresses

Radio Module that enables secure wireless low power IPv6 communication for sensors and small devices. It utilizes 6loWPAN, the first IETF standard to build wireless, low power IP-based sensor and device networks.