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WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM? Whatever happened to X10?

The question as below reached me after publishing the Home Automation Solution on the Google TV box on different channels. http://www.gsm-modem.de/M2M/m2m-componets/home-automation-on-google-tv-box/
I would like to share it with you.
WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM? Whatever happened to X10? Thanks for the links Harald. They are definitely applicable to M2M!
The TV box we got from Google helps with WIFI and [...]

Home Automation on Google TV box

As promised some days ago, the video about the Google TV box in Home Automation is ready.
On 22th. of May the wireless road-show will start in Dortmund. In Dortmund we will show the home automation application on Google TV box live. Developers that are interested in can get 1 to 3 days trainings on Wireless [...]

Home Automation on Google TV Setup Box

I just would like to inform you that I will launch a Home Automation application on the Google TV Setup Box next week. HA already got a high interest at Droidcon in Berlin.. Maybe you or friends are interested in HA as well.
The next step will be the upload of a video that shows apps [...]

Comparison of NFC, Classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart and WLAN

Presentation at Droidcon 2012 in Berlin
16 slides about short range radio links inside an Android device for download:
http://www.box.com/s/d538e0081ff656c3d899
The focus of this presentation is on Bluetooth Smart. Bluetooth Smart was called WiBree years ago. Later on it was renamed to Bluetooth Low Energy also called Bluetooth 4.0. Four names for the same technology. Bluetooth Smart is [...]

Android smart phone controlled by NFC

There is a nice free of charge NFC app at Android market. The author offers the source code as well.
NFC app features

enable/disable air plane mode on tag detection
start an external app on tag detection
enable/disable Bluetooth on tag detection
enable/disable WiFi on tag detection
switch ring tone on/off on tag detection
set alarm on tag detection

Read more here
I [...]

Quick Start Guide for Wahoo Heart Rate Belt and Motorola Razr Droid

Please follow the described steps carefully to save time by powering on your Android heart rate demo application on your Motorola Razr Droid.

1. Preparing your Motorola Razr Droid

Go to the Android Market and download the app called nRF HRM Demo to your Android Smart Phone.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nordic.ble
Install the app on your phone. Do not start [...]

Google Maps Indoor and Google Maps Floor Plan Generator

Recently you can navigate with the new version Google Maps 6.0 in the building. Various airports and shopping centres in the U.S. have already been equipped. To navigate without GNSS signals (no GPS and Glonass) you need some radio beacons along the way. A mixture of natural radio beacons, such as GSM base stations and [...]

Wireless M2M events in 2012 – free of charge yet

I am proud that I can offer a big bundle of events related to wireless in 2012 to you. Don´t miss the chance. Next events will be the free of charge webinar  about GNSS (GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS) on the 27th. of January and the LTE Seminar in Berlin 20.03.2012.

To the webinars every M2M [...]

Android running on your uC Core? Can we use it for a smart home gateway?

The question as below reached me:
“Is Android running on your uC Core? Please explain your solution. We are building smart home gateway right now on 32 bit processor with Android.”
Smart home gateway proposal
On the uC Core will run the Arduino SDK. Nevertheless, on the uC you can run several operating systems (e.g. Free RTOS). It [...]

IOT, AVL, Smart Home, AAL, M2M and M2M2P on Arduino

IOT – AVL  Smart Home – AAL -M2M – M2M2P
Name it what ever you like. In the end the device will need some kind of micro controller to run your code. Google selected the Arduino and its clones for the Android@Home. All of Microchip Arduino Clones comes with Android accesory libaries.
Table with Arduino´s
The [...]