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 prices at the table are catched in November 2011 on Internet. The BUDGETARY prices of Microchip you can get by using their Microchip Advanced Part Selector . The parameters of the Microchip micro controllers are picked by cut and paste. The technical data of the ATMEL are a manual selection from the website of ATMEL. Please excuse mistakes. Any hint on mistakes are welcome.

chipKIT-Max32 chipKIT-Uno32 PIC24F-Android-STK Arduino Mega 2560 Arduino UNO SMD
PIC32MX 795F512L PIC32MX 320F128L PIC24FJ256 GB110 ATmega2560 ATmega328
* The prices is for BUDGETARY USE ONLY, shown in USD, and is subject to change. 1: 10.40
26: 9.53
100: 8.63
1000: 7.94*
5000+  6.83*
1:5.58
26:5.11
100: 4.63
1000: 4.26*
5000+ 4.05*
1: 7.01
26: 6.42
100: 5.82
1000: 5.35*
5000+ 5.09*
1:  $20.04
10:  $13.14
25:  $11.43
100:  $11.30
1:  $5.69
10:  $5.29
25:  $4.89
100:  $4.35
250:  $3.42
Part number eval kit TDGL003 TDGL002 DM240415 ??? ???
Evaluation kit with Arduino footprint and chipKIT Max32â„¢ Prototyping Platform chipKIT Uno32â„¢ Prototyping Platform PIC24F Accessory Development Starter Kit for Android Arduino Mega ADK Arduino Uno
Android accesory libaries yes yes yes yes Yes
Core 32-bit PIC32 32-bit PIC32 16-bit PIC24 8-bit AVR 8-bit AVR
Price per eval kit USD 50 USD 27 USD 80 USD 88 USD 30
P.Memory (Kbytes) 512 Flash 128 Flash 256 Flash 256 Flash 256 Flash
P.Memory (Kwords) 128 32 85
Self-Write Flash Yes Yes Yes ? ?
RAM (Bytes) 128K 16K 16K 8K 2K
EEPROM (Bytes) 0 0 0 4K 1K
I/O Pins 85 85 84 86 23
Max CPU Speed 80 MHz (80 MIPS) 80 MHz (80 MIPS) 32 MHz (16 MIPS) 16 MHz (16 MIPS) 20 MHz (20 MIPS)
Internal OSC 8 MHz, 32 kHz 8 MHz, 32 kHz 8 MHz, 32 kHz 32 KHz RTC 32 KHz RTC
CodeGuard Security Basic
System Mgmt Features BOR, LVD, POR, WDT, RTCC, WUR, 8-DMA, nanoWatt-[Low Speed, Fast Wake, Pwr Modes] BOR, LVD, POR, WDT, RTCC, WUR, nanoWatt-[Low Speed, Fast Wake, Pwr Modes] BOR, LVD, POR, WDT, RTCC, nanoWatt-[Low Speed, Fast Wake, Pwr Modes]
Analog Peripherals 2-Comparatorsw/ SRLatch, Bandgap – Internal, OpAmp, ShuntReg; 1A/D, 16×10-bit @ 1000ksps 2-Comparatorsw/ SRLatch, Bandgap – Internal, OpAmp, ShuntReg; 1A/D, 16×10-bit @ 1000ksps 3-Comparatorsw/ SRLatch, OpAmp, ShuntReg; 1A/D, 16×10-bit @ 500ksps; CTMU 1-Comparator, 16A/D, 16×10-bit @ 15ksps 1-Comparator, 16A/D, 8×10-bit @ 15ksps
Digital Comm. Peripherals 6-UART, 4-SPI, 5-I2C 2-UART, 2-SPI, 2-I2C 4-UART, 3-SPI, 3-I2C, PPS 4-UART, 5-SPI, 1-I2C 1-UART, 2-SPI, 1-I2C
Connectivity 1-FS Host/OTG-USB 2.0 OTG, 2-CAN, 10/100 Base-TX Mac, LIN, IrDA LIN, IrDA 1-Full Speed-USB 2.0 OTG, LIN, IrDA
Capture/ Compare PWM Peripherals 5-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 5-Input Capture 5-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 5-Input Capture 9-CCP, 9-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 16-bitPWM, 9-Input Capture 16-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 4-Input Capture, PWM channels 15 6-Output Comp. & Std. PWM, 1-Input Capture, PWM channels 6
Digital Timers 5×16-bit, 2×32-bit 5×16-bit, 1×32-bit 5×16-bit 6x???bit, 32kHz RTC 3x???bit
Application Peripherals 16-mTouch, PMP16, EBI-No 16-mTouch, PMP16, EBI-No 16-mTouch, PMP, EBI-No
Debug/Develop. Features JTAG-Debug/ Program/Boundary Scan, ICSP, ICDdebug – Integrated JTAG-Debug/ Program/Boundary Scan, ICSP, ICDdebug – Yes JTAG-Boundary Scan, ICSP, ICDdebug – Yes JTAG
Package (Pins) TFBGA, TQFP (10 ) TFBGA, TQFP (100) TQFP (100) TQFP (100) CBGA (100) MLF (VQFN) 32, TQFP 32, PDIP 28
Operating Voltage (2.3V-3.6V) (2.3V-3.6V) (2V-3.6V) (4.5V-5.5V) (1.8V-5.5V)
Temperature Ranges (-40 to 105) (-40 to 105) (-40 to 85) (-40 to 85) (-40 to 85)

The Arduino´s in the table and a long list of further Arduino clones are supported by adapter boards with wireless modules. The origin Arduino´s are on 5 Volt. All clones I have seen are on 3 Volt. The GSM/GPS adapter and further I will make public will support 5 Volt and 3 Volt CMOS level. A basic Arduino has one UART and one SPI only. Later versions or clones offer more serial interfaces. Nevertheless one UART you can drive one wireless module normally only. With the SPI it is close the same. The new generation of adapters listed here (also called shields) are supporting some kind of multiplexing. Based on this feature it is possible to build “sandwiches” of several adapter PCBs on top of an Arduino. Arduino´s are cheap. The clones are even cheaper. The Ardunio clones of Microchip together with GSM/GPS adapter build the cheapest evaluation kits for AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) the world ever have seen. My ignoring the GPS you get a inexpensive telemetry playground. Everything is open source. Everybody can copy it. Last but not least it is supported by engineering offices to redesign the Arduino plus adapter board to one industrial PCB with switched DC/DC regulator for example. The benefit is that the software development on Arduino plus adapter can be processed parallel to the hardware development.

Arduino with GSM/GPS adapter

Arduino Shied with GSM and GPS module

Arduino Shied with GSM and GPS module

If you are interested in a your own IOT, AVL, Smart Home, AAL, M2M or M2M2P solution, then send an email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de or give me a call at +49-1755774832. I will present you my experience (25 year in radio / 15 years in GSM and GPS). On request you can get references to wireless projects for all over the world. Thank you in advance for any challenge.

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