GeoMonday 2016.2 – nanoton - swarm bee location-awareness technology

swarm bee

location-awareness technology

GeoMonday

June, 20 2016

Thomas Förste

[email protected]

© nanotron Technologies GmbH

Location-Awareness

In front of …

In line with …

Too far apart from …

Too close to …

© nanotron Technologies GmbH GeoMondays 2


Lack of Location-Awareness

Nature vs. Technology

The Senses: Vision, Sound, Scent, Touch,

Temperature.

Tagging: Purpose-build tagging Devices

or Smartphones.


Generic Location-Awareness

swarm bee: Wireless proximity and

positioning with sensor fusion.


Presence Detection

Context Detection

Proximity Detection

Sequence Detection

Zoning

Transition between Zones

Asset Location

Navigation

Smart Items

Are autonomous.

Feature one or more sensors.

Are capable of wireless data

communication.

Are location-aware.

swarm bee Modules

Are small battery operated wireless

nodes.

Feature acceleration and temperature

sensors.

Are capable of wireless data

communication.

Are location-aware.


swarm bee modules are smart items.

swarm bee device


configuration

over the air

swarm bee LE moduleAcceleration + Temperature

Optional

host µC *)Power

Antenna

*) Application code running on host µC adds intelligence to behavior of swarm bee device.

How does swarm bee work?

swarm bee broadcasts advertisement blinks in an configurable interval

Other swarm bees who receive this blinks may …

- measure the distance

- broadcast results to everyone

Any broadcast packet contain additional information about the module like …

- Own sensor data (battery, temperature, acceleration, GPIO status)

- Alarm status

Did you know?

Each broadcast sent by a swarm bee module can be

also localized by nanotron’s TDOA system.



4

GPIOdigital

linear

stand-aloneGPIO

Configuration and Control

over the air

Configuration and Control

by the host µC *)

How to control swarm bee modules?

*) Application code running on host µC adds intelligence to behavior of swarm bee device.

Technology independent swarm API

More than 60 commands allow customers to adjust swarm bee for own purposes.

Change radio configuration

Ranging commands

Data communication commands

Medium access commands

Sensor commands

Air interface only commands


DK+ Development Board with swarm bee.

„The swarm bee module and its high-level

API cuts time to market by 12 months!“

swarm bee flavors: Chirp and UWB

Chirp – swarm bee LE

2.4 GHz ISM, chirp technology

10 – 500 meter range

Data rate 1Mbps, 250kbps

1 meter accuracy

nanoLOC chip from nanotron

UWB – swarm bee ER

3.5 … 6.5 GHz, UWB technology

0 – 20 meter range

Data rate 6,8Mbps, 850kbps, 110kbps

10 cm accuracy

DW1000 chip from Decawave


swarm bee products share the same

comprehensive swarm API.

Location-Awareness

@Work


The Business Opportunity

Application: Combine Satellite Navigation with Location-Awareness.

Technology: Utilize all available data for Location-Awareness.

Business: Location-Awareness as a Service.


Collision Avoidance

protect and find


Today nanotron’s embedded location platform delivers location-

awareness for safety and productivity solutions across industrial and

consumer markets. The platform consists of chips, modules and

software that enable precise real-time positioning and concurrent

wireless communication. The ubiquitous proliferation of interoperable

location platforms is creating the location-aware Internet of Things.

www.nanotron.com

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