M2M Machine to Machine

Bluetooth Smart profiles and adoption

List of Bluetooth Smart profile and its adoption by January 2012

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 router are now in all places. This needs only be transferred to a database. How to get data in the database? When Google Street Maps is driving around and collects MAC addresses of wireless routers it is named a very big chorus of displeasure. Have you ever looked on the access rights of “Angry Birds”? A game like “Angry Birds” has access to the cellular network and more.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirds&hl=en

If “Angry Birds” is working as a data collector for Cell IDs and MAC addresses I don’t know, but may many other, small, free apps are collecting data in the background. Nothing is for free. Regardless, there are already several commercial databases with such information. There are even reputable companies that offer location-based services without GPS outside the Google universe. More about this story later in another article or at a meeting in your office.

Locating of my laptop via web browser I’ve tested already a few months ago. It was an accuracy landing on our house. Probably we have geo-referenced the building with our Android smart-phone to our wireless router. Because we “see” the wireless router of our neighbours, they may also be in the database. As already mentioned the locating of the laptop without GPS was very accurate.

If I locate my Motorola Razr Droid without GPS, I’m always one street ahead. The distance for locating and retrieving the special deals and calculating  it is accurate enough. The coupons for various restaurants will be forwarded directly to the phone. And if I am in a hurry, there is an app from “Burger King” for discounts.

GPS was yesterday, Glonass is today and Galileo is tomorrow. Or is Galileo already overtaken by the Big Dipper? Big Dipper is called in Chinese Beidou. China has called its GNSS Beidou and has launched two satellites, one day after Christmas.

My Razr relies on GPS and Glonass. This doubles the number of satellites in the sky. The Razr summarizes the American satellite with Russian satellites and makes a virtue of necessity. To me it is right. Position is position.

Let’s go back to the new indoor navigation of Google. It is the free service for your smart phone. Just update to version 6.0 and play with it. But there is no map of the airport or train station at the site! Don’t worry – Google takes care and provides a gratis map editor. Anyone can make floor plans available. The places with option for indoor navigation will spring up like mushrooms.

Link to Google Maps Indoor (good explanation):
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/starthere/index.html

Link to tool for the generation of floor plans with levels:
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/floorplans/

The story is not that new to me. Close the same was already by my team at the EXPO 2000 in Hanover. We had all the cell ID and power level from the base stations of the network operator Mannesmann (now Vodafone) in Hanover area. All salesmen of tickets for the cable car were equipped with GSM-tracking without GPS.

For locating at the airport I have thought and written about it several months ago. One of my articles describes the locating with Bluetooth Proximity tags. An app for my smart phone I’ve liked just before the Christmas holiday by the manufacturer. The new radio beacons based on Bluetooth Smart have just to be stored in the databases.

Why do I have liked a Razr instead of Samsung S2 or Nexus Prime from Santa Claus? The S2 is a great smart phone, but unfortunately it offers no new technology such as NFC and Bluetooth Smart. The Nexus Prime has NFC but no Bluetooth Low Energy. But I need Bluetooth Low Energy to optimise my 15 years old idea about locating and navigation without GPS. About 50 % of my projects have the subject locating. Most are based not only on GPS. Sometimes it is the combination of GPS with Glonass – sometimes dead reckoning by gyro and wheel sensor is in use. In other projects the solution is Wi-Fi (WLAN) positioning. In further projects ISM radio beacons help to optimise the result. On top everything is getting smaller and cheaper. Bluetooth Low Energy is extremely small, extremely energy efficient and extremely inexpensive.

I am prepared, my Razr too – who else?

US LTE operator has interferences with GPS frequency

The orign story here:

Workshop LTE – Fragen und Antworten zu Tests und Zulassungen

The LTE Workshop will be offered in German language. Sorry for that. A summary and minutes of meeting I will make public later on in English.

LTE Workshop

Unten stehend die Agenda zum LTE Workshop. Mein Beitrag ist “Antennendesign und Optimierung”. Vorab: Mit der falschen Antenne schafft man niemals einen PTCRB OTA Test. Die falsche Antenne führt zu teuren Redesigns bis hin zur Nichteinführung des M2M-Produktes in USA und Kanada.

Kostenlose Webinare und Seminare

Ein solcher Kurs erspart böse Überraschungen und Kosten. Wer bereits eine Beratung vor Ort oder per Telefon von mir erhalten hat weiß, dass ich früh auf das Thema Märkte und Zulassungen eingehe. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn wir uns am 20.03.2012 treffen. Der LTE Workshop ist nur einer von vielen Events zum Thema Wireless in 2012.

Hinzu kommen kostenlose Webinare und Seminare zu NFC, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy, BT 4.0), ANT+, WLAN, GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, ISM und vieles mehr. Ich denke es ist für alle was dabei. Wer möchte kann einen persönlichen Termin auf der Embedded World, Cebit oder Hannover Industrie  Messe vereinbaren. Auf dem größten Kongress zum Thema Android (Droidcon in Berlin) plane ich ebenfalls teil zu nehmen.

Übersicht alles Wireless Events mit Chance auf ein Meeting plus Webinare:

http://www.gsm-modem.de/M2M/android/wireless-m2m-events-in-2012-free-of-charge-yet/
Die Auflistung wird fort geführt. Derzeit ist Primar Q1 uns Q2 gezeigt.
Termine gerne per Email an harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de oder per Telefon oder SMS an +49-1755774832. Danke im Voraus.

Workshop LTE

Sprecher: Firma Eurofins / Firma Rutronik
Datum. 20.03.2012
Ort: Reichenwalde bei Berlin
Route planen: http://maps.google.de/maps?q=eurofins+reichenwalde&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=de&sa=N&tab=wl

09.00 Uhr Begrüßung der Gäste

09.30 Uhr- LTE Einführung
- Überblick über konkurrierende Technologien
- Unterschiede zu UMTS

11.00 Uhr – LTE Frequenzbänder in Europa, USA, Kanada
- Regulatorische Anforderungen (Radio, EMV, SAR, Elektrische Sicherheit) in Europa, USA und Kanada mit Schwerpunkt Integration von GSM / UMTS / LTE – Modulen

11.15 Uhr Kaffeepause

12.15 Uhr- PTCRB-Zulassung
- neuer OTA 3.1 Testplan

13.00 Uhr Antennendesign und Optimierung

13.30 Uhr Mittagspause

15.15 Uhr – Praktische Vorführung Messungen LTE
- Praktische Vorführung Messungen OTA
- Praktische Vorführung SAR
- Inkl. Laborrundgang

15.30 Uhr Kaffeepause

16.30 Uhr – Grundsätzliche Anforderungen Europa
- FCC & Canada für RF-Exposure Evaluation
- Dezidierte Anforderungen für GSM, UMTS, LTE

16.30 – Beantwortung von Fragen, Diskussion

17:00 Uhr Ende der Veranstaltung

Free Webinar: GNSS module for GPS,Glonass, Galileo, Beidou and QZSS

The iphone 4s and the Motorola Razr Droid on Android are using GPS and Glonass. Your M2M app can top this two nice smart phones, because your M2M device can be able to support GPS,Glonass, Galileo, Beidou and QZSS. Save the date and listen one hour to the free of charge webinar as below.

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List of all events in 2012 here .

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 developer from any place at this nice planet can be joined free of charge.The webinars are offered in English language.
• The “Wireless Roadshow” in Berlin and Düsseldorf will be offered in English language as well. It takes 3 days by 8 hours. 24 hours training free of charge. Only the intro may be in German. My speech about GSM locating will by in English as soon one person outside of Germany will join.
• In Berlin you have a chance to meet me at the “Droidcon”. This big Android event is in English as usual. Last year they had 1500+ visitors. I will talk about NFC, Bluetooth Smart, Bluetooth. ANT+ and WLAN. This two days you can join on less money.
• A further event in Berlin will be related to LTE approvals. My speech will be about embedded LTE antennas and design in. It is not for free, but it will save you a lot of money, because you will get skills to develop a M2M device to pass the necessary approvals.
• Nevertheless you have the chance to meet me at the “Embedded World” in Nuremberg.  At the stand you will see special M2M devices like a GPS/GSM watch made by a customer.
• And last but not least we can meet me at the “Cebit” in Hannover and the “Hannover Industry Fair.” And if all this does not fit, we can meet at your office.

Webinars on Wireless M2M

All times are UTC/GMT +1 hour

Wireless M2M Events in several cities

• LTE Seminar / Berlin 20.03  (1 day)
  • Tests, Approvels in US, EU and other regions. Embedded LTE antennas and design in.
• Embedded World / Nürnberg  28.2 – 1.03 (3 days)
  • Exhibition of latest wireless technologies and examples.
• Cebit / Hannover 6. – 10.03- no (5 days)
  • Big event about communication just 45 minutes far away from my home. I will use this event for customer meetings and learning about latest wireless technologies. The opening this year will be done by Mr. Eric Smith (Google) and Dr. Angela Merkel (Federal Chancellor/ Germany)
• Hannover Industry Fair 23. – 27. 04 (4days)
  • Big exhibition related to latest technologies close to my home.
• Droidcon / Berlin 13. – 14.03 (2 days)
  • Wireless links around your Smart Phone. NFC, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart, ANT+ and WIFI. Difference in range, power consumption, latency. Examples for applications
• Rutronik Wireless Roadshow Düsseldorf 22.05- 24.05 (3 days)  and Rutronik Wireless Roadshow Berlin 25.09 – 27.09 (3 days)
  • Day 1: Postining on GNSS like GPS, but Glonass, Beidou, Galileo and QZSS as well. Non GNSS locating by WIF, Bluetooth Smart, active RFID up to GSM locating
  • Day 2: Wireless links around your Smart Phone. NFC, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart, ANT+ and WIFI
  • Day 3: Internet of Things: GSM, GPRS, HSPA, UMTS, WIFI, ZigBee, 6LoWPAN

If you have interest in further details or a meeting then just drop an email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de or use the form .

Demo App to accelerate development of Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ accessories for iPhone 4S

Demo App to accelerate development of Bluetooth® Smart and ANT+ accessories for iPhone 4S

Available today, the nRFready iOS Demo App sample application provides developers with an ideal starting point and ready-built design framework to accelerate development of ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy)  wireless connectivity apps and accessories for the iPhone 4S.

CES FORMAL DEMONSTRATIONS
WHEN: Wed 3-4pm Jan 11 & Thur 4.30-6.30pm Jan 12, 2012
WHERE: Las Vegas Hilton, East Tower, Suite # H969

If you have interest in an own Buetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy)  application then just drop an email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de

World’s first Bluetooth Smart advanced remote control for connected TVs and set-top boxes at CES

Nordic Semiconductor is today demonstrating its upcoming nRFready μBlue Smart Remote reference design – the world’s first Bluetooth low energy/Smart advanced navigation remote for connected TVs and set-top boxes. Based on Nordic’s market leading μBlue nRF8001, this reference design is set to take remote controls for connected TVs to the next level by delivering advanced navigation features such as multi-touch and motion control, plus QWERTY keyboard, while offering up to one year of battery life and compatibility with any Bluetooth Smart Ready TV.

CES FORMAL DEMONSTRATIONS:
WHEN: Wed 3-4pm Jan 11 & Thur 4.30-6.30pm Jan 12, 2012
WHERE: Las Vegas Hilton, East Tower, Suite # H969

If you have interest in an own Buetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy)  solution then just drop an email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de

World’s first Bluetooth Smart mouse and keyboard combo at CES

Bluetooth Smart Low Energy mouse keyboard

Nordic Semiconductor today demonstrates its upcoming mouse and keyboard combo reference design – the world’s first fully functional Bluetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy) wireless mouse and keyboard combo. The reference design is based on Nordic’s market-leading μBlue nRF8001 and is set to take Bluetooth computer peripherals to the next level by delivering over a year of battery operating life for the mouse and up to 10 years for the keyboard from two AA batteries.

CES FORMAL DEMONSTRATIONS:
WHEN: Wed 3-4pm Jan 11 & Thur 4.30-6.30pm Jan 12, 2012
WHERE: Las Vegas Hilton, East Tower, Suite # H969

If you have interest in an own Buetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy) mouse and keyboard then just drop an email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de or use the form to get further details.

GPS repeater

GPS repeater

This GPS repeater kit is a complete re-radiating system to allow you to re-radiate the GPS carrier indoors. The GPS repeater kit consists of a roof antenna, a plug-in re-radiating amplifier and a re-radiating antenna. The roof antenna is a L1/L2 35dB Gain, 50 ohm antenna. The re-radiating amplifier has a 110V/220V plug-in transformer which powers the amplifier and the roof antenna. The signal from the roof antenna is amplified and radiated out the repeating GPS antenna. If the receiving antenna has line of sight with the re-radiating antenna, it will receive the signal up to 30 meter away.

If you are interested in a free consultation and a concept for your M2M device, 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.