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Explore the possibilities with us at Embedded World 2023 | Hall 3, stand 320
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Explore the possibilities of our IoT and Wireless Technology Centre at Embedded World 2023
Environmental Sensor Platform with cloud connectivity
Acal BFi’s IoT and Wireless Technology Centre has developed an Environmental Sensor Platform, utilising Sierra Wireless FX30 and data orchestration platform Octave as a smart solution for monitoring and analysing environmental data. This Acal BFi designed platform is developed to measure important environmental parameters such as CO2, particulates, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), temperature, and humidity.
One of the key benefits of this Environmental Sensor Platform capability is its configurable and extendable design, making it easy to integrate into other systems and technologies. The platform also features a standard serial interface, allowing for seamless integration and deployment.
The platform supports extended data visualisation and analysis, allowing users to gain a comprehensive understanding of their environment.
With 4G LTE data communication capabilities, the platform ensures reliable and efficient data transmission to the cloud. The integrated data-orchestration platform Octave, combined with included cloud connectors, provides users with a comprehensive and user-friendly solution for data management and analysis.
Data can be visualised on any standard cloud platform, providing users with unparalleled access to their data whilst making it easier to identify trends and patterns over time. This, combined with the expertise and knowledge of the Acal BFi IoT and Wireless Technology Centre, makes the Environmental Sensor Platform an excellent choice for anyone looking for a robust and reliable solution for monitoring and analysing environmental data.
Features and benefits:
- Measuring CO2, particle, VOC, temperature and humidity
- Configurable & extendable sensor platform
- Easy integration via standard serial interface
- Supporting extended data visualisation & analysis
- Data communication on 4G LTE
- Integrated data-orchestration platform - Octave
- Included Cloud connectors
- Data visualisation via any standard cloud platforms
Intelligent agricultural control system
Our IoT and Wireless Technology Centre has successfully handled a project for an intelligent agricultural control system.
The commercial smart home/garden industry customer was looking for a wireless control system consisting of a control unit with smart connected devices, such as pumps, filters, and lighting.
The challenge was to expand the current wired connection with a smart wireless solution.
Acal BFi’s IoT and Wireless Technology Centre faced several challenges, including timing requirements, a wide range of weather considerations, security, voltage supply, synchronisation, and battery operation/energy consumption.
We were required to produce significant commercial volume annually with the wireless solution also needing to be approved and sold in the EU, GB, USA, China, and Japan.
The project was developed in several phases, starting with familiarisation with the DMX-RDM topic and selection of suitable wireless modules. A PoC (Proof-of-Concept) set-up has been successfully created with a development solution based on HW and SW prototypes presented to the customer for final approval.
The conclusion of the concept led to the development offer, which included a pre-series production including field testing.
The final result was a fully developed and functional intelligent control system, meeting all of the requirements and challenges set by the customer.
Our technologies
We have developed a comprehensive, complementary portfolio of wireless connectivity products from world-leading manufacturers in the most commonly used form factors. Our factory-trained Field Application Engineers can recommend the most appropriate solution based on your preferred form factor and price vs performance trade-offs that address all levels of integration, from easy-to-use plug and play modules through to industrial-grade advanced solutions.
- Powerful, compact and flexible solutions
- Covering all variations – USB/PCIe/ Mini, half mini PCIe, SiP and solder down
- 5G Wi-Fi (802.11ac)
- Industrial grade - specially designed for extreme temperatures (-40°C- 85°C) and robust conditions
- All fully certified to reduce testing costs, these highly reliable solutions will fulfil challenging 11ac high-speed applications with ease
- Supporting a variety of operation systems
LoRaWAN™ is designed to enable very low-power devices, such as battery-powered sensor modules, to easily communicate at regional, national and even global levels.
Providing secure, bi-directional, multicast communication between end-devices and gateways connected to a network server via standard IP connections.
We support all levels of integration for you to bring LoRaWAN-enabled devices to market quickly and effectively, including out of the box indoor and outdoor gateways.
We offer a comprehensive range of premium, industrial-grade modules that come in one common flexible form factor, able to work across both leading LPWA/ NB-IoT technologies, 5G, 4G, 3G or 2G mobile networks – which means you can manage projects more efficiently and deploy reliable and cost-effective IoT applications faster.
- Best-in-class connectivity, scalability and security
- Reduced system complexity
- Long battery life (up to 10 years)
- Deploy anywhere, ready to connect modules
- Future-proofed designs
- Proven technologies
Our Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) modules are designed to support ultra-compact applications with features such as low-latency velocity, position outputs and position updates to maximise their performance for even the harshest signal environments.
We have a range of industry-leading multi-GNSS & GPS solutions also with a broad range of GNSS SOC chipsets that offer accuracy, fast time to fix and power efficiency that’s needed in IoT applications and solutions with high tracking sensitivity for enhanced performance in dense urban environments.
Key features:
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou
- Integral and external antenna versions
- Very small, surface-mount form factors
- Rapid Time To First Fix (TTFF), as low as 1s from hot start
- Excellent accuracy, within 1-2m
- Multiple power-management options
- Best high-performance SOC option in the world
Explore the possibilities with the latest 5G technologies
The new 5G module EM9291 with 4.9 Gbit/s downlink
Acal BFi is introducing the new 5G module EM9291 from Sierra Wireless at Embedded World.
This embedded 5G NR sub-6 GHz module offers a downlink speed of up to 4.9 Gbit/s and an uplink speed of 660 Mbit/s.
Thanks to the automatic 4G and 3G fallback function and integrated GNSS receiver (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and Galileo satellite systems are supported), the EM9291 is suitable for a wide range of IoT applications such as industrial routers, home gateways, industrial and consumer laptops, rugged tablet PCs, video surveillance and digital signage.
The EM9291 is based on the M.2 form factor and is compatible with Sierra Wireless' EM9191 module for easy upgrade to comply with the latest standards and bands, and with the EM7690 module to facilitate migration and differentiation between 4G/LTE and 5G.
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How can we help?
From a product enquiry and finding the right technology, to speaking with one of our experts about your project requirements, we can support you at every stage of your journey. Use the form or list of local offices below to contact us directly.
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Our IoT and Wireless Technology Centre will advance your ability to deliver innovative technology solutions for complex applications – from sensors to the cloud.
Creating custom solutions and navigating adding challenging connectivity to an application requires specialist expertise and capabilities. Our team of hardware design and software application engineers have extensive experience, ensuring we can bring your concept to life.
Covering proof of concept and feasibility studies for development, through to working prototype realisation and initial production management, our team delivers you complete project support.
