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Re: GAP8 IoT Processor

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Post by Eridrus » Sat, May 06, 2017, 2:21 PM UTC

candiodari wrote: post #3

I've wondered for a while. What would you do with IoT ? The only applications that are somewhat desirable I've seen so far are wifi lightbulbs. Given that LEDs are getting pretty hard to beat, both on price and possibilities, when it comes to lighting design and usually come with some sort of remote control, it's almost becoming the default. But aside from that, what would you do ? Remote control doorknobs were popul…

I'd argue that Roku/Amazon Echo/Nest thermostat/dropcam are the most successful IoT things, but we don't necessarily think of them as "IoT" and they stand alone as their own product categories, but in the more canonical IoT categories:

Things I've bought:

- Cheap Wifi bulb from TP-Link that I can turn on/off w/ voice to avoid stumbling around in the dark

- Harmony Hub so that I can tell my Google Home to turn on the tv/change the hdmi input/etc

- Temperature sensor

Things I want:

- Air conditioner w/ intelligent control. Besides voice-activated laziness there's probably energy savings to be had with better control algorithms, eg incorporating WiFi sensors or weather predictions.

- Actually wireless meat thermometer. I'm waiting for the MEATER kickstarter to ship and read reviews.

- I'll buy an IoT lock once the price comes down to about $50.

Things I want someone else to do:

- My subway line to have real-time tracking of trains. It really shouldn't be as hard as the MTA folks try to make it sound.

Re: GAP8 IoT Processor

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Post by joezydeco » Sat, May 06, 2017, 2:24 PM UTC

paulsutter wrote: post #11

candiodari wrote: post #3

I've wondered for a while. What would you do with IoT ? The only applications that are somewhat desirable I've seen so far are wifi lightbulbs. Given that LEDs are getting pretty hard to beat, both on price and possibilities, when it comes to lighting design and usually come with some sort of remote control, it's almost becoming the default. But aside from that, what would you do ? Remote control doorknobs were popul…

Consumer applications seem weak, but business uses abound. Think Google Analytics for factories or equipment deployments. GE collects gigabytes of data each time a plane lands with GE engines, for example.

There's a huge demand for attaching remote reporting (sounds more sensible than "IoT") to legacy devices and equipment.

What the market needs is a gateway unit that goes for sub-$100 with a boatload of I/O plus a net-connected radio.

Re: GAP8 IoT Processor

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Post by kidproquo » Sat, May 06, 2017, 4:01 PM UTC

candiodari wrote: post #3

I've wondered for a while. What would you do with IoT ? The only applications that are somewhat desirable I've seen so far are wifi lightbulbs. Given that LEDs are getting pretty hard to beat, both on price and possibilities, when it comes to lighting design and usually come with some sort of remote control, it's almost becoming the default. But aside from that, what would you do ? Remote control doorknobs were popul…

IoT doesn't have to be on the public Internet. It can be hardware that gets data and streams on local wifi. My project[1] does that - streams guitar to a phone via wifi. It uses standard iot hardware - this has been a revelation, we did zero hardware design and just used off the shelf dev boards and custom firmware to get a prototype done.

[1] www.riffpod.io

Re: GAP8 IoT Processor

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Post by MarkMMullin » Sat, May 06, 2017, 11:14 PM UTC

jon-wood wrote: post #18

candiodari wrote: post #3

I've wondered for a while. What would you do with IoT ? The only applications that are somewhat desirable I've seen so far are wifi lightbulbs. Given that LEDs are getting pretty hard to beat, both on price and possibilities, when it comes to lighting design and usually come with some sort of remote control, it's almost becoming the default. But aside from that, what would you do ? Remote control doorknobs were popul…

I'm working for an insurance startup where our main selling point is giving customers a load of sensors which allow us to give lower premiums, similar to the motor insurance with a black box. We ship a camera, door, motion, flood, and smoke sensors. We're also trailing water valves that will let us kill the water supply if a flood starts. That sort of thing is where the real value is. While being able to turn the lig…

Wow - that actually makes a hell of a lot of sense - I thought that invalidated a startup :-) I like the combination of interests, I would believe if my homeowners ins co is running my monitoring and alarm systems, they do have a vested interest to try and do a good job. Good luck to you!

Re: GAP8 IoT Processor

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Post by candiodari » Sun, May 07, 2017, 2:48 PM UTC

joezydeco wrote: post #22

paulsutter wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Consumer applications seem weak, but business uses abound. Think Google Analytics for factories or equipment deployments. GE collects gigabytes of data each time a plane lands with GE engines, for example.

There's a huge demand for attaching remote reporting (sounds more sensible than "IoT") to legacy devices and equipment. What the market needs is a gateway unit that goes for sub-$100 with a boatload of I/O plus a net-connected radio.

Isn't a raspberry pi, or an esp-32s exactly that ?

Re: GAP8 IoT Processor

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Post by greenwaves-tech » Tue, May 09, 2017, 1:23 PM UTC

Thank you all for your interest in GAP8. This processor aims at very low power consumption while delivering enough computing power for content understanding and wireless modem (NB-IoT, 802.15.4g-OFDM, Weightless-P,…) in the context of IoT. We see IoT use cases becoming much richer in the future. For example, we have many request for snapping a low resolution picture and classifying the resulting image in the device, before uploading the result over a low data rate wireless connection. Or to count objects. There are also very interesting use cases based on sound and motion, in the machine health monitoring space in particular.

We plan to achieve years of autonomy on a typical IoT battery with events frequency in the few minutes range.

We expect to get our chip back from the fab in the second half of July and to be able to deliver our first Gapuino boards in September. It will come with an ISM RF shield and a sensors shield.

Please let us know if you'd like more info.