Part of our new year’s resolution at Exosite is to start pushing information out about Exosite Portals updates to our blog and social media (e.g. @exosite on twitter).
You can find details on the 0.6.16 release here.
Our one and only Erik Rorvick found himself on the Peggy Smedley Show this week on the subject of making M2M solutions simpler, talking about ways to make accessing and analyzing data as easy as possible. Erik, our Business Developer Manager, had a great chat with Peggy on her radio show, which is known for being the voice of M2M and Connected Devices. The show is a weekly radio show (12:00 pm CT Tuesdays) that helps listeners not only understand connected devices, but also how to make these devices a part of their everyday lives.
You can listen to this show (episode #179) on the Radio Show’s website. Peggy is the editorial director of Connected World magazine.
Boston, MA, Feb 27, 2012 – Redpine Signals, Inc., a leading developer of ultra-low-power, high-performance multi-standard wireless chipsets and modules, and Exosite, a provider of cloud-connectivity solutions for embedded applications, today announced a cloud-connected solution enabled on Renesas RX62N and RX63N microcontrollers. Showcased exclusively at the Arrow Electronics M2M Seminar Series, the partnership solution demonstrates Wi-Fi enabled, cloud-based M2M applications on several Renesas development kits .
The Exosite platform provides remote device monitoring and management, data storage and interaction with remote devices while maintaining open-source device software product developers may re-use to accelerate time-to-market when designing their own cloud-connected products. “Redpine’s 802.11n wireless technology drives the power of cloud-connectivity for low-power systems across multiple vertical segments,” said Erik Rorvick, business development manager for Exosite. “Redpine’s offerings make it easy to integrate 802.11 technology to drive the next generation of M2M cloud-connected devices.”
“The collaboration between Exosite, Renesas and Redpine uniquely addresses the critical needs of the M2M ecosystem – computing, connectivity, and software services, in one platform,” said Venkat Mattela, CEO of Redpine Signals. “This solution accelerates the deployment of M2M solutions in multiple market segments with future-proof connectivity based on single stream 802.11n Wi-Fi and a user-friendly cloud-based approach.”
“Renesas is proud to participate in this collaboration which significantly accelerates the deployment of connected industrial systems,” said Todd DeBoer, Director, Mass Market Group of Renesas. “Exosite and Redpine have provided for easy integration of all of the building blocks – from hardware schematics, wireless connectivity, and cloud-capable firmware, to data platform APIs and web dashboards, enabling developers to quickly build high-performance products with Renesas 32-bit RX microcontrollers in this emerging field.”
“The Arrow Electronics Machine-to-Machine Seminar Series provides technology engineering and management professionals the knowledge and means to incorporate M2M technology into their business strategy, and the showcasing of this cloud-based solution on an M2M platform with Wi-Fi connectivity fits perfectly into those goals,” said Aiden Mitchell, director of embedded marketing for Arrow Electronics.
Exosite Services, Redpine Wireless Products and Renesas Processors and Development Kits are all distributed as part of Arrow Electronic’s Machine-To-Machine product lineup.
About Exosite
Exosite’s cloud-based device connectivity products enable a dialog between people and the devices that populate our world. With roots in the embedded systems industry, Exosite provides a one-stop-shop for remote monitoring needs to product developers, system integrators and facility managers. Exosite is a privately held company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. For more information, visit www.exosite.com.
About Redpine Signals, Inc.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Redpine Signals, Inc., is a fabless semiconductor and wireless system solutions company focusing on innovative, ultra-low-power and high-performance products for next-generation wireless applications. Redpine was founded in 2001 and was the first in the industry to launch an ultra-low-power and low-cost single-stream 802.11n chipset in late 2007. Again, in 2009, Redpine pioneered the adoption of self-contained 802.11n modules into the then emerging M2M market. Redpine offers chipsets, modules and solutions covering multiple market segments including industrial, consumer electronics, medical, mobile, PC, and smart energy. Its technology portfolio includes multistream 802.11n, 802.11ac, BT4.0 and mobile WiMAX (802.16e). The company has more than 120 employees worldwide. For more information on Redpine products, visit http://www.redpinesignals.com/ or contact Redpine at info@redpinesignals.com.
Today’s consumers have the expectation of always-on connectivity & access to data – now the embedded market is embarking on a quest for similar connectivity. Exosite has teamed with Renesas to enable Renesas products with our cloud-based data platform, embedded API libraries and web dashboards.
Exosite and Renesas will present their solution at Arrow Electronics M2M Seminar Series and demonstrate how to use the “cloud” as a peripheral for embedded products. During the session attendees will learn that devices and systems that use the cloud can:
The sessions will consist of a lecture/discussion and a demonstration of the cloud enabled solution. The first 50 attendees signed up in each city will be given a free RX62N Renesas Development Kit and a free account to Exosite’s software.
We’ve worked hard to expose the power of the cloud in a simple way – as just another peripheral for embedded system design. It’s not complex and doesn’t need to be mysterious: looking at cloud connectivity as a peripheral for embedded products helps put things into a more familiar perspective.
Using the internet to interact with devices and data is becoming and will be imperative for most products and systems. Learn how to enable your products to the cloud and get ahead of the curve at any of the following Arrow M2M events:
| At Arrow’s Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Seminar Series, learn how to get ready for a world of smart machines. Understand how M2M technology is driving the vision for the future and how to incorporate M2M technology into your business strategy for a competitive advantage. Attend seminar classes presented by industry professionals. Visit the Connected Solutions Forum featuring 30+ exhibitors and see exciting new demonstrations from top manufacturers. Attend the Panel Discussion with industry experts over the extended lunch time and explore topics around tablet computing and standardization, 50 Billion connected devices and what will drive the adoption, and 2G-3G and beyond enterprise migration.
Who should attend? Senior executives, mid-level management and engineering professionals seeking to drive tomorrow’s technology initiatives today. Don’t miss this great opportunity for technical training, exposure to the latest solutions and services, and networking. Learn from the Leaders… |
Register Today$49.00 Stop by the Exosite / Renesas booth and enter to win an iPad 2!
Contact sales@exosite.com for complimentary show pass |
Exosite recently took part in MinneDemo, a local event that happens multiple times through-out the year. MinneDemo is all about letting local tech companies and individuals show off what they are working on. No power-points, just 7 minutes to talk about your technology and show a demo.
Our good friends at TechdotMN recorded this video live and it can be found here if you are interested in watching. The Exosite portion starts around time 10 min, 30 seconds.
The goal: Make it super easy for RX62N MCU developers to build devices that have cloud connectivity.
Exosite API library and example software ships in source code form “in the kit” for Renesas, and is also part of the off-the-shelf user experience. New development kit users can open the box up and see data from their kit online in less than five minutes. Developer web dashboards and API access is free – checkout the getting started video at https://renesas.exosite.com.
We are excited to be participating in Arrowfest 2011 this year at our local Minneapolis branch. If you are in the Minneapolis area, please feel free to stop down and visit. There is always great food and drinks besides getting to chat with so many companies in one place. The best thing, it’s in a tent!
When: Thursday Sept 22, 2011
Where: Arrow Electronics, Inc., 7629 Anagram Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
More information can be found here: Details.
Update: We have a seminar called ‘Build Connected Products Using the Cloud’ at 2:00 to 3:15 during the seminar sessions of ArrowFest here in Minneapolis. For more information, check out the session schedule. We’ll try to post information about this session afterwards.
Exosite’s XMPP chat interface is incredibly easy to work with. In fact, if you know how to chat with someone using an instant messenger app, then you can start chatting with your real time data! We have an XMPP bot (the JID address is commander@m2.exosite.com) that can receive and respond to chat messages. Here is an example of some basic commands to demonstrate how simple it is to use:
Initialize your chat session
setcik 19cbdefad0b8e90b4d691376d5997f04c1acc18e
Create a new data source to store temperature in Boston
dscreate Boston_Temp Boston_Temp
Store the temperature in Boston
write Boston_Temp 49.6
Check if your plant needs to be watered
read Plant_Soil_Moisture
Response:1305674587,77%
This sequence identifies a device (setcik), creates a new data source (dscreate), and sets the value for the data source (write) and then reads the most recent value from an existing data source (read). The cool part is that you can do this without having any programming knowledge. All you need is a CIK from Exosite Portals and an XMPP account (e.g. myname@jabber.org -> however, even a Google talk account works fine). If you don’t already have an XMPP account, these steps can help you get started. Once you are logged in, simply add commander@m2.exosite.com to your contacts, and you can begin interacting with the XMPP API by sending it a chat message.
Exosite recently presented on Open Source Hardware at
Most Engineers love to tinker – every so often someone at Exosite will put together some kind of office “efficiency” system that makes use of our Data Platform and Web Dashboards for remote monitoring and/or maintenance. Fun stuff – like office electricity power draw, coffee status, plant soil moisture, etc…. Depending on the engineer, they will use their favorite open source hardware device (e.g. Arduino, mbed, Fluid) to grab the data and put in online. The speed with which these open source hardware systems can be extended and deployed as part of a connected system really makes them fun to prototype with.
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A classic issue for people who work at an office is finding out when fresh coffee is brewing. Do you make a pass by the kitchen area every 20 minutes? Maybe wait for the aroma? Take matters into your own hands and fire up a pot? Of course, another common problem is finding what appears to be the remains of a previously-brewed pot and debating in your mind on how old it could be and whether or not it is in within the drinkable window. (What’s your rule? 2 hours? 2 days?)
Smart-connected appliances are not that far away from kitchens near you. It won’t be long before your refrigerator emails you that the milk is almost gone. A freezer that tells you that it is using more power than usual. A blender that connects over WiFi to update it’s firmware. A bread machine that you can go download new recipes for.
At the Exosite office, we have a run-of-the-mill Mr. Coffee coffee maker – an economical choice that was probably less than $20. It doesn’t have many smarts: you hit the button and it runs for 2 hours. We figured it would be great if Mr. Coffee could get connected not only to let us know when coffee is on, but also to provide stats on how often it runs, what the power usage is, etc…
