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[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

I have 36 Raspberry Pi’s 3 new in the box that we have left over from a project. Willing to sell them at 50% off regular price. Let me know if anyone wants them.

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

In the US, there is an unregulated band at ~ 900Mhz that was used by early cordless phones. It has been of interest recently for iOT for 3 reasons: Longer distance, better penetration, and in an unregulated band (you don’t need a FCC license when deploying)

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

We did a bunch of investigation for longer range and better penetration. It was pretty clear early on that lower frequencies gave better distance and better penetration.

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

We also found that Bluetooth signals were heavily attenuated if other objects are nearby (furniture, clothing, products on shelves). So the range for Bluetooth was not 150ft but was more like 75 ft.

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

Both mesh and repeaters made deployment difficult since it required an AC outlet between the sensor and our bridge (battery power is hard since the devices have to be continually on).

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

We developed a bluetooth “repeater” that would repeat the bluetooth signal to extend the range, but since those devices had to be listening all the time, they required AC power. We also looked at mesh.

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

We learned a lot in the trials and uncovered a large need: range. Bluetooth is great for inexpensive sensors that are battery powered, but the range of 150 feet or less is problematic when deploying.

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

We developed a line of bluetooth call buttons, motion sensors, and other sensors to detect when customers “dwell” in an area. We did successful trials at large office supply chains, box stores, supermarkets, and others.

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

We started getting inquires from other customers to detect proximity without requiring customers to install an app (this was the major roadblock to larger adoption for iBeacons).

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

We have deployed (and are currently selling) beacons to large customers in the retail and home automation space. Our SDK is integrated into customers’ iOS apps that do the deployment locally. Customers love it.

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

Back in 2013, Apple released the iBeacon spec and support for iBeacon in iOS. It gave an amazing way to detect proximity on your iPhone. We developed a line of beacons that made it easy to deploy and manage a fleet of beacons without a cloud service.

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

Heading off to CES and wanted to give a bit of background on what my team and I have been working on/why I am heading to CES for the first time with a new LoRaWAN/Bluetooth devices in tow. This thread is a bit long so hold on.

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#LoRaWAN

[Timothy Perfitt @tperfitt]

Asset detector with Lorawan and iBeacon tech ready to go for CES.

Expect lots of tweets of crazy tech I see.

[PRunderground.com @prunderground]

Proxidyne Releases #iOT Asset Detector featuring #LoRaWAN Technology at CES 2018 https://t.co/sA0fcZKqvj #CES2018
@proxidyne

[Proxidyne @proxidyne]

Our CEO Tim Perfitt @TPerfitt will be in Las Vegas at #CES2018 to meet with customers and partners about Proxidyne hardware, software & services in #IoT, #LoRaWAN, #Bluetooth, #iBeacon & #buttons.

DM if you'd like to schedule a meeting

Learn more at https://t.co/TQLPtgpUpn

[Proxidyne @proxidyne]

Button Magic triggers #webservices such as @IFTTT or @Zapier to send messages & start 1000s of automated functions #ibeacon

[Proxidyne @proxidyne]

Button Magic call tell other apps what you want done using Apple's URL scheme -
learn how here https://t.co/St7PAzAB7A #ibeacon

[Proxidyne @proxidyne]

Button Magic can start & stop music or timers, record counts so you don't have to, and tell other apps to do what you want done! #ibeacon

[Proxidyne @proxidyne]

Now you can install wireless Button Magic buttons around your home, office or car that control your apps on your iOS devices #ibeacon

[Proxidyne @proxidyne]

@gregneagle @frogor Amazing what smart people can do with a Magic Button! Get yours https://t.co/oKqxHaLJj1 Try free #iOS app https://t.co/y7wL7FQIzT #ibeacon