Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

We all have used Bluetooth for many times or may be using currently also to transfer the data from one device to the other. Bluetooth was invented by the telecom company Ericsson in 1994 for the transmission of data over short distances wirelessly.

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.0 is not so new technology but implementing in today’s generation device at very large scale because of their advantages over classic Bluetooth.

Bluetooth Low Energy which formerly marked as Bluetooth Smart is a wireless personal area network technology whose standards are designed and marked by Special Internet Groups (SIG), which is a non-profit organisation which takes care of development and licensing of Bluetooth technologies to the manufacturers.

BLE is different in comparison with the classic Bluetooth in following ways:

  • BLE uses very low every as you could understand by its name for the same range of communication as classic Bluetooth
  • BLE however uses the same 2.4 GHz radio frequencies as the classic one, but uses different modulation techniques
  • It is used in very small size devices with small circuitry which also makes it cheap
  • Can operate for few or even years on a single button cell due to low energy consumption
  • Distance or range can be more than 100m (330 ft.)

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Samsung Exynos 9 series (9810) SoC

Exynos 9810 is the latest processor by the tech giant “Samsung”. It is based on 10 nm FinFET LPP (Low Power Plus) fabrication technology. This is the smallest fabrication size that any manufacturing is using in fabrication currently……………

Samsung is claiming to increased the single core performance by 100% and 40% in multi core or multi threaded performance.

  • Fabrication

Based on 10 nm process. Small size transistor doesn’t only enhance the performance. But is also reduces the power consumption

  • Design

Exynos 9810 has Octa core CPU which includes 4 x Samsung’s third generation custom designed main CPUs run at 2.9 GHz for improved performance and 4 x Cortex A55 cores run at 1.9 GHz

  • GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)

It has ARM’s latest GPU, Mali G72 and 20% better performance to its predecessor

  • Speed

Exynos 9810 modem which supports Shannon integrated 4G LTE at max 1.2 Gbps download and 200 Mbps upload speeds

  • MFC (Mulit Formal Codec)

Playback  or recording of 4K UHD at 120 fps (frames per second) with H.265/ HEVC, H.264, VP9

  • ISP (Image Signal Processor)

Supports upto 24 MP Front and 24 MP rear or 16 MP+ 16 MP rear cameras

  • Security

It also supports face recognition with iris recognition and finger print sensor for highly advance security

I hope you would see this SoC in Samsung’s next galaxy s series phone galaxy S9. See other mobile processors in this series ………………………..Thanks for reading. Like, share and comment on this post. Subscribe me to get notifications about new tech posts

August smart lock – smart pad lock

August Home, Inc. Is a California, U.S. based company which designs and manufacturers smart-locks for home.

Smart locks are the new generation IoT (Internet of Things) products that provides smart home locks devices which means you no longer need to keep your keys with you to lock/unlock your home’s door. Even you don’t need your RFID tag.

Important functions of August smart lock:

  • Keyless entry to family, friends, house keeper and others without worrying about lost or copied keys.
  • It is smart enough to make sure that door is closed and locked properly.
  • You can access your door from anywhere in the world using any smart device that would support August lock app like iOS and Android phones.
  • Automatically lock the door as you leave the house so don’t worry about whether you have locked or forgot to lock.
  • Automatically unlock the door as you arrive at home so no need to find the keys in your pocket to open the door.
  • You can track who is at your home using the August smart lock app.
  • Also supports keypad entry to unlock the door.
  • You can also see the video of person who is in-front of your door and talk to him/her.

Other important additional devices with which August works:

  • August Doorbell Cam Pro (For video camera recording purposes)
  • August Smart Keypad (For entry through keypad lock i.e. typing your password pin)
  • August Connect (To open the door without phone or keypad)

Conclusion: August is a next generation locking system that can make your life easy and worry less. Now you don’t need to take worry of your home after you any more. You can purchase August smart lock from the link given below.

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Fitbark- GPS tracking collar

Introduction: Fitbark Inc. is a U.S. based company that manufactures smart pet fitness tracker devices for the pets specially dogs and also for humans to keep them healthy and fit.

Fitbark is an IoT based smart device which monitors your dog’s activities like running, sitting, walking etc. It sends the activity data to the user’s mobile phone so that they can track the all day activity log of their pet.

Connectivity: Connection of Fitbark to smartphone is very easy. You just have to download the application on your iOS or android device and both the devices will get paired by a Bluetooth connection which can be Bluetooth 4.0 or BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). If you are out of the range of Bluetooth connection which is usually 10m for most devices. Then you can access base station (Fitbark’s server) for the data collection, but you will have to purchase this feature and secondly your pet should be in the Wi-Fi range of your home’s Wi-Fi network.

Hardware:

  • It’s weight is about 10g.
  • It has 3 axis accelerometer which measures the speed of your dog.
  • It has lithium ion-polymer battery can last upto 10 days and you can recharge it by simply connect the Fitbark device to USB charger.

Key features of Fitbark:

  • Track daily activity progress to keep your dog health and fit.
  • Help to track activity from anywhere without the need of your presence, near dog.
  • Help to identify the energy trends (energy levels) of your dog by observing collected data over last few days, weeks, months.
  • Help to identify when your dog is not feeling well by the tracked data.
  • Fitbark is fully waterproof so you don’t need to bother about whether your dog is on the ground or inside the water.

Conclusion: It’s a good device for pet lovers who give priority to their pets’ health very much. It will also save your money for veterinary doctor’s consultation because you can yourself track problem before it becomes serious.

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Nest learning thermostat

Introduction– Nest thermostat is the 3rd generation smart thermostat device based on IoT (Internet of Things) technology manufactured by the California, U.S. based tech company called “Nest labs”. Nest labs deals in manufacturing of smart devices for following categories.

  • Heat sensing
  • Smoke detection
  • Security systems etc.

This smart thermostat is programmable. Also has the capability of self programming after few one or two weeks of use which depends upon the habits of the user. All this is possible because of AI (Artificial Intelligence) which makes this device to learn things automatically by collecting data from it’s environment.

Function- It has a capacitive touch screen by which you can change the settings. It can be connected to the wireless network to get the O.S. (Operating Systems) updates and make it controllable by mobile app from anywhere in the world. Nest saves around 10-15% on heating and cooling bills.

It can be connected to Alexa voice devices like Amazon echo series for voice assistance capability.

Security– Since security is one of the most important factor connected with IoT devices, Nest’s latest O.S. update has a feature of 2- factor authentication (for logging into the device, you will need your normal set password along with an OTP generated by 2 factor authenticator app on your smartphone) which makes it almost hack proof.

Conclusion- This device is perfect for those who have tight schedule or who don’t want to change the settings of the heating and cooling systems again and again. In starting, Nest can be expansive for most of the users but it can save electricity bill by automatically control the heating and cooling systems of the home.

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