Their SmartBond™ solution, frees up many possibilities within communications through little power on a small chip. Their chips are designs for Bluetooth® Smart technology. This makes it possible to communicate with modern smartphones and other mobile devices. To demonstrate the capabilities of their chipset, we have created a number of mobile apps for different applications.
Wearables
Wearables are small devices that you can wear like you would wear clothing or jewelry. These devices can read several telemetry signals, such as your heart rate, 3D movement and temperature. Combining this data creates insights about where you are, your health or lifestyle patterns.
Dialog has created a device that integrates six sensors: an accelerometer that measures motion in all directions, a gyroscope that measures rotation, a magnetometer that measures magnetic north direction, a pressure gauge that measures elevation, for example, a humidity meter and a temperature sensor.
Internet of Things sensor app
In doing so, we created an app that reads the six different sensors and shows them in real-time graphs. For example, the 3D accelerometer shows the movement of the device by making a 3D digital cube in the app move in the same way. Gyroscopic data is used to show rotation around three axes in the form of a 3D ball.
The device also fuses data. By combining data from different sensors into quaternionic data, we can figure out the actual orientation of the device much more precisely. We use the famous 3D model "the Utah teapot" to display this data in the app.
SmartTags
SmartTags are small, keyfob-sized devices that have a proximity function built in. An app can connect to such a device to determine its distance from the device. It does this by converting the strength of the radio waves (RSSI values) into a physical distance.
SmartDice
Dialog SmartDice is a reference design for motion-controlled applications. On the inside of the die is a small chipset with an accelerometer that causes the movement and direction of the die to be sent in real time to a smartphone app. Using this data, the app can determine the orientation of the die.
To demonstrate how this works, we created a casino "craps" game. Here the user can bet on a number and roll the die. The app is in connection with the die and can determine when the die was rolled, which way it is facing and what was rolled.
SmartPulse
SmartPulse is an Internet of Things device that uses DECT wireless technology to create a network of various small sensors and actuators in a home. This allows users to gain remote control and insights about devices such as thermostats, cameras, lights, doors and locks. SmartPulse is aimed at home automation, security, healthcare and consumer markets that control energy.
The devices are wirelessly connected to a base station located centrally in a home. This base station is connected to an access to the Internet. This allows the user to access from anywhere in the world.