Nordic Dagen

About me

Markus Tacker

Markus Tacker

Senior R&D Engineer

Markus.Tacker@NordicSemi.no
Twitter: @coderbyheart
coderbyheart.com

  • 1980: Born in Germany (Xennial)
  • 1998: first business building websites
  • 2003: Mediengestalter für Digital- und Printmedien, Fachrichtung Medienoperating nonprint
  • 2012: B.Sc. Computer Science (Univ. Wiesbaden)
  • 2017+: in Trondheim, at Nordic Semiconductor

What is cellular IoT?

connect:anything

connect washing machine

(our slogan)

Usage of cellular IoT

Thingy:91

{micro:bit

Made by Nordic

Uses Nordic’s nRF9160 SiP it is an easy-to-use battery-operated prototyping platform for cellular IoT using LTE-M, NB-IoT and GPS.

nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-hardware/Nordic-Thingy-91

User Interface

  • 1 RGB LED
  • 1 button
  • Sound output
  • Sound recording
  • 4+ GPIO pins
  • PC connection through USB

Sensors

  • temperature
  • humidity
  • air quality and pressure
  • color and light sensor
  • accelerometer

Wireless

  • Bluetooth (~10 m range)
  • LTE-m / NB-IoT (~10 km range)

Price

  • ~150 USD

iotcreators.com/1000-devkits

1,000 free Thingy:91s

Cellular IoT

🌩️ ↔️ washing machine

micro:bit

{micro:bit

Powered by Nordic

micro:bit employs Nordic’s nRF52833 SoC to support complex applications and provide Bluetooth LE connectivity for creative digital education.

microbit.org

User Interface

  • 5x5 red LEDs
  • 2 buttons
  • Sound output
  • Sound recording
  • 3 Pins plus 3V and ground
  • PC connection through USB

Sensors

  • movement
  • light
  • temperature
  • magnetic fields

Wireless

  • Bluetooth (~10 m range)

Price

  • ~30 USD

UWB IoT (BLE)

🌩️ ↔️ 📱 ↔️ washing machine

Let’s try it!

makecode.microbit.org

Projects

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Connect three microbits

People Counter

Build a venue people counter.

Thank you & happy connecting!

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Please return batteries

… if you are not planning to use them

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