Event
TI Tech Talk: Building Sensor Networks with Hardware in the Internet of Things
Thursday, April 30, 2020
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Zoom Webinar
Kara Stamets
301 405 4471
stametsk@umd.edu
Webinar: Building Sensor Networks with Hardware in the Internet of Things
Webinar abstract: Collecting data through sensors is an important function of many embedded systems and then reporting that data to networks and cloud services is also a critical function in many applications. Students can grasp the fundamentals of sensors and Internet of Things using the TI LaunchPad SensorTag Kit (LPSTK).
Full Session description: Low power sensors are a big piece of the IoT landscape. These sensor nodes operate in many similar ways but have tremendous flexibility in the radios, sensing capabilities, and network topologies they can be designed for. Getting started with how these sensor networks work can be overwhelming to the average developer, but this workshop will take a good look into what it takes to get these networks online and how to immediately start prototyping these networks using real, low cost hardware. Using a combination of low power wireless microcontrollers, commonly available I2C sensors, and efficient power supplies, the sensor hardware is an easy enough task to tackle. Many services exist today to help get the sensor data to the cloud and figuring out the gateway solutions to make the data connections available is another design task that will be explored.
Benefits of attending the workshop:
- Understand how to send data wirelessly through BLE and Sub-1GHz RF
- Present network capabilities and design tradeoffs in IoT designs
- Expose students to ARM architecture and the flexibility for simple projects to highly sophisticated systems
- Explore multiple entry points for students to develop software and improve their programming skills in the embedded context
Speaker Name: Mark Easley
Speaker Title: TI University Marketing Manager
Speaker Company: TI
Speaker Bio: Mark Easley is part of the team behind the TI University Program, which is committed to engineering student success and supporting institutions of higher learning that will train the next generation of makers and creators. His daily tasks include supporting universities with electrical and computer engineering curriculum enhancements, courseware support, and electronics workshops to improve student engagement and outcomes. He is also interested in enhancing industry partnerships and semiconductor / IoT research activities and keeping tabs on the accelerating trend of online and accessible technical education through Massively Open Online Classes (MOOCs). He is focusing on assisting faculty with preparing students to enter industry with effective knowledge in Design, System, Power, and Connectivity. His background at TI includes product and software development, account management, business development, web marketing, tutorial writing, demo creation, outbound marketing content creation, and community engagement.
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