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Dear DASH7 Community,
Happy New Year! Although the holidays just recently wrapped up, 2010 has already been a flurry of activity for the DASH7
Alliance. We completed our membership drive, planning our annual members’ meeting next month in Puerto Rico, bringing on new semiconductor platform partners, launched a new online forum, and are busy planning many events for later this year.
If you haven’t visited the DASH7 website in a while, you’ll find many improvements and updates since initially launched 10 months ago. You will now find presentations, blog, white papers, videos of recent webinars, a developer’s forum, and news clippings from around the world.
This is going to be a great year for the DASH7 Alliance – get involved with the premiere organization working to advance a low-power standard for wirelessly connecting people, places and things to the internet!
Best,
Pat Burns
President
We are pleased to announce the following new DASH7 Alliance members:
 Have you signed up for our DASH7 Annual General Meeting February 2nd and 3rd in Puerto Rico yet? Attendees from around the world and from many industries will be there to participate in a very full agenda with a plenary session as well as breakout sessions for all working groups. Please note that this is a ‘Members Only’ meeting and if you are still considering membership, this is the right time to join. For more info, click here.
(For members who cannot attend in person, some sessions may be available via conference call. Email Paul Ritchie for details paul@dash7.org )
The DASH7 Alliance is adding a few additional slots to it technical advisory board. For qualified non-profits, there is no membership fee. We’re interested in adding advisors in a few geos where we’re not currently well represented – e.g. China , Scandinavia, Germany, as well as in the area of measurement and control applications, e.g. building automation and security. Students engaged in relevant research are also encouraged to apply. Interested parties should send a brief email to Pat Burns at pat@dash7.org
Here is a partial list of DASH7 events and meetings for members and/or non-members coming up:
- February DASH7 webinar. Exact date and topic TBA.
- April 12-13th. Orlando, FL. First DASH7 Plugfest. Members only.
- April 17th. DASH7 Event at RFID Journal Live. Details TBA.
- May 26-27. Munich, Germany. Wireless Sensor Networks & RTLS Summit
and Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe 2010
- June 14-15. Munich, Germany. Odette25 Conference. (
Automotive)
More details about these and other events will appear in our next edition of DASH7 Connect.
DASH7 was mentioned as the big low-power wireless sensor networking player for mobile manufacturing in a Managing Automation blog post titled, "The Most Important Trend in 2010."
Last month saw the announcement of DASH7 support for TI’s CC430 system on a chip. CC430 is based on TI’s successful MSP430 product combined with its ChipCon radio product line TI made two years ago. Very small form factor, inexpensive, scalable – an important milestone for DASH7. Media Release.
If you are launching a new product, announcing a deployment, or welcoming a new person to your team, we want to hear it - and we may even include it in an upcoming issue of DASH7 Connect. |
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 Based on the DASH7 standard, the i-Q310 series of transponders combines the latest generation of Identec Solutions' patented Intelligent Long Range (ILR) technology. By utilizing ILR, the i-Q310 is able to deliver a highly accurate, real-time data collection without human intervention in wireless applications such as identification, tracking and tracing of cargo, and vehicles or personnel. Featuring advanced UHF radio frequency technology, the i-Q310 transponders can transmit and receive data at distances of up to 100 meters (300 feet).
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 This newsletter is meant to present and discuss issues that impact the DASH7 technology community as a whole – not just members of the DASH7 Alliance. The possibilities of DASH7 technology are endless, and as such, the Alliance takes a strong role in engaging, connecting, and facilitating important events in - and for - our technology community. One easy way to get involved is to participate in our online forum and our blog. We’re also planning many more free webinars starting in February that provide great opportunities to ask questions and learn more about DASH7.
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 Did You Miss the December OpenTag Webinar?
If you missed last month’s OpenTag webinar, you can watch the video or download the Powerpoint slides here. OpenTag is the open source firmware library that any developer can use to develop DASH7 products. |
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