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IoT Building Blocks and Toolchains

Fred Eady -
Owner, EDTP Electronics Inc. and Principal Engineer, Ongoing Systems LLC.
September 26,
2016
IoT Design Using Nordic's nRF51822
ToDay's lecture will be supported by the free edition of Keil's MDK for Cortex-M. The code produced by the Keil MDK will be used to expose the capabilities of various microcontroller elements of Nordic's nRF51822 SoC. During the course of the lecture, we will utilize the nRF52 SDK to produce code that will enable various members of the nRF51822's peripheral subsystems. ToDay's task includes designing and scratch building an nRF51822 prototype/test jig.
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September 27,
2016
IoT Prototyping with Nordic's New nRF52832
The nRF52832 is billed as a Multiprotocol Bluetooth low energy/ANT/2.4GHz RF SoC. In this lecture we will explore the new features of the nRF52832 and write some code to put the nRF52832's peripherals and radio through their paces. Our goal toDay is to design and build an nRF52832 prototype/test jig.
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September 28,
2016
BM70 and BM71
In addition to the RN4020, Microchip offers a pair of IoT-ready SoCs. ToDay, we will take a look at the Microchip BM70/71 PICtail, command set and programming utilities. To facilitate our BM7x exploration, we will first design and assemble a suitable BM7x prototype platform.
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September 29,
2016
Outside-of-the-Box IoT
The bottom line in IoT is to deliver the payload. ToDay, we will "deliver" without the assistance of WiFi, Ethernet or Bluetooth. While we're at it, we'll use the power of the sun as an IoT delivery vehicle, as well.
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September 30,
2016
Smile for the Camera
IoT design need not be confined to Ethernet and Bluetooth devices passing bytes of sensor data. ToDay's lecture will focus on the capabilities of the ON Semiconductor MatrixCam. The MatrixCam is a 1080p camera solution that enables the streaming of video over WiFi and Ethernet.
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Instructor
Fred Eady
Owner, EDTP Electronics Inc. and Principal Engineer, Ongoing Systems LLC.

Fred Eady is the owner of EDTP Electronics Inc. and is the principal engineer at the Georgia branch of Ongoing Systems LLC. EDTP Electronics was established in 1988. In the meantime, Fred has written thousands of magazine articles. He has written for all of the major electronic magazines, including Radio Electronics, Electronics Now, Nuts and Volts, Servo, MicroComputer Journal, and Circuit Cellar. Fred has even done a few short feature articles for Design News. To date, he has authored four books and contributed to a fifth. He currently works as a PIC microcontroller consultant and is a Microchip Authorized Design Partner. Fred’s expertise also extends into the ARM community where he is a hardware and firmware design consultant. His customers include aerospace companies, machine shops, specialty startup companies, medical machine manufacturers, coin-operated device businesses, and various other research and development companies. He has a very close working relationship with Microchip Technology, the manufacturer of PIC microcontrollers, and has taught multiple Ethernet and WiFi classes at Microchip's annual Masters Conference.