Slides of my presentation at the Paris Hackers meetup (Oct 2014)
Overview of what Sigfox is about, its benefits & constraints. Use cases, alternatives, et al
From an outsider point of view ;) I joined Sigfox several months after that
21. 2-way communication
Should be coming *very* soon.
!
Won’t be a real 2-way communication, as it would ruin
the energy-saving model.
!
Basically, your device will keep “listening” for a few
minutes after emission instead of getting back to sleep
mode instantly.
This will allow to send back a Ack or a tiny piece of info
22. Energy
Chip is not active unless a message is sent.
Great deal when battery life is an important
concern.
24. Coverage
• France
• Spain
• Netherlands
• UK
• München, Milano, Warszaw, ..
• San Francisco (coming soon ?)
25. Coverage
• France
• Spain
• Netherlands
• UK
• München, Milano, Warszaw, ..
• San Francisco (coming soon ?)
26. Coverage
Rely on Sigfox’s own network/
antennas, or on the implication of a
partner (SNO)
Range ~15km
27. Callback
When registering on the Sigfox platform, you
can provide a callback to be called when a
message is received
Quick to set up & plug to your own backend.
32. Wifi
• High bandwidth
• No added cost
• Important energy consumption
• Availability unknown
• Configuration is not user-friendly
33. Wifi
• High bandwidth
• No added cost
• Important energy consumption
• Availability unknown
• Configuration is not user-friendly
34. BLE
• Buzzwords fight
• Low Energy, but consumption is still
higher than Sigfox
• No added connection cost
• Needs a smar tphone, with BLE
compatibility
35. GSM / GPRS / M2M
• More advanced coverage
• Similar network reception issues
• More expensive
• Energy
• Subscriptions
• Relative complexity
36. Zigbee
• Local radio communications
• Mesh networks
• 2.4GHz (crowded ..)
• No internet access
37. LoRa
• Local radio network
• Mesh networks
• No internet access
39. Competitors
• Not so much … yet
• Latest announce : Orange POPS, using
the cellphone network, with low-power
devices. Don’t know much more than
that right now :)
43. Sensors / Monitoring
• Pretty straightforward..
• Whatever you need to monitor
• Pressure
• Light
• °C/°F
• Volume
• Humidity
• Presence
• Gas / Smoke
• Name it
44. Get me a manager !
• Think ”Hotel Bell 2.0 IoT edition”
• Ask to be called back by Brand
Customer Service
• Contact emergency services right after
an accident (be it first aid, cops, your
insurance..)
45. After-theft
• Lots of Kickstarter projects around BLE
Locks
• Nice to prevent theft.. but useless after
• Coupling a GPS with a Sigfox modem
make a great after-theft solution,
monitoring the location of the bike, car,
pet, whatever..