Recently, solutions such as air conditioning management and preventive detection based on data acquired in factories and buildings are increasing. One of the challenges faced by providers of such solutions is the selection of the wireless standard used to transmit data.

Texas Instruments (hereafter TI) offers a product called the SimpleLink series that supports various wireless standards. In addition, this series has the feature that software can be reused, so it can be easily ported even if the installation environment changes and the wireless standard needs to be changed.

For more information on the SimpleLink series, please see this article.
What is the SimpleLink series for IoT with low power consumption?

In this article, we will introduce the contents of the demonstration video of motor monitoring and electronic lock used in factory automation (FA) using the SimpleLink series evaluation board.

For a demo of the HVAC system shown earlier in the video, check out this article.
Demonstration realized by various wireless standards (1) -Home automation-

Motor monitoring, electronic lock demonstration

Video flow

*There is also a demo machine that uses a PIR motion sensor, but it is not introduced in this video, so I will omit it.

3:28 - 4:12 Motor monitoring demo

  • The upper right consists of MSP432P4 LaunchPad with CC2640R2F (BLE) BoosterPack and vibration sensor board.
  • Since it is also connected to the cloud, the status can be monitored from a PC using the GUI. When the board is vibrated, an abnormality is detected and the Fault Detection indicator lights red.
  • The middle row is the motion sensor board.


4:23 - 6:10 Electronic lock demo using Bluetooth Low Energy

  • The bottom right is the configuration where the MSP432P4 LaunchPad is connected to the CC2640R2F (BLE) BoosterPack and the capacitive touch MSP430 FRAM MCU BoosterPack.
  • You can see on the LCD and from the terminal via the cloud that the key code has been entered into the touchpad and it has been locked. Enter the key code again to unlock.
  • Two-way control is also possible from a PC via the cloud, and it is also possible to remotely lock from a PC terminal.

Demo configuration

Below is the configuration of the factory automation demo introduced in the video.

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Factory automation demo configuration

TI reference designs to help you find ideas

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TI has reference designs that provide comprehensive design data such as schematics/block diagrams, BOM costs, design files, and test reports.

Our reference designs provide the information you need, from embedded processors to power management and even the signal chain, allowing you to quickly evaluate and customize your system, reducing product development time. shortens

You can also search by application, so I think you can use it to find product ideas. Below are the demos and related reference designs that I introduced this time, so please take a look at them as well.

Reference designs related to factory automation

Motor monitor with wireless vibration sensor to enable preventive maintenance
Access Control Panel with Bluetooth Low Energy and Capacitive Touch
MSP430FR2633 MCU CapTIvate Electronic Lock and Keypad

TI's evaluation board used in the demo video

CC3220SF-LAUNCHXL

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The SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® CC3220SF LaunchPad™ Development Kit (CC3220SF-LAUNCHXL) is a development platform for the CC3220SF, a single-chip wireless MCU with 1MB Flash, 256KB RAM and enhanced security features. CC3220SF-LAUNCHXL is equipped with on-board emulation functions and sensors for comprehensive operation out of the box.

LAUNCHXL-CC1310

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The board features a wide variety of peripheral functions, including a unique ultra-low power sensor controller. This sensor controller is ideal for interfacing with external sensors, and can collect analog and digital data while other functions of the system are in sleep mode.

Details are introduced in this article.
LAUNCHXL-CC1310 can achieve Sub-GHz long-distance wireless communication with ultra-low power consumption!

MSP-EXP432E401Y

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The MSP432E4 series are MCUs with SimpleLink Arm® Cortex®-M4F. It has built-in Ethernet MAC and PHY, USB-OTG, etc., and has various wired communication interfaces. Equipped with an Arm Cortex-M4F CPU running at 120MHz, 1MB of Flash, 256kB of SRAM, and advanced cryptographic accelerators, it has sufficient processing performance to implement communication protocol stacks.

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If you would like more information about the demos mentioned in this article or TI's development/evaluation boats, please contact us here.

 

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For those who want to know about Sub-GHz (920MHz band)
At the beginning, I explain what kind of standard Sub-GHz is.
LAUNCHXL-CC1310 can achieve Sub-GHz long-distance wireless communication with ultra-low power consumption!

Those who want to know about Bluetooth® 5
Introducing the features of the latest Bluetooth standard.
Bluetooth® 5 compatible product! Microcomputer "CC2640R2F" featuring low power consumption

For those who want to know about TI's wireless board
Some of the boards introduced in this demo are also introduced.
By wireless standard! TI's 7 Recommended Development/Evaluation Boards for IoT

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CC3220SF-LAUNCHXL
LAUNCHXL-CC1310
MSP-EXP432E401Y

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TI reference designs
TI factory automation / control overview
Overview of TI Building Automation