Amiho - Bridging the Gap with LoRa

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Connecting EveryThing
for an everything connected world
Bridging the Gap with LoRa
AMIHO LoRa and Wireless M-Bus Solutions
October 2016

There are many situations in which long range
communications are needed to connect a device, whether a
smart meter that needs to send data back to the utility, or a
sensor needing to connect to an IoT gateway or platform.
LoRa is one of the long range, low power techniques that
supplements existing communications and we will
demonstrate the bridging application on our LoRa and
Wireless Meter-Bus modules that allows collecting data sent
by Wireless Meter-Bus and transmitting it in LoRa, to bridge
that gap and get your data where it needs to be.
Abstract

Introduction to AMIHO
Markets
WirelessTechnologies:
Benefits of Wireless M-Bus and LoRa
What is the difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN?
Why are AMIHO products unique?
Applications
Modules generally
AMIHO bridge specifically
Bridging application demo
Content

AMIHO Technology is based in Cambridge,
one of the foremost cities for innovation
AMIHO has a world class technical team
expert in RF communications selected from
top companies and universities
Founded in 2009, we focus on high growth
opportunities for wireless control solutions
in smart networks
Who is AMIHOTechnology?

What Does AMIHO Do?
AMIHO solves the problem of hard to reach meters
and devices
Expert in wireless communications, focus on Wireless
Meter-Bus and LoRa
We deliver wireless modems, communication
modules, stacks and evaluation kits for Advanced
Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Smart home (HO) and
Internet of Things (IoT)
Professional design services helping users to integrate
or customise the company’s products and technology
Unique - innovative software stacks + hardware + control
for Smart Metering, Building Automation, Sensor
Networks, Smart Cities & Industrial IoT

Modules including software
• Speed time to market with production-
ready solutions including full software
stack (stack also available separately)
Development Support Services
• Integrate, customise, optimise with our
expert design team
Evaluation Kits
• Get started in IoT – connect quickly
and easily with our LoRa and WM-Bus
evaluation kits
3 Main Product Areas

Market Sectors
IoT
Smart Metering
Smart Cities
Smart Home
Building Automation
Facilities Management

Asset Tracking, Buildings, Facilities Management
What would your assets tell you if they could talk?
Smart Meters
Is this the end of ‘dark’ Meters?
Smart Cities
Manage your metropolitan network the Smart way
Smart Agriculture
Where are your livestock? How are they?
Save water – smart irrigation
Example Markets

WhyWireless M-Bus and LoRa?
Benefits of Wireless
Standards based and proven
technology
Licence-free spectrum
Sub 1GHz freq - range 1 – 4 km
Transmits through walls
Low power consumption – ideal
for battery powered devices
Simple network topology
Eg. Smart Metering - Europe
Benefits of long range
Long range – up to 15 km
More resistance to
interference
Need fewer repeaters in
network
Reduce no of ‘dark’ devices
Point to point, star topology
or LoRaWAN
Cost efficient networks
Private and public
networks

What’s the difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN?
LoRa
LoRa is a spread spectrum modulation
technique, specifically designed for Long Range
Applications
Suitable for Smart Metering, IoT and Home
Automation.
LoRa provides the physical layer necessary to
establish communication.
It can be used for point-to-point comms or
star networks

LoRaWAN
LoRaWAN adds full, complex networking
capabilities to LoRa products, enabling Wide
Area Networks
These can be run by local or national
operators as either private or public
networks.
The LoRaWAN standard is designed to
provide seamless interoperability for
connecting smart ‘things’
Is therefore ideal for IoT applications, Smart
Cities etc.

LoRa Layers
Application layer for end
user development
LoRaWAN protocols only
available at 868MHz
Currently AMIHO provides
Class A.
LoRa spread spectrum long
range capability
Radio Band – Licence-free
spectrum in Europe

Remote geographically, or communications such as
cellular not available
Low bandwidth requirement
Small data packets
Long battery life
No infrastructure available or not required
Long range required
Frequent access to the device not required eg simple
self-contained sensing
Firmware upgrades not required often
Not safety critical as coverage cannot be guaranteed in
licence free spectrum
Where is LoRa/LoRaWAN applicable?

AMIHO’s Wireless Meter-Bus products are all:
EN13757-4:2013 compliant
Bi-directional
Available at 868 and 169 MHz (Europe)
Utilise license-free spectrum
Provide AES256 security as minimum
The Advanced Encryption Standard or AES is a symmetric block cipher used by bank cards,
the U.S. government to protect classified information, and is implemented globally to encrypt
sensitive data.
Use the NXP Kinetis ARM Cortex MCU in
Wireless M-Bus and LoRa modules
NXP MKW01 radio processor used in AM090
868MHz ultra-compact module
AMIHO products

Unique versatile LoRa combined with Wireless
Meter-Bus products:
Long and ultra-long range
Low power consumption
High performance at both 169 and 868 MHz
Huge link budgets
Custom designed fully-featured fully-compliant stack
NXP ARM Cortex MCU with access for your code
Semtech’s LoRa®
radio
AES128 and AES256 security
LoRaWAN ready and demo available
AMIHO unique LoRa products

Unique LoRa combined with
Wireless Meter-Bus products:
Allows you to chooseWM-Bus or LoRa for your
application
Extend range of WM-Bus to connect difficult to
reach meters and devices with LoRa radio
Apply our bridging app to receive signals in WM-
Bus and send in LoRa (or the other way round)
on one module
AMIHO unique LoRa products

Send data from a WMBus smart meter to our module,
and transmit in LoRa (or vice versa)
Send 169 MHz, convert to 868 MHz (or vice versa)
Send signals in one WM-Bus mode (M, for example) and
convert to any other
Retro-fit – no need to change your meter out or
replace the radio module
AMIHO unique LoRa Bridging Application

Smart Metering – meters in the field that cannot connect
(WM-Bus) can send data to AMIHO module with bridge -
retransmit in LoRa to extend range
Retro-fit - No need to change the meter or comms module
IoT – U-HAN – send WM-Bus to bridge module – retransmit
in LoRa
Send LoRa signal and convert to WM-Bus to update
firmware, for example
Convert to different WM-Bus modes E.g. receive in M-mode
and send in any other mode
Applications of the Bridge

What Do Our Customers & Partners Say?
“ For our Smart meter project we needed a
new optimal Wireless M-Bus solution. We
found the combination of an NXP wireless
controller and the AMIHO Wireless M-Bus
stack to be the best choice.We have a
solution that is very efficient and reliable
as well as being low enough cost to roll out
in the high volumes required in future.
Furthermore, we have integrated the
AMIHO Wireless M-Bus technology in our
multiprotocol Squid.link gateway, which is
a low-cost modular platform for flexible
Smart Home networks. ”
Poul Eriksen, Develco Products
“The new AMIHO Multi
AM093 dual-band spread-
spectrum module,
based on NXP’s Low
Power Kinetis “L”
microcontroller,
provides a unique
opportunity in
wireless communications and
promises game-changing
technology for the global
Smart Meter programs.”
Jean-Marc Darchy, NXP

What do our customers DO?
Live water meter reading in
Helsinki with prototype WM-
Bus/LoRa bridge

African Charity
Providing clean and
safe drinking water –
with monitoring using
our LoRa modules

Starter kit for customers
Test, develop, debug
AE090 – get started with the tiny
AM090 WMBus 868 MHz
AE093 - for the whole LoRa & WMBus
range (169 and 868 MHz)
Kits available to order from AMIHO
Universal evaluation board suitable for
all of AMIHO’s range
Evaluation Kits – Get started in IoT
Contents of AE093 kit
• 2 x AM093 Modules on
Evaluation Boards
• 2 x 169MHz antennas
• 2 x 868MHz antennas
• PC Tool Software
• Product Documentation
• Application Notes
• Batteries and USB Cables

UNIQUE product – only AMIHO
Dual band 868 and 169Wireless M-Bus radio module
Plus LoRa® to extend range up to 15km
AMIHO Smart software stack
NXP Kinetis MCU
High performance - receive sensitivity to -148dBm
Low risk proof of concept for customers
Faster product development
AES 256 encryption / decryption
Full access to on-board MCU to add application code
Entry level – evaluation kit AE093 to get customers started quickly
AM093 – WMB & LoRa Long Range

Long range LoRa up to 15km
Compact footprint (20.3 x 17.8 mm)
Link budget 151 dBm
Up to +14 dBm Max Power Output
AMIHOWireless Meter-Bus and LoRa stack
Full access to NXP Kinetis MCU to add code
Speed time to market
Evaluate with AE093 Kit for quick start
Coming soon – LoRaWAN version
AM094 – LoRa andWM-Bus 868MHz

Ultra-high range LoRa (beyond15km) and
power
Compact footprint (20.3 x 17.8 mm)
Highest link budget 175 dBm
Power amp on-board
AMIHOWireless Meter-Bus and LoRa stack
Full access to NXP Kinetis MCU to add code
Speed time to market
Evaluate with AE093 Kit for quick start
AM091 – LoRa andWM-Bus 169MHz

PCTool
Windows application for the stack
running on target devices.
Graphical user interface.
Supports the AT and verbose
interface commands.
Provides standard terminal mode
interface.
Works with an AMIHO eval. kit and
any other target device running the
AMIHO Wireless Meter-Bus stack
connected via a serial port.
Run multiple versions of the
application on the same PC for multi-
device demos.

From prototype through to mass production
Off the shelf modules, including protocol
stack
Licensing – our hardware designs can be
integrated directly into customers’ products
Software Stack available separately
Custom projects & collaborative design
services
Integration support
Support contracts
Flexible working to reduce risk and
speed time to market

AM090 Wireless M-Bus 868MHz radio module
NXP Kinetis MCU
Fully featured AMIHO software stack
Smart meters, IoT, Smart home
Cost effective
Tiny footprint – 15.2 x15.2 mm
Entry level – evaluation kit with everything you need to
test application
License ref design and stack at mass production levels
200,000 AMIHO stacks in smart meter trials in Europe
AM090 -Tiny module, full stack

AS093/090 Wireless M-Bus Stack
Preloaded on our modules or available separately
LoRa and/or Wireless M-Bus protocol stacks
Easy migration path from AMIHO AT-style modems
Easy debug environment using AMIHO tools
Now with AES256 encryption/decryption
Additional library components to assist user integration,
including:
NVRAM including test and configuration date
RTC
Additional upper layer support for higher layer
protocols/functionality, including:
Pulse metering
OMS
Now with bridging function - receive in WMBus and
transmit in LoRa (or vice versa)

In an ‘always on,’ ‘everything connected’ world, AMIHO solves
the problem of connecting hard to reach meters and devices.
AMIHO provides:
Wireless communications expertise
Ready-to-go products
Professional design services to provide other hardware
and software for customer communications
We take the pain away from your tech team
AMIHO Summary

Modules
AM090 product brief AM090 datasheet
AM093 product brief AM093 datasheet
AM091
AM094
Evaluation Kits
AE090 product brief
AE093 evaluation kit brief
Software stacks
AS090
AS093
Appendix – product briefs and data sheets

David Blumstein
Managing Director
www.amihotechnology.com | info@amiho.co.uk | +44 1223 422345

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