[TriEmbed] Fwd: Re: Arduino - open HW Raleigh startup -Feedback Request

[Michael Wayne]

Good critique, thanks Glen.
On Apr 14, 2015 11:03 AM, "Glen Smith" <mrglenasmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> I should probably know this, and I certainly should have looked it up
> rather than just remaining ignorant, but for the record, in your
> KickStarter, be sure to define 6LoWPAN. I can trade TLA's with the best of
> them but I never got to* IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area
> Networks* until this note.
>
> Glen
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Michael Wayne <
> michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com> wrote:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Michael Wayne" <michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com>
>> Date: Apr 14, 2015 10:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] Arduino - open HW Raleigh startup -Feedback
>> Request
>> To: "Martin Brooke" <martin.brooke at duke.edu>
>> Cc:
>>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> Your first question: are you asking why we went with an 8 bit over a
>> 32bit ARM?
>>
>> Regarding Xbee:
>>
>> Many “standard” and proprietary protocols use the media-access controller
>> (MAC) and the physical circuits (PHY) associated with IEEE 802.15.4 radios.
>> Those protocols use their own arrangements of bits and bytes to transfer
>> information between nodes, but none of them use the Internet Protocol (IP).
>> So they cannot directly communicate with Internet-based devices and Web
>> servers/browsers. The IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks
>> (6LoWPAN) standard offers an alternative because it employs the IPv6
>> protocol and can operate equally well over wireless and wired connections.
>>
>> At Qualia, we see an untapped area of creativity and innovation in
>> reusable data web apps by combining IPv6/CoAP at the edge. CoAP is
>> interoperable with HTTP but designed specifically for tiny tesource
>> constrained devices. Thus, any device running IP, no matter how small, can
>> provide data for application development. This presents an entire new
>> paradigm of application development.
>>
>> We've created and will release at the time of our crowdfunding launch
>> tutorials that makes 6LoWPAN much easier to work with.
>>
>> Michael
>> On Apr 14, 2015 9:42 AM, "Martin Brooke" <martin.brooke at duke.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> It would help if you could clarify why 6LoWPAN is better for an 8 bit
>>> micro to access the world.
>>>
>>> Is this cheaper or easier than a bunch of Xbee or other IEEE 802.15.4
>>> enabled Arduino devices talking to an internet enabled arduino like a YUN?
>>>
>>> My guess is it will all depend on how easy to use the libraries are,
>>> unless it is a lot cheaper.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
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