This is Promotion for Sensoro New Low Cost Beacons ($9.99/unit) Release. The Dev Kit normal price is $59.99/Set. One account is limited to buy one set. Please order from http://www.sensoro.com/en/ordernow. The Beacons will be shipped from Redmond, WA for US customer and other from Beijing, China. Beacon List 1. Yunzi: This is Sensoro's high end beacon. It has good looking, best design and performance. It is good to be used in customer facing scenario. 2. SmartBeacon-4AA: It is powered by 4 AA batteries (Batteries are not included), which could provide 4000 ~ 6000 mAh and very long battery life. It could decease maintenance cost very much! Its retail price is $9.99. It is not water-proof. It is good for large volume indoor deployment. Long Battery lifeWith same chipset (Nordic, Ti etc) and configuration (Adv interval, Tx Power) , different Beacon provider Beacons' battery life is identical with same battery. The battery life is decided by the battery's electric quantity. Below is normal iBeacon battery's electric quantity and its battery life comparison.1. CR2032: 250 mAh2. CR2450: 500 mAh ==> 2 times of CR2032 battery life3. CR2477: 1000 mAh ==> 4 times of CR2032 battery life4. 2 x AAA battery: 1250 mAh ==> 5 times of CR2032 battery life5. 2 x AA battery: 2000 ~ 3000 mAh ==> 8 ~ 12 times of CR2032 battery life6. 4 x AA battery: 4000 ~ 6000 mAh ==> 16 ~ 24 times of CR2032 battery lifeWith small electric quantity battery, the only way to increase battery life is to increase Adv interval or decrease Tx power. Actually, in the enterprise environment, if the adv interval is > 400 ms, it will be hard for Smart Phone find the Beacon and the related APP might be out of work with much chance. Some Beacon provider claim their Beacon has 5 years battery life with CR2477 or 2 years battery life with CR2032. That means it is measured with configuration which won't work in enterprise environment. PLEASE FORGET THAT.When the chipset is same, the only way to increase battery life is to change to *large* battery in enterprise environment. Sensoro SmartBeacon-4AA is powered by 4 x AA batteries. It is largest battery supply in the market and its size is smallest with this kind of supply, which make it is easy to deploy. 3. SmartBeacon-2AA: It is powered by 2 AA batteries (Batteries are not included). It is water-proof. Its retail price is $9.99. It is good for large volume out-door deployment. 3. SmartBeacon-USB: It is powered by USB so there is no need to worry about battery life. It is not water-proof. Its retail price is $9.99. It is good for large volume in-door deployment. BeaconType Yunzi SmartBeacon-4AA SmartBeacon-2AA SmartBeacon-USB Retail Price $21.49/unit $9.99/unit $9.99/unit $9.99/unit Chipset Nordic NFR51822 Nordic NFR51822 Nordic NFR51822 Nordic NFR51822 Protocol Bluetooth® 4.0 with iBeacon certification Bluetooth® 4.0 with iBeacon certification Bluetooth® 4.0 with iBeacon certification Bluetooth® 4.0 with iBeacon certification Sensors Accelerometer, Temperature, Lightness Accelerometer, Temperature Accelerometer, Temperature Temperature Radius power -30 dBm to +4 dBm -30 dBm to +4 dBm -30 dBm to +4 dBm -30 dBm to +4 dBm Tx Range 3 ~ 80 meter 5cm ~ 100 meter 5cm ~ 100 meter 5cm ~ 70 meter Broadcasting interval Adjustable ( 100 ~ 1285 ms) Adjustable ( 100 ~ 1285 ms) Adjustable ( 100 ~ 1285 ms) Adjustable ( 100 ~ 1285 ms) Battery CR2477 (1000 mAh) 4 x AA (4000 ~ 6000 mAh) 2 x AA ( 2000 ~ 3000 mAh) USB Battery Life (Broadcast interval/Tx Power) 760ms, -8dBm 722 days 2800 ~ 4200 days 1400 ~ 2100 days unlimited 100ms, -8dBm 138 days 550 ~ 830 days 225 ~ 415 days unlimited Water proof Yes No Yes No Size 50 (diameter) x 19 (thickness) mm 64 x 64 x 23 mm 58 x 83 x 33 mm 15 x 42 x 5 mm Battery include Yes No No No Configuration tool is at http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer#config Batch configuration tool is at http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer#deploy Beacon Management tool/System is at http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer#inspect and http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer#cloud SDK is at http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer#ios and http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer#android Development Resource is at http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer. Download Resource is at http://www.sensoro.com/en/download. Dual Antenna:In general, Beacon has only one long range antenna and its shortest range is about 2 meter and could not meet some special micro-locating scenario. Sensoro solves this issue as it's SmartBeacon-4AA, SmartBeacon-2AA and SmartBeacon-USB have one extra short range antennas inside and it could provide extra short range. The long range and short range antenna could be switched between them by configuration. And with same Tx Power, different antenna choice will lead to different range. Below is SmartBeacon-4AA and SmartBeacon-2AA's supported TxPower and Range mapping table. Tx Level Antenna Type Tx Power Tx Power Name Range Min Short Range -30dBm micro -30dBm 5 cm Level 1 Short Range -20dBm micro -20dBm 50 cm Level 2 Short Range -16dBm micro -16dBm 80 cm Level 3 Short Range -12dBm micro -12dBm 1.5 meter Level 4 Long Range -30dBm -30dBm 2 meter Level 5 Long Range -20dBm -20dBm 7 meter Level 6 Long Range -16dBm -16dBm 15 meter Level 7 Long Range -12dBm -12dBm 20 meter Level 8 Long Range -8dBm -8dBm 25 meter Level 9 Long Range -4dBm -4dBm 45 meter Level 10 Long Range 0dBm 0dBm 70 meter Max Long Range 4dBm 4dBm 100 meter With Sensoro configuration tool (http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer#config), when its connect to the SmartBeacon-4AA, please select the Tx Power button, you could see the picture as attached which contains supported the Tx Power and range. And you could select option with the configuration tool as below. High Signal PerformanceWhen the iBeacon's chipset is same, the iBeacon's major performance is indicator is signal quality. iBeacon's signal quality is decided by antenna design. Whether iBeacon provider could design good antenna could measure iBeacon provider's hardware design ability. In order to achieve good antenna design, the iBeacon hardware provider must have antenna design expert and good test environment. Sensoro has both of them so that its quality is good. For example, with same Nordic chip set, other provider Beacons' max range (+4dBm) could only reach 50 meter ~ 60 meter. SmartBeacon-4AA and SmartBeacon-2AA's max range could reach 100 meter (actually in good environment, the signal could reach 140 meter away). Below is on easy test way to compare with other 2 Beacon providers' iBeacon. It is tested with Nordic (the chipset provider) company's nRF Master Controller, which could install from Andriod play store. All three beacons are sending broadcast package with 0dbm and 416ms interval. The Smart Phone is SUMSUNG S4. The distance is 1 meter. And the test result as below. From the result, we can get conclusion. 1. Sensoro's signal is most strong 2. Sensoro's signal is most stable (which is very important for indoor navigation). Extended Broadcast With iBeacon protocol standard, iBeacon will broadcast UUID/MajorId/MinorId. Sensoro iBeacon is compatible with iBeacon protocol. In addition to that, Sensoro Beacon does also broadcast Battery level and other sensors data such temperature and accelerometer data. As below, Sensoro configuration tool is showing the Beacon's battery level and other sensors' data when it DOESN'T connect to the Beacon. Note: Only Yunzi has lightness sensor. SmartBeacon has only temperature and accelerometer sensors. With this ability, Smart Phone APP could get hundreds Beacon's battery level and sensoro data in a few seconds. And based on that, Sensoro provides central battery management system. Centralized Battery Management When we deployed 100+ iBeacons, some of them might be running out of battery and needs replacement. How could we find the Beacons needs replacement effectively? Other Beacons' solution(High cost, time consuming): Connect to the Beacons to get battery status ONE BY ONE? It is unstable, time consuming and high cost. It will cost you thousands dollars. And it is not scalable. How about if 1K or 10K Beacons deployed? Sensoro's Battery Management (Easy, Simple, Enterprise level solution): What we need to do is to install Sensoro Inspection Tool (http://www.sensoro.com/docs/#inspect) in your Smart Phone and by pass the Beacons, the Beacons battery status will be collected by the Inspection tool automatically and uploaded to Cloud in a few seconds. After that, we could check the Beacons' status on Sensoro portal (http://cloud.sensoro.com) as below. Batch Configuration Change For large volume deployment, 100s or 1000s Beacons configuration (UUID/Major/Minor/Adv Interval/Tx power/Password) needs change to meet deployment requirement. The configuration change is time consuming work as it has to be done by Smart Phone to connect to each Beacon one by one. In order to solve the issue, Sensoro provided a batch configuration tool (http://www.sensoro.com/en/developer#deploy). With it, a batch of Beacons' configuration could be input at one time and then tool could connect to each Beacon automatically and change their configuration. Function iBeacon CertifiedAll features of iBeacon supported.ConfiguableIncluding UUID, Major, Minor, Tx Power, Interval, etc.OTA UpgradableUpgrade Over-The-Air supported.Sensor InsideLight, Temperature, Accelerator sensors Integrated (part of models). Cost Purchase CostFine tuned antenna, optimized transmit strength, covering larger area.Maintenance Cost and Maximum battery lifeUsing Nordic nRF 51822 chips, in same Tx power and Advertising interval configuration, double or triple battery lifetime of Ti cc2541 chips.Fine tuned antenna, optimized transmit strength, covering same range using lower Tx power.Photosynthesis Energy Saving Mode(Patent), extend 1/3 battery lifetime in common scenario(part of models).Multiple power supply choices, 4 x AA battery supported with 5~6 times battery life of button cell CR2477 battery, battery changeable(part of models) Security Prevent malicious tampering configurationHardware level password, prevent from malicious configuration modification.Prevent Squattersboradcast rotated encrypted major/minor, prevent reading major, minor from squatters. Performance Extra-Micro LocationDual antenna(Patent), covering radius down to 15cm (part of models).Stable Indoor positioningFine tuned antenna, optimized transmit stability, signal fluctuations was reduced. Deployment Onsite Adaptive Capacity12 degree Tx power, more control on signal covering.Mass Deployment ReadyDeployment tool provided, batch update configuration on site.Pre-Configuration service for batch order, Out of the box.Dense Deployment Ready for extra-precise micro-positionDual antenna(Patent), covering radius down to 15cm, signal interference reduced for extra-precise micro-position (part of models). Management Collect Device Status without ConnectionExtended iBeacon protocol(Patent), broadcasting device battery level and sensor data .Inspection tool provided, collection mass device battery level and sensor data in a dead simple way without connection to each device.Central Monitor DashboardCentral Monitor Dashboard provided, monitor mass device status including battery level, temperature, motion count, light level and other configuration (Tx Power, Adv Interval). Integratable Integration friendlyCollecting device status from your own APP with a few coding lines embedded.REST API to access Central Monitor Dashboard data. Certification MFi/iBeacon CertifiedCertify Code: 214945FCC/CE CertifiedFCC ID: 2ADCH-B0BluetoothSENSORO is member of Bluetooth SIG. What is Beacon? Beacon actually contains a complete micro computing system, including 32-bit ARM® Cortex M0 CPU or 8051, RAM, FLASH, wireless communication module, different types of sensors and Apps. When Beacon is deployed, it continuously broadcasts information through Bluetooth which can be received by your smart phone without Bluetooth pairing. The working principles of iBeacon technology can be described in the following three steps: A Beacon transmits a universally unique identifier through Bluetooth; A compatible App picks up the identifier then looks up over the internet to determine the smart device's physical location; A smart device triggers an action. We say that iBeacon is a digital coordinate deployed in physical world or is a digital electric label that can be attached to any physical object, location or scene. Aside from the function of sensing its own movement, it can also sense the lighting, temperature around you—this builds up a people behavior perceptive network after being processed by SENSORO SDK, which can be interpreted as a bridge linking the physical world and the digital world, bringing your program or equipment to the era of contextual computing. Developers don’t need to deploy complex cloud system; instead, SENSORO SDK (iOS and Android both available) makes it much easier. Manufacturing process Every industrial process of Beacon manufacturing matters when in comes to quality. Complexity or simplicity, strictness and slackness directly affect the product diversity shown. Surface. The most preferred is two-color plastic and intra injection molding, but technically extremely challenging. Many manufactures give up this technology because of the expensive cost in repeated molding adjustments in order to ensure stable shape. Common practice would be single-color molding so as to lower cost and save time. While Yunzi chooses without hesitation the best technology-- two-color plastic injection molding. Metal craftwork? Tough choice. The average manufactures would not use metal for the higher cost and difficulty. Yunzi is one of the few advocators for metal craftwork. In order to realize artistic design, Yunzi designers use the same iPhone 5S frame aluminum alloy processing technology—well-distributed and delicate anodizing sandblasting and mirror-bright upper and lower flames polishing. Micron-grade production accuracy is ensured by high energy laser engraved frame logo and LED micro loophole. The inner core circuit board is the heart of Yunzi. The average manufactures use green ink PCB process while SENROSO uses environmentally-friendly black ink and matte coating—artistically beautiful even though invisible to users. All contact points and pads are gilded to prevent air oxidation—still durable after long time. Antenna design also determines core-competitiveness of beacons because different levels of technology directly affect the stability of their wireless signals. Yunzi designers carefully calculate the impedance matching of radio-frequency circuit, also simulate and adjust wireless signal radiation of antenna to ensure best consistency of the antenna transmit signal direction. Moreover, many other manufacturers commonly purchase regular Bluetooth modules and piece them together. Protection design. Outdoor operation is becoming a major concern for clients and Yunzi is water-proof like many of other beacons. But Yunzi is also dust-proof with final ultrasonic encapsulation. It has been tested that Yunzi continues to function well after being immersed in 0.5m depth of water for half an hour. The stated features enable Yunzi to endure in more severe environments If you need a large order, please call me(Vivian) at: +1(425)802-4936. Website: www.sensoro.com
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