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How to run a city-wide wireless network from a drawer
Large-scale wireless Internet of Things systems must be tested in the lab before going full-scale. Here is how we do it at Thingsquare.
Thingsquare IoT Platform 4.9 Released
With even larger mesh networks, AWS IoT / Microsoft Azure integration, Raspberry Pi with WiFi-over-Bluetooth setup, and seamless mesh network switching.
How We Do It: Making Things Happen At Specific Times of the Day
Connected products need scheduled actions. Scheduled actions require time synchronized deceives. Here is we make that happen.
How We Do It: IoT Production Testing
During mass production, each IoT device needs to be tested before going out the door.
Top 4 Use Cases for Wireless Mesh Networks in IoT
Lighting, in-door environments, electric grids, and city-scale IoT systems. This is where wireless mesh networking is the perfect choice.
Internet of Things for beginners - the complete guide
How to build your wireless IoT product in 2022
How We Do It: Offline IoT
When the wireless mesh is unavailable, store data locally
IoT Cost Estimate: What Will My IoT Solution Cost?
How to find a reasonable budget expectation for your IoT project - and how to increase the value.
This IoT Mesh Network Watches You As You Shop - Without Cameras
We built an IoT mesh network to help understand shopper behavior, without using cameras.
Seeing the Invisible: Radio Interference on 868 / 915 MHz
Thingsquare's built-in channel scanner helps visualize radio noise on the sub-GHz frequency bands
How the Thingsquare IoT Platform Demo Works
See the powerful Thingsquare IoT platform in action
Large IoT Deployments Need Rapid Installation Tactics
When you have to install thousands of IoT devices, you need to make device installation impressively fast. Here is how to do it.
IoT Antenna Design: Three Ways Your Antenna Deceives You
Picking an antenna for your IoT device comes with many pitfalls. Let's remove a couple of them.
What is a Good sub-GHz Range? A Reality Check
Do the theoretical predictions of wireless range match the real world? We took a walk around the neighborhood to find out.
How to Test the Range and Signal Strength of Your Sub-GHz Mesh Network
Understanding the quality of the radio coverage for your sub-GHz network is essential. We developed a tool to do it.
Thingsquare IoT Platform 4.4 Released
Adds support for a new hardware platform, improvements for very large networks, and a new Bluetooth scanning mode
A Hand Wash Sensor built from Off-the-Shelf Hardware
To help the 20 second hand wash, we built a version of our hand wash sensor with off-the-shelf hardware
A Wireless, Automatic Hand Wash Sensor and Timer
Washing hands for 20 seconds can be difficult. We built a device to help keep it up, and keep track of the habit.
How we do it: Automated Testing of Massive IoT Mesh Networks
Automated testing with 2000+ wireless, networked nodes: How we ensure that the Thingsquare IoT platform always works as expected.
Memento Mori: When Will My IoT Devices Die?
The Thingsquare IoT platform keeps track of the power consumption of all its devices. Let's use this to determine the lifetime of our IoT devices.
7 Reasons To Use The LPSTK-CC1352R For IoT Projects
Why we use the new TI LPSTK kit for many of our customer projects
The IoT without the Internet: 3 Use Cases
Yes, the Internet of Things without the Internet is a thing
4 Reasons for 3D Printing IoT Prototypes
Make them good looking, robust, functional, and sellable.
How We Do It: Quickly Programming Many Devices
Sometimes you need to physically reprogram a bunch of devices with a new firmware image. Here is how to do it with the thsq-device-flasher tool.
Why Mesh Networking for the Internet of Things?
Wireless IPv6 mesh networking makes your IoT system solid, scalable, and free from WiFi interference.
LPSTK: a new IoT hardware platform
The new TI LPSTK-CC1352R kit: Internet of Things hardware for IoT solution development, from lab to deployment
The 3 challenges every IoT platform face - and how to deal with them
Scale, power, and wireless can break your Internet of Things
Cloudless IoT: The Internet of Things, without the Cloud
The cloud is an integral part of the IoT, but there are good reasons to not always rely on it. That's why we are adding support for cloudless IoT in our IoT platform.
5 IoT Use Cases and Customer Projects (2019)
These are some of the exciting Internet of Things projects we at Thingsquare have been working with this year
The 4 Reasons You Should Make an IoT Business Prototype
The value of your IoT solution increases when you challenge your assumptions.
What is Sub-GHz Wireless Networking?
With longer range and lower power than WiFi or Bluetooth, sub-GHz networking is the outstanding choice for many IoT applications
Why use an IoT platform? Here are 6 reasons
Internet of Things platforms reduce development time, but that is just one of the reasons why you should use an IoT platform for your project.
Thingsquare IoT Platform 4.3.0 Released
With updates to the mobile app and web frontend
What is an IoT Prototype?
The prototype is the first, crucial step to building an Internet of Things product. This is what an IoT prototype should consist of.
3 Ways to Make Money with the IoT (with Examples)
As a business concept, smart devices is not the only thing the IoT has to offer
Top 4 Use Cases for the Internet of Things in Retail (2019)
Learn how IoT solutions are disrupting retail, bringing brick-and-mortar shops and e-commerce closer to each other.
4 IoT Business Case Strategies, with Examples
To make money with your IoT project, don't start with the technology. Instead, estimate market need and how much you can address.
Plants-as-a-Service: Office Plants Made Greener with the IoT
Office plants need water and nutrition. We automated it.
Technical Skills Needed For Professional IoT Projects
Enterprise IoT projects are engineering-heavy - this are the types of developer talent required
IoT Case Study: How Are Office Hot Desks Used?
Co-working spaces like WeWork use hot desks to optimize the office - this Thingsquare-based project uses IoT to optimize the hot desks
IoT in Retail: Laser Sensors Keep Shelves Fully Stocked
Never have an empty shelf ever again thanks to these Thingsquare-based, battery-driven wireless lasers
How Thingsquare Helps Customers Find and Deliver Value with the Internet of Things
The IoT is valuable - we help you find how to apply it to your business
Thingsquare Tech and Developer Resources
This is where Thingsquare customers find tech documentation
Low-Power IoT: Top 3 Ways to Improve the Battery Life of your Internet of Things Devices
More Power, Less Power - Unlimited Power
Build to Validate, not Illustrate
The best way to get investors for your IoT project
Top 5 Ways to Improve Your IoT Installations
Deploying an IoT system at scale can be a challenge - here are 5 tips to make it easier!
Thingsquare-based IoT Case Study: Measuring Customer Satisfaction at Scale
TryLikes' wireless smiley buttons provide unique insights into customers' shopping behavior
Announcing a New Wireless Chip with Longer Lifetime, More Space
Add a little more smarts to each device, while having a long healthy life on a small battery
A New Way to Measure the Power Consumption of Really Low-Power Hardware (for Software People)
How to Make Sure Your Software Runs for Years on Tiny Batteries
How to Update Hundreds of Devices Simultaneously
Network-wide Over-the-Air (OTA) updates: something that no other IoT system can do
A Ready-Made Windows Application for Your Projects
A Thingsquare native Windows app that you can use
How to Build A Wireless Street Lighting System
From Proof-of-Concept with Off-the-Shelf Hardware to Professional System
How to Design Thingsquare-Compatible Hardware
Behind Every Successful Product is a Successful Hardware Design
When Someone Opens the Door, be the First to Know
Build a Wireless Door Sensor with Push Notifications without Programming or Soldering
Make an Analog Sensor Wireless without Writing a Single Line of Code
And Get a Push Notification when Values Change
Designing a Wireless Device that Lives Forever
Running on Rays of Light and Off-the-Shelf Hardware
A Wireless, Long-range Big Red Button Powered by a Coin Cell Battery
With Phone Notifications
Large-Scale Temperature Monitoring with a Raspberry Pi Zero W and TI Sensortags
Long-Range, Battery-Driven Sensors that Collect Temperature, Humidity, Air Pressure
What Happens Inside a 100-hop IPv6 Wireless Mesh Network?
Wireless Networking in the Extreme
Set up an IoT System with a TI CC2650 Launchpads and a Raspberry Pi
How to Set up a Wireless Sensor Network with Off-the-Shelf Hardware
Run the Thingsquare App in the Browser
And put Your Own App in the Browser Too
How to Make a Wireless Sensor Live for a Year on One Tiny Coin Cell Battery
When it Comes to Lifetime, Responsiveness is More Important than Data Rate
