Q: What is the hottest in the communications industry in 2020?
A: CAT1
Q: What about next?
A: CAT1+GPS
Q: What is the reason?
A: Network coverage, price, power consumption, delay...
Q: No, because CAT1 is 4G!
How to evaluate the impact of CAT1 on the industry? Deep in the industry, evaluation will be made from the perspective of products, technical characteristics, and industry trends.
Industry chain: Operators are pushing CAT1, chip manufacturers are pushing CAT1, module manufacturers are pushing CAT1, solution companies need to use CAT1 for 2G upgrades, manufacturers need CAT4 to reduce costs, and system integrators need to use CAT1...
Change: Industrial The change is obvious. Everyone can feel the impact of this change, covering the entire medium-rate demand scenario.
Until one day I met Boss B, doing industry vehicle management, niche markets, and shipped 10,000 to 10,000 sets a year, but it was very moist, why it was so moist, Boss B gave me an account.
Terminal market: an industry vehicle locator, the retail price of 2G version is 500 yuan, the channel price is 350-400 yuan, the retail price of CAT1 version is 1500, and the channel price is 1200-1300.
Change: Switching from 2G to CAT1, setting aside R&D costs, the BOM cost increases by 20-25 yuan, and the price increases by 850-1000 yuan. This does not represent all industries, but for many industry end customers, CAT1 is 4G, so you don’t need to consider The risk of quitting the network, so the cost increase is reasonable. For manufacturers, the biggest advantage of CAT1 is that it is 4G.
Everyone knows the advantages of CAT1, so today I will show you how to quickly switch to CAT1!
Fixed scene, long connection, small data volume
solar photovoltaic inverter丨Charging pile丨Vending machine丨Express cabinet丨Claw machine丨Commercial LED advertising screen丨Shared power bank丨Shared massage chair丨Bridge monitoring丨Smart streetlight丨Elevator monitoring丨Atmospheric monitoring丨Industrial flowmeter丨Valve controller丨Scan code POS payment box丨Industrial boiler
2G upgrade to CAT1:
Problem: AT commands are different and need to be replaced.
Solution: Use CAT1 module AM430E transparent transmission mode, 3-4 transparent transmission instructions, complete IP settings, heartbeat package, registration package settings, etc.
AM430E
Traditional equipment + CAT1 cellular module:
Problem: Need to be familiar with the communication process and AT commands, more network stability tests, need to do hardware design, especially antenna matching, SIM card design, etc.
Solution: AM4000MT, high integration, internal integrated module, power supply, antenna, SIM card (or card slot), external TTL interface, power supply broadband voltage, integration can work, you can use the transparent AT command configuration, you can also use PC configuration, no need to change the software.
AP4000MT-430
From 0 to 1 new project:
Problem: Save MCU cost, based on Open CPU development, difficult,
solution: Bloom is a development platform for embedded C language engineers to provide secondary development, embedded transparent transmission API, while supporting Secondary development.
Bloom full stack development
At the same time, due to fragmented deployment and complex environments in some scenarios, after deployment, network environment problems may cause unstable equipment operations.
Solution: Full Netcom card, select the optimal network based on the surrounding network environment, if the network layer is abnormal, select the optimal network again to ensure the network stability under the environment where the IoT device is responsible.
Full Netcom Card
CAT1+GPS scenario
T-BOX丨Car Tracker丨OBD丨Tire Pressure Monitoring丨Electric Vehicle Tracker丨Elderly Locator丨Student Badge丨Personnel Monitoring丨Pet Locator丨Material Tracking
Industry Issues:
1. Cost Issue
2. Volume Issue
3. Power consumption problem
4. Development difficulty problem
Solution:
AM430E V2 (built-in GNSS version)
Bloom full-stack development
eSIM solution
CAT1+Medium rate
Smart POS machine丨Self-service photo studio丨Intercom丨Elderly machine丨Education robot丨MR remote monitoring and maintenance丨Translation machine
Development based on Open CPU: The overall development workload is too large, and there is currently no shortcut
Driver-based development: If originally developed based on the ASR platform CAT4 solution, the existing CAT1 Linux dial-up driver is the same, which can greatly reduce the upgrade workload.
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