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DASH7TM Technical Overview Webinar

Hosted by the DASH7 Alliance

December 2, 2009

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Agenda & Speaker Intro

• Intro to DASH7 Alliance– Paul Ritchie, DASH7 Executive Director

• “DASH7ology 101”– JP Norair, Applications Engineer, Savi Technology

• Case Study: Evigia & DASH7– Rob Hower, Director Integration Engineering, Evigia

• DASH7 Standardization & Certification– Ryad Semichi, Director Standards Technology, Savi Technology

• Q&A– Please email questions to paul@dash7.org

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A non-profit consortium advancing the use

of DASH7 wireless sensor networking

technology with more than 30 participants

from across the globe

www.dash7.org

The DASH7 Alliance

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Goals of the Alliance

1. Improve and extend the ISO 18000-7 standard

2. Certify DASH7 product compliance and interoperability

3. Educate the marketplace

4. Encourage development of new DASH7 innovations

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Robert W. Hower

Evigia Systems, Inc.

www.evigia.com

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DASH7 Product Engineering

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Evigia Background

• Low-power wireless sensor development

• Custom integrated circuits and MEMS

• Small, low-cost, low-power systems

• Why DASH7

– Improved range

• transmission in the presence of metal/concrete (433 MHz)

– Longer battery life

– International Standard

• Northrup Grumman – Evigia team selected as

one of four teams for RFID III contract

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Product Development

• Core commands

– DASH7 hardware platform

– Base required commands

– Additional commands to improve performance for customer

• Flexible hardware designs• Extended memory, sensors, serial connection

• Different form factors

• Modifiable layers

– Hardware

– Protocol layer

– Software interface

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Full suite of DASH7 products

• 6 tags• License plate tag

– Minimal commands low cost

• Asset Tag

– Database low memory

• Asset Tag with non-replaceable battery

– Small form factor

• Data rich tag

– Large memory, USB interface

• Sensor tag

– Sensors, memory, alarm readout

• Container security tag

– Breach sensors

• 2 readers• Hand held

– Portable, barcode scan

• Fixed/transportable

reader

– High functionality

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DASH7 products

• Designed for rugged conditions

– Wide temperature range, weather, shock/vibration

• Range 300 – 500 ft

• Reliability

• 4+ year battery life

• Interoperability

– Communications between any DASH7 compliant tags and

readers

• Low EMI

– Certified for any aircraft

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DASH7 & Standards

Ryad Semichi

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Standards: from DASH7 to ISO

Requirements DASH7 ISO

Outreach TechnologyTest

&

Certification

JTC1/SC31

WG4

RFID

TC104:Freight

Containers

Industry

Consortiums

Market

Research

SDO’s

Best

practices

Publications

Development

priorities.

New Features

Extension &

Core Specs

Whitepapers

New Features

Performance

Enhancements

Conformance &

Interoperability

Test Methods

Certification

Program

WG5

RTLS

WG6

MIIM

WG7

Security

ISO Contributions:

-Technical reports, Whitepapers,

DASH7 Specifications

-Implementation guides

- Industry Reports & Requirements

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Standards development cycle

(*): http://www.iso.org/iso/standards_development/processes_and_procedures/deliverables/deliverables_schema-2.htm

Products

DASH7

Ratified

PublicationsCertified

+

Active ISO

Participation+

< 6 months

(*)ISO Development Cycle: Average time from proposal to publication

18 to 24 months

=

Accelerated Standards

roadmap to :

- Meet today’s needs with

today’s expertise and solutions.

- encourage innovation

- enrich and extend feature set

- enable faster time to market

DASH7 is committed to

introducing all of its technical

specifications to ISO.

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DASH7 Certification

Applications Solutions Features Technology

Providers

Vertical & Regional Markets

DASH7 Test and Certification (in development): Supporting market growth

Increased DASH7 adoption

Test procedures:

- Documented

- Automated

- Executed the same

way around the world

Test Centers:

- Accredited

- Audited

- Operating as a global

network

- Collaborating and

supporting Manufacturers

Certification:

- Per product

-Global and across industries.

- Meets compliance &

interoperability requirements

- Delivered by the DASH7

Alliance.

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DASH7 is a Membership Org

• Open Membership

– 3 levels: Charter, Principal & Associate

• Non-Profit Technical Advisory Board

• Major Opportunity to Influence A Very Strategic Wireless

Technology

• Email paul@dash7.org or visit www.dash7.org for more details

• Members Only meeting scheduled for Feb. 2-3, 2010 in San Juan,

Puerto Rico.