The Problem It Solves
Every connected device needs the same building blocks: a processor, a radio, storage, a clock, secure messaging and a way to update firmware in the field. Building these from scratch for each project is slow and expensive, and changing the network later, from GSM to LoRa for example, usually means a new design.
Off-the-shelf prototyping kits are quick to start with but are not built for real installations, where inputs and outputs connect to pumps, relays and sensors that can damage unprotected electronics.
Our Role
SciFlair designed, built and owns Axino end to end: hardware, firmware libraries, cloud communication server and the axino.co service. We use it in our own projects and products, and offer it to clients and developers.
What It Does
- SM01 communication modules in six versions, GSM, WiFi, Ethernet, LoRa, mesh and SigFox, all with the same 16-bit processor, 4 MB flash, real-time clock, temperature sensor and hardware encryption engine
- Identical software libraries across every module, so application code moves from one network to another without being rewritten
- Firmware updates over the air, and a client for the SciFlair communication server to send and receive data from the cloud
- SX142 expansion board for real installations: four protected digital inputs, two 10 A relays, RS485 and a 12 V or 24 V supply with short-circuit protection
- SX01-GB carrier board that accepts over 280 off-the-shelf Grove sensors and actuators without soldering, with battery charging; and SGX01 gateways that link mesh and LoRa networks to the cloud
- The axino.co cloud service for device management, data and dashboards
Development and Use
Concept
Set the requirements from our own project experience: one processor and code base across many networks, low power, low cost, and protection for real-world inputs and outputs.
Development
Designed the SM01 modules and libraries, the SX142 expansion board and the communication server, and verified each module on its own network.
Production
Manufactured the modules and boards in batches for field deployments.
Utilisation
Deployed in our well pump and reservoir control, street-light feeder management, smart water metering and parking sensor work, in specialist IVMS tracker builds, and in the sensor nodes that led to Sensor Magic.
Support
Maintained and extended through new carrier boards, library updates and the axino.co service.
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Build on Axino
Axino is ready for new products and pilots. We are looking for investors to scale it and for organisations that want a connected device in the field quickly.
