Low-Power Image Transfer in an Occupancy Sensing Solution for a US-Based Semiconductor Company
Overview
The client is a leading US-based semiconductor company specializing in innovative solutions for digital transformation. They sought to enhance their embedded computer vision platform, specifically targeting occupancy sensing solutions, by incorporating a low-cost and low-power image transfer solution over BLE. ACL Digital played a pivotal role in identifying and seamlessly integrating a suitable low-cost and low-power BLE System-on-Chip (SoC) with the existing sensing solution. This integration empowered the client to enhance their solution, effectively tapping into new markets and resulting in increased engagement and upselling opportunities.
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Challenges
Lack of a suitable BLE solution
Inadequate embedded image transfer solution
Solution
- Identified and integrated suitable low-cost and low-power BLE SoC
- Developed firmware to communicate with BLE SoC on UART
- BLE interface bring-up and driver stack porting
- Identified and developed a custom BLE commissioning profile to support both iOS and Android devices
- Delivered guaranteed packet with application-level acknowledgment
- Developed mobile application to allow the user to scan and connect to the embedded platform and select, resize (640×480), and transfer an image
- Complete implementation validation and performance analysis
Outcomes
- Advancement of low-cost and low-power BLE SoC-enabled sensing solutions helped the client to upsell the solution in a new market
- BLE based commissioning helped the end-user to quickly establish the solution and reduce the overall time and cost
