07.05.2021

Open³ Toolbox

Open Hardware, Source, and Data Platform with a Focus on IoT The Open³ Toolbox aims to simplify the development and operation of IoT systems through a modular system for hardware, data transport, and data backup. To this end, various SDKs and hardware components are being developed that function on all common platforms. Ultimately, the goal is to enable data processing without further development effort.

FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH *

Background

The number of available components for an IoT system has multiplied in recent years. With 5G, over 3 billion IoT devices are expected in use by 2023. While this expands the range of applications for such a system, it also makes configuring individual components more complex. Many devices require multiple steps to integrate into a running system. This project aims to automate some of these steps.

Objectives

Open³ Toolbox stands for Open Software, Open Hardware, and Open Data. This toolbox contains a collection of tools that offer the ability to assemble a suitable IoT system without significant programming effort. This is made possible by its modular design. Since the problems that can be solved using IoT systems are often similar, a small number of modules can cover many solutions. The aim is to provide not only modules for creating the systems, but also modules that can be used to visualize the collected data.

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Milestones

August 2021

Software prototypes finalized

December 2021

Software modules and documentation finalized

Outcome

The following results are targeted:

A mature concept including system architecture
A software client for configuring IoT devices and sensors
A software client for querying the collected data
A software server for communication with end devices and the client software
A mobile app for displaying and analyzing collected data

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