About this project
beesSmart is an integrated hardware and software solution ready to use. Offering small devices easy to install, an App for iOS or Android systems and an online service platform, beesSmart gets you smart management of the electrical devices and all the information accessible from the network... all this with no changes to the existing systems and appliances!
beesSmart - live easy
Thanks to beesSmart it will be easy to save energy, to remotely monitor and control the electrical appliances and to build easy or challenging automation rules based on your location and on all the information collected from the Internet.
How it works
beesSmart needs no actions. You can create your own automation systems connecting the beesSmart hardware in a very simple way.
We developed 3 hardware components: smartGate, smartWire and smartSense and the minimal configuration involves at least 1 smartGate and 1 or more smartWire or smartSense components.
smart Gate is the only component that needs a connection (wired or wireless) to your internet router and can manage up to 127 smartWires or smartSense or a combination of both.
smartGate, smartWire and smartSense communicate between each other through an own radio protocol with mesh capability with no configuration.
What you can do
Replace easily your old thermostat and build your new smart heating management system using the APP and all the power of the internet (weather data, your position etc.)
Automate your electrical door control, use your smartphone as a door key, build automation rules based on your location.
Save energy, control your lights turning them automatically ON and OFF as instructed by timers or by the information about your presence or location.
Discover when and where your energy is used. Use all the power of an energy business intelligence system to save energy!
smartGate
smartGate manages all bees radio communications and enables the access to beesSmart cloud service using an existing internet connection. smartGate communicates wirelessy with other components (smartWire and smartSense) to create your own home automation system. No need to call technicians or engineers.
- is your local automation server
- enables local or remote smartBees management
- enables access to beesSmart cloud service
- uses your wired or wireless internet connection
- manages up to 127 smartBees
- enables secure communications
Tech specs:
- based on Raspberry PI model B
- equipped with our radio shield
- provided with case and external power adapter
smartWire
Thanks to smartWire you can turn ON/OFF and monitor the energy consumption of your electrical devices directly from your smartphone.
smartWire is ready to communicate with your App and the beesSmart cloud without any configuration or additional devices, just by using your smartGate.
- easy to connect and configure
- controls your appliances from local or remote
- extends the signal coverage of other beesSmart products
- only works if there is a SmartGate configured
- communicates with beesSmart cloud services
Tech specs:
- Electrical rating: 110/230 V
- max load power: 2,5 KW
- equipped with onBoard transformation circuit, no need of external power
- measures: real power, apparent power, power factor, voltage and current
- equipped with onBoard power relay switch
- uses 433/868 MHz radio frequency
- arduino compatible
smartSense
smartSense is ready to communicate with your App and the beesSmart cloud without any configuration or additional devices by using your smartGate.
- easy to connect and configure
- controls your appliances from local or remote access
- manages up to 4 switches on board
- is a smart thermostat
- only works if there is a configured SmartGate
- communicates with beesSmart cloud service
Tech specs:
- equipped with onBoard transformation circuit, no need of external power
- onBoard thermometer
- up to 4 switches with COMMON, NO, NC pins
- uses 433/868 MHz radio frequency
- arduino compatible
Story
We are a group of engineers specialized in electronics, computer science and automation. We share, as well as historical friendship, the dream of making an automation system that can be easily installed in every home or office at a low cost.
For this reason we have developed the components from scratch and using the most common, widely adopted and cheapest electronic components available on the market... compensating with hard work, study, research and firmware development to built-in high-level functionalities provided from commercial products.
What you see are some photos documenting the work of the team in the last 18 months and the various prototypes that over time we have produced (and disintegrated :-)) before producing those presented on this platform.
Roadmap
This is the roadmap we planned starting from the (we hope :-)) funding date:
- Step 1 - Batch production of the hardware, case and packaging
- Step 2 - Integration and stress tests
- Step 3 - Setup of the software platform in a data center
- Step 4 - WEB and APP improvements
- Step 5 - Final usability review of the entire system and shipping
For developers
smartGate exposes a series of API for third party software development. Interfaces provided:
- JSON
- MQTT
What is missing!
With Kickstarter funds we will be able to take the final steps of the project:
- Testing and certification
- Design and packaging improvements
- APP and web site usability improvements
Risks and challenges
We have planned the final activities of the project involving testing, certification and the final product design and packaging.
We need to setup the software platform in a reliable datacenter and we have to work on the APP to improve usability.
Last but not least there's the production phase... we did the scouting phase and we have a precise idea of the process... but this is our first experience in building hardware so there might be potentially delays in product delivery.
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Funding period
- (45 days)