ADI in Action: Featuring DPTechnics at embedded world NA 2024

We are counting down the days until the embedded community meets on-site at embedded world North America. It’s going to be full of learning, exploring, and meeting those in the community that are pushing boundaries of innovation and developing solutions.

One of those companies is DPTechnics - they are exploring innovation at every turn and focus on developing innovative solutions leading with IoT.

Bringing solutions to the show that attendees can see, interact with, and ask questions about it what makes a tradeshow memorable.

Find DPTechnics at embedded world North America at booth 1933

It’s also about growing your community, exploring the art of the possible, and meeting new (shall I say) “people”?! 

Have You Met Walter?

There's someone...or perhaps it's more accurate to say "a device" that I'd like you to meet. Let me introduce you to Walter and Walter Feels.

The Walter module is a multi-radio modem module designed to build IoT products. It features both cellular LPWAN connectivity with LTE-M and NB-IoT support and local connectivity with WiFi and BLE, also integrated is an ultra-low power GNSS module. It democratizes cellular IoT development because all radio circuitry is integrated into the certified (CE, UKCA, FCC, IC, RCM) module, this drastically reduces go-to-market certification costs. To get the most out of the Walter module, it is best to plug it in on a carrier board, which brings me to Walter Feels.

Open Source Carrier Board & Combined Power 

Walter Feels is an open source carrier board that has lots of sensors (temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, 6 DoF IMU) and connectivity (RS232, RS485, CAN, SDI-12, I2C, ADC, SPI, …) next to very advanced digital power management.

By leveraging the combined power of the ADI LTC4015 (Multichemistry Buck Battery Charger Controller with Digital Telemetry System) together with the ADI LT3120 (26V, 9A Low-IQ CC/CV Monolithic Buck-Boost Converter) Walter Feels achieves high efficiency over a very wide input range of 2.5V to 26V. The MPPT functionality of the LTC4015 allows Walter Feels to efficiently use solar or wind power while charging Li-Ion, LiFePO4 or lead based batteries.

The digital telemetry system of the LTC4015 allows users to monitor all power related parameters remotely as shown in the image below. You can also see this live via https://walterdemo.quickspot.io/board/115133901698292.

With the Walter ecosystem the developer gets absolute freedom over the software stack used to program the IoT solution. By creating open-source software libraries (for ESP-IDF, Arduino, Micropython, and more) and integrating Walter (in Zephyr, Golioth, Datacake, etc) the DPTechnics team shows it’s commitment to open source and software versatility. All software can be found on the Quickspot github repository. 

Let's Meet at embedded world NA

Before you head to embedded world, be sure to note a visit to DPTechnics (booth 1933) to meet the DPTechnics team and Walter! Ask questions and explore ways that that you can innovate together. To learn more about ADI solutions and technology, find us at booth 2304.