Critical Elements of IoT & Wearables

Design

Kim Rowe, CEO

September 2017
 RoweBots Overview

• One Stop for OEM IoT & Wearable Product Development

• IP License sales, Service sales, Reference designs
• 30 years of satisfied customers

NOKIA
General Dynamics
 Critical IoT & Wearable Design Factors

• SWaP Nice to Have

• HMI ●
Mechanical
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• Architecture Lean
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Adaptable
• Features – just enough ●
Connected
• Secure ●
Complete

• Safe ●
Cloud

• Privacy ●
Cutting edge
The Internet of Things and Wearables
RoweBots Team Extension Solution

OEM Customer

Requirements

New OEM Product

RoweBots Team Extension Time to Market
 Embedded MCU Designs

• ARM Cortex M0, M3, M4, M7 and A5/A8/A9, RX, PIC32,

• Single process, multiple thread model with I/O and modular architecture
• Tiny RAM and FLASH footprints
• Fully connected – choice of communications and protocols: wireless and wireline
• Complete storage options: File systems and Database
• Bootloader and secure remote field service
• GUI and HMI options
• All security features and options
 Embedded Linux / POSIX Designs

• ARM Cortex M0, M3, M4, M7 and A5/A8/A9, RX, PIC32,

• Single process, multiple thread model with I/O and modular architecture
• Rebuild Linux/POSIX applications and test
• Applications use standard file I/O and socket calls
• Multiple process applications require restructuring (no fork, exec, signal)
• Zero boot time or zero cost performance improvement
• Complete security options and features
• Improved performance: Frame rates show up to 50% improvement
 Unison OS

• Lean / Agile Development • Connected

• Adaptable • Complete
• Secure • Cloud
• Safe • Cutting edge tools and protocols

And completely supports the best

hardware for IoT, Consumer and

Vehicle devices.
 WearableOS

• Lean / Agile Development • Connected

• Adaptable • Complete
• Secure • Cloud
• Safe • Cutting edge tools and protocols

And completely supports the best

hardware for wearable devices.

 MedicalOS

• Lean / Agile Development • Connected

• Adaptable • Complete
• Secure • Cloud
• Safe • Cutting edge tools and protocols

And completely supports the best

hardware for medical devices along

with medical certification.

 Value Proposition

• Market share is worth 10X-1000X more than product development cost

• RoweBots mitigates a lack of skills, resources and IP
– 50% faster OEM product development*

– 50% lower cost OEM product development licenses and services*

– 50% lower maintenance costs*

– With risk minimization

* based on 30 years of customer experience

 Layered Security Components

MQTT, Websockets, AMQP, MQTT, Websockets, AMQP,

CoAP or HTTP/REST Client CoAP or HTTP/REST Server

TLS TLS

TCP TCP

UNISON Kernel OS Kernel

Encrypted Run Time Encrypted Run Time

Files Security Files Security
Gateway Gateway
UNISON Secure Boot OS Secure Boot

Secure Hardware Secure Hardware

Internet Connectivity
 Other Connectivity

• USB, CAN, I2C and other buses

• Serial I/O: async, hdlc, ...

• IoT / M2M protocols:

– DDS, CoAP, MQTT, HTTP/REST, Azure IoT, 6loWPAN, LORAWan

• Security protocols (TLS, IPSec, SSH, SFTP, Secure Boot, Filtering, ... )
• Wireless protocols:
– WiFi, 6loWPAN, UHF, BT mixed, GPRS, 3G, 4G, LORA, ...
 Unison RTOS Pricing

• Single product, product line, product family and architecture licenses

• Product volume price breaks : prototype, 10K, 100K, 1M, > 1M (RF)

• Special pricing for multiple product line OEM development

• Average 10K license cost $12.5K*

* based on 7 years of customer experience

 Summary

• Complete OEM Team Extension with RTOS IP

• Helping OEMs penetrate rapidly growing large market
• WearableOS – total solution for Wearables
• Unison OS – total solution for IoT/MCU/MPU applications
• 50% faster, 50% lower cost, 50% lower maintenance
• Lean product development with risk minimization
 Kim Rowe, CEO

pkr@rowebots.com

Waterloo, Canada

+1 519 279 4600 x221

 SWaP

– Any size

– Zero weight or more

– No Power Required

– Not Practical – All require tradeoffs

 HMI

– Display

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Graphics
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Video
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Segments and LEDs

– Buttons and Touch

– Audio

– Motion

– Haptics
 Wearable Features – just enough
– Successes linked to a few simple features

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eSight
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FitBit
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Leaf
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Ringly
 RoweBots Offerings

Unison POSIX RTOS Unison Application Development

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Secure, modular RTOS Specification
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Tiny Footprint Development
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150+ Examples Testing
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Storage options Field Trials
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Connectivity
Cloud Development
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HMI
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Platform of your choice
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Secure Remote Field Service

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Simple Hardware Development
Many MCUs and MPUs
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Contract DFM
 RoweBots Tool Offerings

Remedy Tools Unison IDEs

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RED – real time trace IAR

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OS Viewer – object Emprog

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examination HEW

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Tools are FREE with Kernel E2Studio

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Mentor*

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Eclipse/gcc*

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Code Composer

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Keil RealView

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MplabX / MPLAB
 RoweBots Compatible Offerings

Unison POSIX OS
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TI (Cortex A, M)

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ST(Cortex A, M)

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Renesas (Cortex A, RX, M16, M32, SH-2A)

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Microchip (Pic32, dsPIC, Cortex M - roadmap)

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NXP (Cortex A M)

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Microsemi (Cortex M)

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Spansion / Cypress (Cortex M)
 Consulting
& OEM
Project Examples Partners

• Smart wristband and smart watch ( 6 months, late 1 month, on budget) NOKIA
• Energy, and utility metering (1 month, on time, on budget)
• Industrial (7 months, on time, on budget)
• Smart building / home ( 3 years, 2 projects, on time, on budget)
• Gaming and home entertainment (2 projects, on time, on budget)
• Camera systems and processing (6 months, on time, on budget)
• Healthcare and medical devices (10 months, on time, on budget)
 Unison RTOS Pricing

• Single product, product line, product family and architecture licenses

• Product volume price breaks : prototype, 10K, 100K, 1M, > 1M (RF)

• Special pricing for multiple product line OEM development

• Average 10K license cost $12.5K*

* based on 7 years of customer experience