SensMaster would like to announce the new TM701 Capri products. The Capri R and Capri A make SensMaster’s line of advanced sensor tags, user interface tags and actuation tags available to Raspberry Pi and Arduino developers. The Capri comes in the form of a plug-in board or stackable shield with compatible headers for both types’ controller boards.

With the Capri R board, for instance, a Raspberry Pi can access wireless sensor information from up to 60 metres distance, using simple commands from a Python application. These can be temperature and humidity information from an Ison sensor tag, movement information from an Edam personnel tag, detection of theft attempts from a Boyard tag. Alert conditions can then be communicated to users via the buzzer and light indicator in a Pharos fixed tag or Tristan wristband tag.

Developers can makes use of sensor tag information for various applications like controlling a fan; controlling light; setting off an alarm; sending a message; controlling an air conditioner, heater or other HVAC device; trigger a CCD camera; or unlocking a door.

“We have simplified our popular Celebes reader and made it into shields for Raspberry Pi and Arduino Due”, says SensMaster’s director of sales, Thomas Yue. “Our ambition is to bring a complete, proven and well supported wireless sensor technology to Raspberry Pi and Arduino developers. We believe it will greatly expand the application space for those platforms, and at the same time bring the most popular controller boards to our existing RFIDS™ user base.”

The Capri line includes the Capri R (part number TM701-NR0) for Raspberry Pi and the Capri A (part number TM701-NA0) for the Arduino Due and Mega. Drivers for giving commands from applications written in Python or C to sensor and UI tags are provided.

Standard features in SensMaster’s RFIDS™ technology are supported, such as Device Status Flag, RTF and TTF radio modes, settable update intervals, information paging, password protection, battery monitoring and access to tag memories such as UDS, EPC and User. The Capri has two radio channels with zero gain antennas included.

“Developer kits with specific usage profiles including a Capri board with selected sensor tags and application examples will be announced as soon as we can gather feedback about the most common user preferences”, says Thomas Yue.

Raspberry Pi and Arduino users are welcome to interact with SensMaster via the support box at www.SensMaster.net.


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