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Our Auto-Discovery Remote Control (ADRC) platform provides these technologies:

• Near Field Communications (NFC) is used so users can pair controllers with devices by simply tapping them together. Also known as 'on-boarding' this is the easiest way possible to configure a networked system.
• Near Field Ping (NFP) is a proximity communications technology similar to NFC but was developed by Xped to use less than 1,000th of the power and provide faster speeds than NFC. It is mainly used for battery powered devices such as sensors.
• Personal Area Networking (PAN) using the 802.15.4 MAC layer communications protocol. This kind of PAN can provide greater range than Bluetooth and uses less power than Wi-Fi so it is friendly for battery powered devices.
• An XML based language called Resource Modelling Language (RML) for modelling the API and data of any device. RML is designed around the Model View Controller design pattern where the API and data are described in a tag, the user interface containing widgets and style sheet information are described in a tag and any procedural logic (which is usually optional) such as how to handle the response to a device generated signal is written using javascript in a tag.
• An application layer state transfer protocol called Resource Control Protocol (RCP) which can tunnel through any transport protocol including TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP or even directly over a raw UART connection. The RCP wire protocol that is processed by devices is very concise and easy to parse in-place. However it provides many advanced capabilities including block transfers, end-point association, error code management, routing to hierarchical device structures. It is a REST protocol which has been augmented to natively support devices emitting unsolicited events.
• DNS-SD (Zeroconf) is used so that DeB can find Hub services automatically without the need for any user configuration. This allows controllers to find a Hub and even fail-over to backup hubs should this be necessary.
• A generic device browser called DeB to whom you have already been introduced.
• A powerful device server (ADRC daemon) that manages the communications between DeB and devices making communications reliable, caching results in order to maximize network efficiency, handling file transfers with devices, implementing the native ADRC system functions and many other things.
• A generic device proxy (AKA a reverse proxy) that adds all the native system behaviors required of ADRC devices. This is the stack that is loaded into the ADRC Shield.

This is the X-touchpoint logo. Whenever you see it it means that you can tap DeB to this device and you are ready to rock and roll...

X-touchpoint logo...touch any device here!
The ADRC Shield

• The shield presents as an NDEF Type-2 Tag with bi-directional communications capability.
• NFP proximity communications technology which is similar to NFC but was developed by Xped to use less than 1,000th of the power and provide faster speeds than NFC. It is mainly used for battery powered devices such as sensors.
• PAN using the 802.15.4 MAC layer communications protocol.
• An ARM Cortex M3 32-bit microcontroller.
• 256 KB of FLASH memory.
• FLASH file system.

The ADRC Hub
Hub specifications

• Communications interfaces
•    Ethernet for connection to Wi-Fi router
•    802.15.4 radio for connection to devices
•    NFC for touch to devices and phone
• Hardware
•    Raspberry Pi model B+
•    SD CARD: 8 GB
• Software
•    TCP networking adaptor
•    ADRC device server

Hub services

• Application API
•    RCP.host protocol via TCP adaptor for network clients
•    RCP.host protocol via D-Bus for local clients
• Device API
•    RCP.wire protocol via PAN interface
• Data warehousing
•    Raw device event logs in compressed CSV text files
• Security
•    Internet connection using SSL or TLS (development in progress)
•    PAN connection using individual AES-128 point to point encrypted links
  

Prototypes for Xped Arduino Project
Xped has working prototypes of:

• ADRC Shield
• ADRC Hub
• DeB App for Android and Linux
• Arduino library for the Shield

These are demonstrated live and working in our Kickstarter video.
Work in progress
We are currently working really hard to implement the ability to control your projects when you are out-of-home via the Internet. This is extra software being developed for the Hub. You can expect this to be ready around the time product ships or very soon after.
Right now we have versions of DeB for Linux and Android and we are about to begin porting it to iOS. This is not a complex process because it has been developed using Qt which has a port for iOS. However, there are a few unknowns especially relating to approval by Apple. So right now our timing is looking like DeB for iOS will be available in August 2015. We'll do our best to deliver by then if not before. And of course we will keep you informed on progress.
Grants
A “Clever Green Innovation” South Australia State Government grant application was approved and has been successfully completed.
Publications
Xped had an article published in the South Australian Advertiser newspaper, on 29th September 2014
Collaborations
Tytronics - to develop IoT connected thermostat solutions for the air conditioning industry.
GSSI - to develop a 20 cm accurate IoT connected GPS receiver for geophysical applications.
Prophecysound Systems - to develop a whole range of phone controllable guitar effects pedals beginning with their famous PiPhase pedal.
Polaris Center / City of Salisbury Smart Cities Project - to explore how to make the City of Salisbury a smart city using advanced Internet of Things technologies.
And some prominent universities that we are finalizing arrangements with so we don't want to name them just yet.

We had fun making this robot, so could you.

Requirements Arduino project

• Arduino PCB (Zero, Uno, Due)
• Arduino IDE (free download)
• Computer with USB functionality
• USB cable

Requirements Smart Phone

• Android smartphone or tablet with OS version 4.2 or later
• iPhone or iPad with OS version 2.0 or later (DeB is about to be ported to iOS and is expected by August 2015)
• Wi-Fi
• NFC (optional)

Other

• WIFI router with RJ45 Ethernet connector
  

Primarily to develop the injection mould tooling for Hub's plastic enclosure, to bulk buy components to get a cheaper price and to make the automated test jigs required for mass production.

We love building things with Arduino and Raspberry Pi because they are open platforms and have active communities behind them. We are part of our local hacker space where we try out some of our ideas and get feedback directly from real users like you.
After our Kickstarter project is over we will make DeB and the Hub source code available on Git Hub under an open source license.
We believe in open source so much we decided to use Raspberry Pi as the engine for the Hub. This means that you can easily create your own software to run on the Hub and install other open source packages. The sky is the limit.






Our team with ethnic backgrounds from Australia, China, Croatia, Germany, India and Russia: Phil, Michael, Andy, John, Sharon, Steve, Anna, Rachel, Chris, Ivan, Anet and Yizhi. Insert to the top right: John, who resides in Singapore.
John Schultz, CEO & co-founder
John Schultz (B Eng. Uni of SA) is a serial entrepreneur founding and successfully growing several companies over the last two decades specialising in the design, manufacture and business development of electronics systems. John has a wealth of experience running design and manufacturing businesses, managing staff and subcontractors and secured significant international business exporting vehicle immobilisers to Malaysia for aftermarket distribution and direct fit to Honda. This contract saw a peak of 30 employees locally employed and managed at Technology Park. John’s involvement in this project will encompass system specification, design, product design and manufacture, resource management and developing initial commercialisation opportunities.
Christopher Wood, CTO  & co-founderChris has extensive experience in large telecommunications companies developing mission critical software applications. Chris has architected projects worth up to $200M and supported by a pool of 200 IT staff. Chris is a domain expert in the areas of GPS, inertial sensors and communications. Chris also possesses substantial technology development commercialisation experience. In 2003 Chris founded Neve Technologies Pty Ltd, a company which developed and commercialised an augmented GPS system for positioning vehicles in areas where GPS signals are severely degraded. In the commercialisation process Chris established a joint venture with the University of South Australia. Neve secured COMET funding, raised capital and successfully commercialised its technology internationally.
John Stefanac, COO. John joined Xped in May 2014 from Qualcomm, where he served as President of Southeast Asia & Pacific. John is responsible for market strategies and manages Xped’s business operations. He has more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and information technologies industries. Prior to Qualcomm John was with Nokia where he served as Vice President and General Manager of Asia/Pacific.
Michael Partington, CSMO Michael holds an accounting qualification and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with the University of South Australia. He has extensive skills spanning a 30-year period in growing sales through B2B and wholesale distribution environments including electrical retail channel sales where he achieved exponential growth in his 6+ year position as State Manager NT/SA with Samsung Electronics Australia.

Website: http://www.xped.com
ADRC blog: http://xpedadrc.blogspot.com.au
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ADRCTech
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ADRCtech

Current technologies are building a future where we will be overloaded with hundreds of apps, remotes and protocols with the end user being overwhelmed by the complexities of managing these devices and the networks that connect them. Jamming all the current technologies into one box and calling it new does not fix the problem and certainly does not provide the interoperability we are all yearning for.
Our vision of the Internet of Things is different. We felt if we made a fresh start, it would be possible to build a new generation of devices that could be easily connected, managed and maintained with one consistent, easy to use interface for all devices.
We aim to make technology human again! This Kickstarter project is the beginning of a long roadmap of future products and services.

A. You will become part of of our drive to change the way connected things are designed and made.
B. You get the best and most advanced IoT technology currently available.
C. It will be lots of fun creating user interfaces for your Arduino projects that can run on your phone.
D. You can help us build and extend ADRC technology and together we can add even more advanced features.