As part of Witekio’s presence at CES Las Vegas, we wanted to create a brand new demonstration to showcase our IoT Connected Service Platform Builder – Kamea.
The demonstration had to be compact (it needed to travel from Lyon, France, to Las Vegas easily), fit the topic for the 2023 conference: How Innovation is Addressing Global Challenges, and offer real insight into the capabilities of IoT.
Enter…. the Witekio Wind Turbine
Kamea Wind Turbine
Our model clearly demonstrates all the critical aspects of an IoT device linked with a connected ecosystem, as it showcases:
- Provisioning of the wind turbine with a symmetrical key
- Device lifecycle management
- User management – different access levels to the wind turbine
- Plus a dedicated business application – demonstrating the easiness of building a service on top of a connected device
No, we know we’re not a wind turbine development company! But putting technology into real-world use case scenarios can help everyone better understand our ecosystem and on-demand software development capabilities.
This is more than a simple wind turbine, it’s a bi-directional communication system: telemetry visualization and remote-control actions (through Azure IoT Hub twin properties), which demonstrates clearly how any business (no matter the industry) can benefit from IoT Management.
Demo Specs
MECHANICS:
- Designed around a 12V DC motor (with gearbox) to achieve a 30 RPM max speed
- It has a clutch on the rotating section of the turbine
- The structure is entirely 3D printed
HARDWARE:
- ESP32 Wemos D1 hardware kit that supports Wi-fi and Bluetooth Low Energy
- An MCU based solution
SOFTWARE:
- ESP32, C, low-level framework, Azure-IoT-SDK-C
- Our Kamea accelerator
- Wi-Fi connectivity (4G to come)
- Direct connection to Azure IoTHub service
FUNCTIONALITY:
Functional feature: remote monitoring and control of the wind turbine
- Local wind simulation
- Generator enable/disable
- Electric production simulation based on simulated Wind
- Remote control On/off
- Remote control Generator On/off
- Remote control Rotation speed limiter
Come find Witekio at CES Las Vegas – booth 60811.