NeWeSt

The Newest Project aims to promote a paradigm shift in the weighing systems ecosystem, both in terms of concept, technologies used and business models. Its main objectives include the development of:

– a cloud platform for aggregating data and services, with the acquisition of IoT data and programming interfaces (APIs) with different levels of access to create new business applications within the Cachapuz ecosystem;

– smart devices, which incorporate: (i) digital load cells with innovative sensors, IoT devices and firmware; (ii) Smart Boxes, open source operating systems and smart weighing and communication features and (iii) Smart Devices with smart aggregation, data processing and communication features;

– a secure and reliable data communication system that uses secure Firmware Update Over the Air and supports various types of communications: BLE and Wi-Fi for industrial environments (short range), LoRa and NB-IoT for cell solutions individual loads with secure and scalable connection through the network infrastructure of telecommunications operators;

– new sensors, nanofabricated magnetoresistive sensors in INL laboratories, as well as other piezoelectric sensors.