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Event - Open Source IoT Communication Module - How, When, and Why to use Cicada
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- Off-grid
- Energy Access
- Worldwide
“Cicada” is the IoT communications module with GSM & WiFi capabilities that allows energy access appliances like mini-grids and SHS to send and receive information about energy use. Cicada enables energy service providers to expand their services to rural communities that traditionally have been hard to reach.
When Cicada was created, existing off-the-shelf solutions were not rugged enough to perform in low-connectivity environments. This prompted Okra to develop a solution and open source it, so that other companies on the same mission could use and tweak the technology to their own needs. Cicada is completely Open Source, free to use, well documented, and is also platform agnostic, meaning it can be easily customized to other microcontrollers or OS.
“Easily customized” may not mean it works for every single use case, right off the shelf - but the Open Source nature of this module allows organizations, like A2EI, to tweak it to their own needs. In this live webinar, we will have a roundtable discussion with A2EI, EnAccess, and Okra about this Open Source Tool and a live demonstration to show other developers exactly how to get started with Cicada. Participants will be encouraged to take part in an interactive Q&A at the end, and become contributors to the Cicada project on GitHub.
Registration is free and open to the public. Everyone who registers will receive the replay video, so even if you can't make the live event you won't miss out.
