Hardware Podcasts

Capturing Timely, Relevant, & Accurate Data | Vutility's Matt Barber

IoT For All Podcast · 9 Aug 2022 · 22m

What this episode covers

Matt Barber, CEO of Vutility, explains how his company captures timely, relevant, and accurate energy data using proprietary hardware called the 'Hot' device, which harvests energy from magnetic flux without batteries. He discusses the challenges of data collection in Faraday cage environments, the decision to use LoRaWAN for backhaul, and the importance of limiting data points to avoid 'stale' or irrelevant information. Barber highlights Vutility's pivot from direct sales to a partner-centric model, providing the data pipeline for analytics companies while navigating enterprise data custody policies.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Vutility, Chevron
Products
Hot
Also
LoRaWAN

Related episodes from other shows

Other shows on the same ground, closest first.

  • Catalyst · 36m

    When to colocate data centers with generation

    Brian Janous, co-founder and chief commercial officer at Cloverleaf Infrastructure and former head of energy at Microsoft, argues against the hype of colocation data centers with on-site generation. He contends that the primary constraint for data center interconnection is peak capacity, not 24/7 energy, and that utilities solve for summer and winter peaks rather than continuous load. Janous advocates for using grid-enhancing technologies (GETs), virtual power plants (VPPs), and long-duration storage to unlock existing grid capacity faster and cheaper than building new gas or nuclear plants on-site.

    Energy & climate techScaling production
    6 chapters

  • OnTrack · 38m

    Violet Labs: The Integration Hub Solving Hardware Data Chaos

    Lucy Hoag, founder and CEO of Violet Labs, explains how her no-code integration platform solves hardware data chaos by connecting disparate tools like Altium Designer, Teamcenter, and NetSuite into a single hub. She details the historical lack of native interoperability in regulated industries like aerospace, driven by ITAR constraints and the combinatorial explosion of maintaining point-to-point integrations. Hoag highlights Violet's recently launched MCP server, which allows AI agents to query structured data directly from the platform, enabling natural language reporting and automated synchronization without hallucination risks.

    EDA & CAD toolsManufacturing partners & offshoring
    8 chapters

  • The Amp Hour · 1h 12m

    An Interview With Joe Bamberg

    Joe Bamberg, who worked in Analog Devices' energy metering group and later at Sense, explains the evolution of power monitoring from electromechanical meters to modern smart meters using fixed-function DSP and high-bandwidth signal processing. He details how Sense uses current transformers (CTs), Rogowski coils, and shunts to capture data, leveraging machine learning for energy disaggregation to identify individual appliance usage from total household consumption. Bamberg discusses the hardware constraints of fitting the Sense device into electrical panels, including compliance with NEC, UL, and FCC standards, and the decision to run a full Linux OS on an i.MX 6 processor for edge processing. The conversation highlights the shift from simple watt-hour measurement to complex signal analysis involving Hilbert filters and FFT, enabling features like safety alerts and utility demand response integration.

    PCB design & layoutSensors & measurement in products
    10 chapters

  • Over the Air · 32m

    From B2C to B2B IoT with Davyeon Ross, Co-Founder & President at ShotTracker Inc

    Davyeon Ross, Co-Founder and President of ShotTracker, explains the company's strategic pivot from a B2C crowdfunding model to a B2B IoT provider for professional sports. He details the technical challenges of embedding sensors in basketballs and player uniforms, specifically focusing on the transition from Bluetooth Low Energy to Ultra-Wideband (UWB) to achieve sub-4cm accuracy in noisy arena environments. Ross highlights the engineering feat of integrating a rechargeable sensor into a regulation basketball without altering its weight distribution or ballistics, and discusses how this data enables real-time automated broadcasting analytics.

    Wireless & RFMechanical engineering
    6 chapters

  • Catalyst · 40m

    Unpacking DOE's proposal to transform data center interconnection

    Host Shayle Kann speaks with Allison Clements, former FERC commissioner and partner at ASG, and Tyler Norris, a PhD student at Duke University, to analyze Secretary of Energy Chris Wright’s directive to FERC to fast-track interconnection for large loads like data centers. The guests discuss the proposal's assertion of federal jurisdiction over load interconnection, the concept of 'hybrid facilities' co-locating generation and load, and the requirements for curtailable loads to qualify for accelerated 60-day study periods. They also debate the adequacy of 2-hour battery storage versus longer-duration resources and the risks to 'bring-your-own-VPP' models.

    Policy, trade & tariffsEnergy & climate tech
    7 chapters

The summary, chapters and topics are generated from the episode’s audio by this directory, not written by IoT For All Podcast. The episode itself belongs to its publisher.