Thomas Grosch

The Smart SemProM

The Smart SemProM is one of the different hardware categories defined in the project. In short, it is a compact, self-contained, embedded device with limited computing power that is designed to perform a few dedicated functions and to interact with its environment. In this chapter it is described how such a device was developed and constructed. The aim was to provide a flexible testbed for a large number of Smart SemProM applications and use cases. Starting from the requirements derived from use case descriptions, a hardware prototype was designed. To create a flexible software environment, an application framework was developed to control the different applications and allow running of concurrent tasks. The potential of the resulting device is illustrated by two application examples.