While working on Votsh Waves using Pinoccio technology and Atmel's LightWeight Mesh (LWM) radio network technology we found technology choices that improved network transfer speeds.

1. VOTSH
Increasing Pinoccio Network Speed
How Fast Is The LightWeight Mesh Radio Network?
fcohen@votsh.com
August 5, 2014

2. http://Pinocc.io
• The Arduino Mesh Operating Environment
• First Software Developer Focused Prototyping System
• Open Source Software and Hardware

3. Votsh Waves
Network Transfer Rates Are Important
LightWeight Mesh Radio Network

4. LWM Network Speed
K Bits Per Second Issue
0.6
Acknolwedgements “on”, 250 K bits/sec rate, sending
messages > 1000 milliseconds, 50 character messages
5,200
Acknolwedgements “off”, 75 character messages,
Sending messages > 250 milliseconds
90,000
Acknolwedgements “off”, 100 character messages,
1,000 K bits/second rate, send as often as possible
1 Megabyte Audio File in 1.6 Minutes

5. VOTSH
Solutions
• Hit the LWM Send as often as possible
• Turn off acknowledgements
• Crank up the transfer rate from the default 250kb/sec to 2Mb/sec
• EEPROM_writeAnything(8126, transferRate );
• Use unicast or broadcast, not multicast
Thanks Eric, Blathijs, Geoff

6. Votsh Waves and Pinoccio
• Waves is a table top wireless computing
platform that uses color, light, and
animation to entertain and bring meaning
to people's lives.
• Kickstarter In September 2014
• www.votsh.com

7. VOTSH
Pinoccio
http://pinocc.io