An e-Paper based photo frame

Another one of my “lockdown projects” involves a 7.5 inch e-Paper display from Waveshare. Instead of your ordinary computer display, which bombards your eyes with light, e-Paper displays are more similar to paper. By making a pixel more or less reflective (using a technique known as ‘E-ink’), an e-Paper display …

Over-engineering an RGB LED strip controller: let’s write a custom programming language and instruction set

Digital RGB LED strips are strips of LED lights that can be controlled individually, which makes them really versatile for use in e.g. home automation. Throughout my home there are several strips, each adapting their hue to the current time of day and showing all sorts of information, such as …

Essentiality testing of telecommunications patents

In this study, we investigated the technical and institutional feasibility of a system that ensures better essentiality scrutiny for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). We first studied the state of the art on essentiality assessment in literature, court cases involving larger scale essentiality assessments, essentiality assessment in patent pools, and the …

Managing AI use in telecom infrastructures

Telecom infrastructures are of vital importance to society. More and more applications depend on well-functioning, reliable and always available telecom services. The Dutch Radiocommunications Agency (Agentschap Telecom) oversees these in the Netherlands. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications has not only fundamentally changed the nature of the telecom sector …

Possibilities for the Dutch 450 MHz PAMR spectrum in relation to continuity of smart meters

In 2020 Dialogic finished a study on how the operation of smart electricity meters can be guaranteed after November 17, 2024. On that date, the current permit for the use of the Dutch 450-470 MHz PAMR band (Public Access Mobile Radio) will expire. This spectrum is used to provide the …