Chapter 1257

When Li Mu was born again, the Internet industry in China is at its peak. The concept of Internet plus is booming, which further spawned almost all industries in China at that time, and the same as the express industry.

Li Mu's impression is that Shunfeng and Jingdong at that time can provide users with real-time logistics information and real-time location. Users can see where their express delivery is, where it is, by whom it is delivered, and how far the delivery staff is from them. This perfect customer confidence service relies on the real-time communication between GPS and the network.

Li Mu hopes that Taobao logistics will also have such ability in this era. In this way, Taobao logistics will be at least eight to ten years ahead of the logistics enterprises in the previous life in terms of information technology. Although Li Mu doesn't know much about hardware, he combed out some of the key points himself, and felt that in this era, hardware should have enough foundation, just A new product concept is needed to combine the hardware.

That's why he asked Fang Xudong to bring hardware experts here, and put forward some ideas of his own that were not professional but farsighted enough.

"I believe that the real-time positioning equipment should not be difficult to achieve, because at present, the GPS satellite positioning module and the GSM mobile communication module are ready-made. As long as the two are integrated, the equipment can transmit the real-time positioning information provided by the GPS coordinate position information container through the GSM communication module in real time, right?"

Hu Bo, as a communication expert, nodded at once, saying: "now the most popular mobile communication technologies are GSM and CDMA, which can realize the function of real-time data transmission as you just mentioned. Although GPS module is relatively expensive, it has been widely used in many fields, so it should not be difficult to combine the two into one."

Li Mu nodded: "since these two functions can be realized, let me talk about my other ideas."

"The reason why I need to add RF technology support to these two functions is that in the future, we hope to improve our operation efficiency by installing such equipment on every car, trailer and express package, and then installing RF technology reading equipment on all logistics nodes," said Li Mu

"For example, we have packed ten large parcels in the container of Beijing A555, which are to be sent to Shanghai stock market for sorting and transfer. When the ten parcels are loaded, they will be read, recorded and uploaded automatically through the radio frequency technology in the car. Then, when the car is on the Road, we can monitor the GPS coordinate data sent by GSM in real time "When the car is 20 kilometers or 10 kilometers away from the Shanghai market, the system will automatically hang the information of the car to the large screen next to the staff receiving the car in the distribution center, and remind them that the car is about to enter the station, so the staff can immediately see its cargo information, It is loaded with ten big parcels, which are going to the business offices around the Shanghai stock market. The relevant information is also clear at a glance. So, before the car arrives, our workers can be ready. When the car comes in, the RF reading device outside the door can immediately determine the identity of the car and the package in the car, and directly remind our pick-up workers , this car has arrived, and the preparations will be made immediately. Then when the car arrives, the ten packages can be immediately transported to the loading place where they are going to their respective destinations. In this way, the overall efficiency should be improved a lot. "

Li Mu's hardware idea is basically equivalent to a set of GPS tracker, plus a set of equipment similar to the highway etc. However, Li Mu is not sure whether the current hardware basic research and development of such equipment is realistic.

As a communication expert, Hu boliao thought about it and said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, this set of hardware can be realized. I'll take it apart first, because your two sets of devices include GPS and GSM, so I'll talk about these two first."

After a pause, Hubo went on: "we can directly purchase GPS module and GSM module, and then purchase a batch of SIM cards that can run up data from operators, and use their network to support them, which will involve part of the communication protocol, but it is not a problem. The protocols are open, and the cost is very low. If we integrate the single-chip technology, we can Easy to implement, the basic structure is GPS chip, GSM chip and single chip computer. "

"As for RF technology, I'm not an expert in this field, so I'm not very sure. But I heard that there is a non-stop charging system abroad. Although it's not widely used in our country, a small number of countries abroad are using it. This technology should be consistent with our needs."

"The principle is based on a kind of radio frequency technology called RFID. This technology basically requires two sets of hardware and a set of system. One set of hardware is placed in the car and the other is placed in the highway toll station. When the user drives into or out of the highway, he does not need to stop. When it passes through the toll station, the equipment of the toll station will automatically read the information of the equipment in the car. However, when it passes through the toll station, the equipment of the toll station will automatically read the information of the equipment in the car Then record its starting point in the system. When it arrives at the destination and leaves the expressway, it will pass through the toll station again and be read again. Once the two data are combined, you can know when and where the vehicle gets on the expressway, and when and where the vehicle gets off the expressway. Then calculate the amount to be paid For a set of cost calculation, I think the principle of this set of technology is enough to support the needs you mentioned earlier. We just need to integrate this function with GPS and GSM modules, and then we can realize all your needs. "Li Mu nodded approvingly and said with a smile, "this kind of technology is needed for support. If all technical problems can be solved, then such hardware product development should not be so difficult?"

"It mainly depends on what kind of hardware and solutions are used, and then they can be integrated, and the single-chip computer program needs to be written. In addition, industrial design needs to be carried out at the same time. It's simple to say, but in reality, it's more difficult. For example, mobile phones, we need to repeatedly find ways to reduce the size of the main board, and carry out mutual design with the appearance design." Run in and compromise, and finally come up with a final antipathy, and then find a generation factory for mold production. However, if we only use it for our own use, industrial design can not be so refined, so our whole process can be much faster. "

"This equipment is mainly installed in truck tractors, trailers, containers and express packages, so it doesn't need too complicated industrial design, as long as it is reliable and practical," Li said

Said Li Mu: "but the express delivery terminal I just mentioned involves our corporate image, so we should design it better, with a sense of technology and high-end."

Hu Bo said: "in addition to the GPS and GSM modules just mentioned, the handheld device you mentioned also needs a set of code scanning device, but this is not a problem. The code scanning device has been fully supported by our current system. The code scanning gun quickly identifies the code and uploads it to the server. This problem has been solved for a long time, even if it is a handheld device It's very troublesome. It's to change the data transmission from network cable to GSM mode

Li Mu nodded: "in theory, it is true, but we can't just develop a blind scanning device for our courier. We need to give him a screen and a set of system, so that they can have more operating space. For example, if we add a mobile phone screen to this device, he can choose whether to do a piece of scanning or not Scan the code before or after delivery; "

" at the same time, we need to make this equipment a remote business processing terminal. For example, if a user in our building places an order online and fills in the address here to send express delivery, then our server will immediately pass our courier after receiving his order demand The location of the terminal device, to find the nearest courier around, and then send him a pick-up notice, while the order information in the form of SMS to him. "

"Or, we carry the code scanning record of express delivery when the courier leaves, which comes from the delivery process of dynamic screening courier. If courier a is far away from here at this time, but he carries the express delivery with the destination in this building, and it has not been properly delivered, we can judge that courier a has delivery business in this building, so he is bound to come This building, so that we can give priority to the task of picking up parts to him, so as to minimize our labor waste and make the whole process more efficient. "

"Mr. Li, today I will organize a new project team to tackle the hardware you mentioned," Fang said immediately

Li mudian nodded: "communicate with colleagues in the patent department. Don't let go of any patent that can be applied in the process of R & D."

"I see."

Li Mu said: "take this as the first key research and development project of our hardware laboratory. When you research and develop the combination of GSM and GPS modules, on the one hand, you need to make the compatibility and adaptability of these two modules stronger, on the other hand, you need to think more about the effect they can produce when they are combined with other devices. As long as GSM, GPS and SCM are well integrated, We can connect everything possible to the Internet, which is the future era of the Internet of things. "

In this era, the Internet of things is just a vague abstract concept. Even western countries have not started to carry out real Internet of things research and development, so when Li muliao and the Internet of things, all the people present are at a loss. Although they have heard of this concept, they don't know how to put it into practice.

Li Mu said: "the set of equipment we installed for the vehicle has actually realized the basic" Internet of things ". However, the future of the Internet of things should not only be the one-way transmission of information, but also have more practical intelligent functions. Let me give you an example. If I ask you to develop a new bicycle lock, this lock has no key hole, but A set of micro relay is controlled by GSM module and MCU module, and then connected to GPS module. A lithium battery is used as power supply. In this way, the bicycle equipped with this bicycle lock is connected to the Internet itself. "

Li Mu wants to take the concept of remote unlocking of shared bicycle as a case of Internet of things to make a science popularization for several people, but there is a very big problem that there is no smart phone now, and there is no mobile phone scanning code, so Li Mu modified the logic and changed the link of smart phone scanning code to that of ordinary mobile phone sending SMS through GSM.

Later, Li Mu said, "I give this bike a unique ID, and keep matching information on the server, and then throw this bike on the street for our specific users to use freely. The specific logic is: if the ID of this car is 6666, when users see this car, they only need to send the number of 6666 to Our server and server will send a unlock command to the lock on this bicycle through GSM module after checking and determining that his mobile phone number is qualified for unlocking. Then GSM module will pass the received command to MCU, and then MCU will control the relay. What do you think will happen? "Fang Xudong said excitedly on his face, "the single chip microcomputer receives the Zhi command to power on the relay and open the car lock in an instant!"