This document provides information about a hackathon hosted by Sigfox to find the best use of their low-power wireless network. It describes the Sigfox network which uses a proprietary protocol to allow battery-powered devices to transmit small amounts of data over long ranges with very low power consumption. The best project will win integration into Sigfox's startup program and access to their ecosystem and experts. The document also provides details on Sigfox's global network coverage and the capabilities of communicating with devices via their cloud platform.

1. Nicolas Lesconnec
Developer Relations
@nlesconnec
nicolas.lesconnec@sigfox.com

2. Hackathon
Usine Digitale

3. Best Use of the Sigfox Service
Don’t use Sigfox just because it’s great & simple
Use it in a relevant way, to enable your solution to communicate simply, independently & for a long time.
Working prototype is mandatory
Best project will win be integrated in our Startup Program
Privileged access to Sigfox experts & knowledge
Access to the Sigfox Ecosystem & Distribution channels
Marketing & Communication Support

4. Sigfox basics

5. About Sigfox
Sigfox is not selling chips
Sigfox is not building connected solutions
Sigfox has invented a radio protocol
Sigfox operates a global network

6. Out of the box
No connection
No configuration
No pairing
No signaling

7. Energy efficiency
The Sigfox protocol has been designed to maximise energy
efficiency
Tx: <50 mA during a few seconds (25mW ; 14dB)
Key factor: idle consumption (unconnected 99.x% of the time)
Idle consumption: a few µA

8. Very Long Range
Best case scenario
+100km between transmitter & receiver (base station)
Real life
A few kms (city) to tens of kms (countryside), depending
on the topography

9. Outdoor & Indoor
Good indoor propagation properties
Of course, you need to consider signal attenuation
(~20dB)

10. Two-way communication
Devices can receive updates sent from your application
server
Each communication is instigated by the device

11. Small messages
Useful payload: up to 12 bytes
Up to 140 times each day
100 bits/s

12. Hardware
solutions

13. Cloud

14. Get your data
View messages : Sigfox web platform
Get messages : REST API (pull)
Receive new messages : HTTP Callbacks (push)

15. Callbacks
Each message received from your devices will be
forwarded to your application server
Customisable headers & body
You can set more than one callback

16. 3rd party platforms
You can easily push your data to a 3rd party platform :
AWS, Azure, Telefonica, thethings.iO, IBM, Samsung…

17. Coverage

18. Current coverage
Nationwide coverage
! France
" Czech Republic
# Ireland
$ Luxembourg
% Netherlands
& Portugal
' Spain

19. Countries under rollout
( Brazil
) Colombia
* Mexico
+ United States
, Belgium
- Denmark
. Finland
/ Germany
0 Italy
1 United Kingdom

20. 2 Australia
3 Japan
4 New Zealand
5 Taiwan
6 Mauritius
7 Oman
8 Singapore
9 South Africa