Welcome. Today, I will be demonstrating the new smart thermostat TI designed with cloud connectivity. This design features the SimpleLink WI-Fi CC3220SF wireless MCU as the heart of the system. This design will aid in the creation of a low power smart thermostat that links of a variety of sensors securely to the cloud and enables remote monitoring and control.

This design will consist of launch pads, booster packs, and sensors all available for purchase on ti.com. The core of the design is the SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3220SF LaunchPad. I've selected this LaunchPad because it includes a wireless MCU system on a chip, multiple low power modes for battery operated and regulated line power applications, embedded security enhancements, and cloud integration through plugins and software. The other components are the sensors BoosterPack, with a variety of sensors providing temperature, humidity, pressure, and motion and ambient light sensing, the Kentec QVGA Display BoosterPack, adding a reactive touchscreen color display, the Grove-based BoosterPack, which connects the passive, infrared, and air quality sensors, and to relay to demonstrate external HVAC control. This design was developed using the SimpleLink SDK, a development environment that simplifies portability and code reuse across different devices.

Once powered up, you will see the main thermostat screen on the display. The quadrants on the screen indicate the current date and time, status of the HVAC system, indoor temperature, air quality, humidity and pressure, and today's weather and three-day forecast. The background color of the screen indicates if the air conditioner or heater is activated by turning blue for cooling and orange for heating. The arrows to the right control the indicated target temperature. We will start provisioning the thermostat to your own Wi-Fi network.

First, I reset the Wi-Fi launchpad. If there are no saved profiles of wireless networks within range, the device will switch to access point mode. Connect your tablet or other device to the access point created by the CC3220. Open the Wi-Fi starter pro app and enter the desired network details into the provided fields.

Now you're connected. It's that simple. The CC3220 will switch to station mode, connect to the access point we indicated, and start communicating with the cloud.

Now we can utilize the secure cloud connectivity to demonstrate remote configuration. Note that this demo uses IBM Watson Cloud Services, but other software plugins are available. First, let's increase the target temperature above the current indoor temp. We can see that the heater and the fan have turned on. This temperature adjustment has been communicated to the cloud, and we can see the updated setting here in the browser.

We can also adjust the temperature from the connected device. Let's lower the target temperature from the tablet. Here we can see that the air conditioner has turned on. We can also view sensor measurements here on the screen for air quality, humidity, and pressure. For more information on the smart thermostat or the CC3220 wireless MCU, visit ti.com.