EMASS announced a collaboration with Bosch Sensortec to develop an intelligent asset-tracking reference design that combines advanced sensing with ultra-low-power Edge AI. The jointly developed platform enables battery-powered asset trackers to process data locally and transmit only meaningful events instead of continuous streams of raw sensor data, delivering richer contextual insights while significantly reducing power consumption.
This reference design makes it possible to track not only the location of assets, when GPS is not available, but also environmental conditions during shipping. This makes it practical to track a much wider variety of assets, including cold-chain shipments, industrial equipment and tools, and high-value electronics.
Unlike conventional asset-tracking systems that continuously activate sensors and require frequent wireless transmissions, the reference design uses event-driven AI to determine when sensing, processing, and connectivity resources are actually needed. The reference design is based on the EMASS ECS-DoT Edge AI SoC, which is singularly capable of orchestrating multimodal sensor inputs while remaining within the power budget of a coin-cell battery. By combining information from multiple sensing technologies, the platform runs sophisticated Edge AI models that continuously evaluate how an asset is moving, where it is located, how it is being handled, and whether the cargo remains in good condition. This intelligent orchestration maximises battery life while minimising connectivity costs.
“Developers have long faced a tradeoff between intelligence and battery life in asset-tracking systems,” said Mark Goranson, CEO of EMASS. “Our collaboration with Bosch Sensortec demonstrates that those compromises are no longer necessary. By processing information where it’s created and transmitting only meaningful events, this reference design gives developers a blueprint for building a new generation of smarter, longer-lasting tracking devices.”
The reference architecture integrates the EMASS ECS-DoT SoC with five Bosch Sensortec sensors, including motion, environmental, magnetic, pressure, and gas sensing technologies. The event-driven architecture enables continuous sensing and AI inference at ultra-low power, activating higher-power resources such as wireless communications and GPS, only when meaningful events are detected. Designed as a configurable platform, the architecture can be adapted for warehouse logistics, cold-chain monitoring, high-value asset protection, industrial IoT, and other battery-powered tracking applications.
“We’re excited to collaborate with EMASS on this intelligent asset-tracking reference design,” said Marcellino Gemelli, Director, Global Business Development at Bosch Sensortec. “By combining Bosch Sensortec’s advanced sensing technologies with the EMASS ECS-DoT Edge computing platform, we’re demonstrating how context-aware sensor orchestration and edge AI can deliver richer insights while minimizing power consumption. By intelligently activating sensing, processing, and connectivity resources only when needed, the solution transforms raw sensor data into actionable events, enabling smarter, more sustainable, and highly configurable asset-tracking solutions across a wide range of logistics and industrial applications.”
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