Micro-sockets: build home gateway based on WeChat

DoNews July 11 (Reporter Zhang Xiuqi) With the explosive growth of intelligent hardware, the concept of Internet of Things began to popularize in the field of hardware, many entrepreneurial teams began to explore the traditional products access to the Internet, to achieve the control of mobile phones or other mobile devices . Micro-socket based on WeChat platform is one of the representative products.

Micro-socket founder Yi Hu introduced in an interview, "Micro-socket" is the highlight of the built-in WiFi module and Zigbee module, remote status through WeChat view and control operations.

Micro-socket products from January this year, the idea brewing, the product came out in just six months time, the middle of a lot of practical difficulties encountered. Yi Hu said that despite the many problems, but the team insisted that the right direction - micro sockets to do is to build a smart home gateway.

Home gateway can be made in many forms, the micro-socket team to choose the socket as a traditional product as bearing also have their own considerations, "We have considered many programs, such as light bulbs, locks, switches, but the socket is the simplest and most convenient for user replacement, so Eventually selected the socket. "

In Yi Hu's opinion, home network center through the socket to cut in, built a WIFI router, a zigbee wireless communication, WiFi routing part of the main home and the Internet connection, zigbee part of the home to achieve the connection of the equipment.

Yi Hu introduced micro-socket access WeChat platform, the purpose is to allow smart low-cost. With this main socket, to make a zigbee socket, the cost is much lower, you can also facilitate the connection, the user no longer need to add extra software, we can have full control through the WeChat.

However, the choice of access to WeChat, Yi Hu has also tangled, "one is a WeChat platform is large, will not give micro-sockets accumulated user resistance, is conducive to the rapid promotion of products; the other will indeed worry about becoming WeChat Fortunately, WeChat is now involved in smart hardware to facilitate more open and cooperative attitude to micro-sockets such products has brought some rapid development opportunities. Yi Hu believes that WeChat focus on building an ecosystem, more specific products need to try to access cooperation, enrich the entire ecology. (Finish)