SGET prepares launch of recent IoT workgroup

The SDT.04 plans to define a common standard for customers and suppliers of all types of embedded hardware platforms which allows data exchange data between embedded devices and cloud-hosted infrastructure.

"Many SGET hardware standards are already well established in the embedded market, however, we lack common APIs and defined security standards, in order to make SGET hardware standards a preferred part of the IoT infrastructure,“ says Wolfgang Eisenbarth, Member of the SGET Board and Initiators, SDT.04.

The term IoT refers to the increasing networking and automation of devices, machines and products. This market is currently expanding rapidly. Objects which were originally developed as stand-alone products are now becoming part of an extensive network. Embedded computing designers therefore have to deal with the broader issues of information, security and data communication technologies.

Due to the IoT, IT is moving into a whole range of areas, from the smart living room to fully networked factories. Studies carried out by the Experton Group, however, show that there is currently no single point of contact in companies for the IoT. This means that presently customers are not tackling the issue strategically (top down) but rather project-based (bottom up).

With standards, such as defined by SGET, users can address the subject of IoT strategically. “Due to the open SGET standards, users no longer have to dread vendor lock-in, i.e. be dependent on one supplier,“ states Engelbert Hörmannsdorfer, Chairman, SGET. “Thanks to our open APIs, any IoT hardware base is easily replaceable.“

The SGET invites other companies in the embedded computing industry to join the SGET and contribute their ideas to the SDT.04 workgroup which is currently being founded, or in other SDTs.