IoT
'Visible Things' platform could enhance the IoT
Avnet Memec announced the launch of the Visible ThingsTM platform for the development of IoT systems and applications. Targeting a wide range of industrial markets, Visible Things is a highly flexible and comprehensive evaluation and development platform for edge-to-enterprise IoT projects. The platform delivers tested, proven, secure and integrated hardware and embedded software to connect smart sensors and embedded devices via gateway solutions...
Integrated security platform launched for IoT devices
Icon Labs and Micrium have announced the integration of Icon Labs’ Floodgate Security Framework with Micrium’s µC/OS-III RTOS. The integrated solution creates a secure platform for IoT devices and extends the Internet of Secure Things initiative into systems and solutions with limited resources.
IoT partnership provides development of connected applications
IAR Systems and Express Logic have announced the formation of an IoT Development Partnership, in order to provide customers with easier, secure, and faster development, resulting in shorter time to market for connected applications. With embedded applications continuously growing in complexity, the need for pre-integrated solutions and complete development platforms is increasing.
Multifaceted IoT sensor platform supports battery-free operation
ON Semiconductor and RFMicron have developed a game-changing ‘plug-and-play’ development tool to speed the deployment of wireless passive sensor solutions onto any IoT cloud platform. The IoT Platform Development Kit brings together a series of performance-optimised computing and connectivity modules to facilitate quick and effective deployment of battery-free wireless sensing technology and IoT hardware in locations where power ...
Heightened security enabled in connected IoT devices
Renesas Electronics has announced the start of a beta programme based on its Renesas Synergy Platform that provides heightened security capabilities to OEMs who build devices connecting to the IoT. The Synergy Platform Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) solution consists of Synergy Security MCUs plus the associated Synergy Software and tools enabling OEMs to better protect their software IP from theft and cloning during manufacture, to inhibit cou...
Material analysis made easier with sensor-to-cloud IoT platform
A collaboration has recently been established between Analog Devices (ADI) and Consumer Physics to develop a sensor-to-cloud personal and industrial IoT platform that analyses liquids and solids - including food, plants, drugs, chemicals, the human body and a variety of other materials.
Smart SIM features superior global IoT connectivity service
Sierra Wireless has announced its Smart SIM technology and connectivity service that provides customers with superior coverage and service quality to accelerate the deployment of global IoT applications. With the addition of its global Smart SIM offering, Sierra Wireless delivers the most comprehensive, fully integrated device-to-cloud solution, including hardware, managed connectivity, and cloud services for multi-operator, multi-regional IoT de...
Dev kit evolution for the IoT
Hardware development kits are adapting and transforming to meet the needs of a new generation of developers working on the IoT, writes Sally Ward-Foxton.
How the IoT has increased the importance of security
Steve Rogerson looks at how the conference and exhibition at embedded world 2016 will face up to the increasing emphasis on security.
Security platforms for industrial IoT devices
Trends from the consumer market are increasingly permeating industrial applications and making them more interconnected. Applying concepts from the consumer IoT to the industrial field offers benefits for large operations including process efficiency, safety and profitability. However, as Carlos Pazos of National Instruments explains, achieving these benefits requires a new approach to industrial applications.