IoT

The BRAVO is an intelligent remote switching module from RF Solutions deigned for use as an IoT device, allowing integration of RF into a range of applications. Whilst in radio module form, the BRAVO-T868 is in reality a complete remote control system in a SIL package. The BRAVO has been designed handle all advanced functions internally, presenting an easy to understand and simple to integrate interface to users.

Hundreds of millions, dozens of billions? The estimates of how many connected devices will constitute the Smart Home market are all over the map. The only agreement is that this sector is going to be big and will be extremely important to the future of the electronics industry. By Cees Links, CEO of GreenPeak.

  The smart meter market is awash with different standards and technologies and, as Steve Rogerson found, there is little sign of any light at the end of the tunnel.

The use of sophisticated information technology to control nation-wide utility delivery increases efficiency but introduces new hazards. There are lessons to be learnt from those with long experience of testing such critical infrastructures, according to David Hill, Vice President, EMEA, Spirent Communications.

Microchip Technology has announced the first in a series of modules for the LoRa technology low-data-rate wireless networking standard. LoRa technology enables IoT and M2M wireless communications with a range of more than 10 miles, a battery life of greater than 10 years, and the ability to connect millions of wireless sensor nodes to gateways.

The first autonomous mobile beacon for the protection of property and objects, designed to optimise the potential of the SIGFOX network, has been introduced by TRAQUEUR. NANO, which has been in development for several years, provides the opportunity for new Track & Trace markets.

Telit has announced that its ONE STOP. ONE SHOP. offering is enabling a new era of enterprise productivity gains, through advancements in data acquisition and management. In the 1980s, the PC disrupted Information Systems Management at the enterprise level, resulting in a significant jump in economic productivity. Telit says the IoT will constitute another such leap in productivity.

At embedded world 2015, Infineon presented a device identity management solution for smart home applications. iBadge is a plug and play solution for secure connection of devices in the IoT. Thanks to iBadge, users can comfortably and securely access home networks via smartphone apps and cloud-based services to remotely switch on heating on the way home or access video surveillance while travelling.

  Wind River has enhanced and expanded its Helix product portfolio to address the system-level opportunities and challenges of the IoT. The company has also created an IoT professional services offering to assist customers with the creation and deployment of IoT applications.

Microsemi has announced a reference design with Escrypt GmbH that utilises the security features of SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs along with Escrypt's CycurKEYS cloud-based Certificate Authority (CA). The collaboration with Escrypt reinforces Microsemi’s position as a secure SoC FPGA leader and enhances its strategy for providing crucial solutions that secure the IoT.