IoT

NXP Semiconductors has been selected by Power Plus Communications to provide Hardware Security Modules for its gateway platforms, with the aim of realising the transformation of the existing German energy network into an intelligent and secure grid infrastructure.

An integral part of the recently launched Intel IoT Platform, Wind River's Edge Management System is a cloud-based IoT platform that enables devices to connect securely to a centralised console and provides device management and solution extensibility.

With the demand for industrial SSD increasing significantly as the IoT sweeps across the world, Apacer has launched two slim industrial SATA3.0 SSDs. According to Gartner's market survey, the demand for relevant devices will increase to 26bn sets, as the IoT market scale will reach $1.09 trillion in 2020. The SFD18SH-M complies with the JEDEC MO-297 standard, and the mSATA H1-M with the MO-300 standard.

Broadcom has integrated NFC into its Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) SDK, expanding its range of IoT devices. The set-up process between mobile and smart devices is simplified by the WICED SDK with NFC.

The use of industrial sensors is expected to grow as part of the IoT, but there is little agreement on the technologies that will be used. Steve Rogerson reports.

In the IoT age, the only secure option may be to trust nothing, as Christopher Smith, VP Marketing, Green Hills Software, explains.

How can wireless sensors enable the autonomous homes of tomorrow? By Christian Mauderer, System Design Engineer, Software and Hardware Development, embedded brains.

Monitoring and measuring even very simple parameters improves processes, reduces downtime and saves money. By Mike Fahrion, Director of Product Management, B&B Electronics.

Compared to the big world of Big Data, the emerging Small Data world will be much more massive and many times larger in total numbers and complexity. By Cees Links, GreenPeak Technologies

  The commercial potential of Smart Home systems is leading to fragmentation; the enemy of innovation. Can a cross-vendor platform bring it all together? By Holger Knöpke, Head of Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom.