Internet of Things

Shortly after Infineon launched its XMC7000 microcontroller series at electronica 2022, Rutronik has added the single- and dual-core devices to its portfolio. The microcontrollers have dual-bank flash memory for over the air (OTA) updates via read-while-write (RWW). The series consists of Arm Cortex-M7 core microcontrollers with Arm Cortex-M0+ support. It has a dual-bank flash whereby an update can be loaded ...

There are many options to optimise battery power designs for IoT, automotive and portable designs, advises Cliff Ortmeyer of Farnell. The ability to operate electronics away from electrical mains has been a major driver for the success of portable electronics, from portable phones to power tools. As electrification takes hold in automotive systems, battery-powered operation is becoming a requirement for ...

Building intelligent devices that can seamlessly switch between many technologies – each being optimised for specific conditions – is the soundest approach for SatIoT, writes Fabien Jordan, CEO of Astrocast. With the arrival of cost-effective Satellite IoT (SatIoT), Systems Integrators (SIs) are rushing to meet the huge pent-up demand for global solutions that allow asset tracking across the 85% of ...

In the The Lighting Up Aberdeen project, North has worked with Aberdeen City Council to build an urban LoRa wireless IoT network to manage over 37,000 lighting units across the city, all from a central management system. “The lighting system also includes custom dimming profiles to manage the level of energy required at any given time, automated fault reporting for ...

In the IoT, a cyberattack exposes an entire network, but unikernels and AI can play a part in making systems secure, says Ian Ferguson of Lynx Software Technologies. When a connected system has been compromised, estimates of the cost of the cyberattack vary. This is partly due to embarrassment on the part of the business that may also be in ...

MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) has been around for a long time, but 5G has spawned a range of MIMO-related acronyms, says Sara Ghaemi of Avnet Abacus. Stepping back into the world of long-term evolution (LTE), MIMO usually refers to single user MIMO (SU-MIMO). This is where each user/device waits in turn to use base station resources. The multiple antenna ...

Altimeters are an essential component in an aeronautical safety-of-life system, but they can be at risk as the RF spectrum shifts to 5G, warns Peter Matthews of Knowles Precision Devices. Pilots rely on radio altimeters to provide accurate measurements of an aircraft’s distance above the Earth’s surface, especially during the approach and landing phases of a flight. Data received from ...

Infineon will be revealing two internet-connected sensor evaluation kits at the Electronica exhibition in Munich, one for 60GHz radar and one for CO2 sensing. The company has made the sensor board part of these kits compatible with AdaFruit’s ‘Wing’ format which plugs into processor boards with AdaFruit’s ‘Feather’ pin layout. Infineon has adopted the Wing format for a planned series ...

Advantech has introduced a family of industrial wireless edge gateways built around various Arm processors, for protocol conversion and edge-to-cloud communication. Jointly called ECU-1100, “these gateways feature wireless and Ethernet communication, multiple protocol support and WebAccess integration, and have specifically been designed for distributed solar power generation, electricity and energy management applications”, according to the company. There are seven models: ...

Last chance to register for our next webinar: Securing the IoT supply chain, which is taking place tomorrow, in association with Crypto Quantique. The date and time is: Tuesday 25th October, 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST Featuring: Crypto Quantique, Intel, Codasip Register for the webinar » The Internet of Things (IoT) sector recognises the importance of cybersecurity to our well-being, ...