Internet of Things

What are the critical parameters in selecting a wireless communications system for connecting up networks of sensor systems?  The physical environment of the network includes factors, such as the distance between nodes, between nodes with and without line power availability, and total distance from the farthest end node to the central collector. Any objects in the transmission path, or suspected ...

Silicon Labs and Digi-Key are holding an internet of things (IoT) design contest. Entries can be submitted until 17  July, with three winners to be announced on 3 August.

Google executive to speak at the Bluetooth World conference which takes place in Santa Clara, California next month. This is the highest profile conference to focus on how Bluetooth technology and Bluetooth Smart technology are enabling the Internet of Things (IoT). Scott Jenson from Google will discuss what he calls “the Long Tail of Smart Devices” at the conference which ...

Encrypted Ethernet technology and industrial IoT are the triggers for Microsemi’s $389m move to buy Vistesse Semiconductior. According to Chris Gardner, Vitesse’s chief executive officer believes as part of Microsemi the company has “the scale to implement the adoption of our industrial IoT strategy.” The attraction to Microsemi is likely to be Vitesse’s strength in networking and telecoms infrastructure chips ...

Spanish firm Farsens has an RFID chip which is powered by harvesting radio frequency energy from commercial UHF RFID readers and communicates with them using EPC C1G2 standard commands. The device also has an SPI interface to drive sensors in a battery-free design. Because the RFID device, called ANDY100, works under standard EPC C1G2 commands any commercial UHF RFID reader ...

Many companies are now struggling to understand what exactly is meant by the internet of things and how relevant is it to their businesses. Phil Skipper of Vodafone gives an operator’s view of IoT The ‘internet of things’ (IoT) is one of the most important trends facing businesses today. Gartner has forecast that the IoT could add eight and a ...

Ford demonstrated two e-bikes which really need the rider to use their smartphone to ride them. Motor company last year asked its staff to put forward designs for e-bikes as part of its project called “Handle on Mobility” which is intended to help the company discover the transport needs of people in a more eco-friendly society. But is it possible ...

ARM thinks the development of devices which embed its processors for the internet of things (IoT) is not happening fast enough. In other words the industry cannot have too many starter kits for designing devices that connect to the internet. Mobile World Congress: Your Electronics Weekly guide » So ARM has teamed up with IBM to launch its IoT starter ...

The internet of things (IoT) has come about because of five technologies: Moore’s law, Metcalf’s Law, battery technology, sensors, and wireless communications. But already we are seeing the internet of things sub-divide into two different sectors of application – consumer and industrial.  Embedded World: Your Electronics Weekly guide » Typically when people think about the internet of things, they tend ...

Today, ARM launched the ARM mbed IoT Starter Kit – Ethernet Edition to channel data from internet-connected devices directly into IBM’s Bluemix cloud platform.