Internet of Things

Telecoms operators need to wise up to the business opportunity the internet of things (IoT) offers for data services, says market analyst Ovum. The latest forecast from the telecoms analyst projects that the cellular M2M market will bring in a total of $252bn for the 2015–19 period, but operators need to invest in their existing capabilities to take advantage of ...

Wi-Fi looks as if it can become the most widely used wireless networking standard. Its adoption in markets outside of its original computer networking application is reminiscent of Ethernet, the now ubiquitous networking standard.

Stadium Group  has acquired a manufacturer which specialises in M2M wireless devices for use over cellular networks. The Cheshire-based company, United Wireless operates in the automotive and telematics sectors. It employs 40 people. Stadium said it has a strategy to add complementary products, design capability and global supply chain management. Stadium already provdies PCB assembly and box build, power supplies, battery chargers and back‐up supplies, intelligent interface and display systems. M2M is ...

CC3200 LaunchPad is an internet-of-things (IoT) development kit for Texas Instruments’ CC3200 one-chip Wi-Fi microcontroller+baseband. The chip has two ARM cores: One within a Wi-Fi network processor for running a 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi stack (see below), which leaves the second, an 80MHz Cortex-M4, available for application processing. To this, the kit adds temperature sensors, a 3-axis accelerometer, LEDs and push-buttons, and ...

The age of the development kit is very much upon us. Market research conducted with more than 1,500 designers of electronic prototypes found that, on average, development kits were used in 45% of all designs in the 12 months up to March 2014. Low cost boards allow engineers to test their design ideas with different components. Development tools and single ...

For IoT (internet of things) Microchip Technology is combining long-range RF devices from Semtech with its PIC microcontrollers. The likely applications will include metering, security, and industrial-automation. Microchip is addressing teh IoT market with certified wireless modules, sensors and eXtreme Low Power PIC microcontrollers. Semtech says its LoRa RF devices reduce the need for repeaters and has data capacity for IoT networks. For example, the SX1272 860-1000MHz  transceiver has +20dBm ...

Government-backed Technology Strategy Board is working with Tech City UK and Cambridge Wireless  on a competitive funding initiative which will see up to £1m invested in R&D projects for the internet of things (IoT). Called Launchpad 2, the competition will support research projects centred on both Cambridge and London SME clusters and early stage companies. The hope is this will draw ...

ARM has licensed processor and security IP to Atmel for imaging, video and display applications.

Will the internet of things (IoT) be killed by standards? If you are in the electronics business then you must know about the IoT. That is the mantra. But the reality is that the IoT is valueless if it is not connected, and this relies on standard interfaces. The problem is the IoT currently looks like a standards soup. The ...

The internet of things has taken on a seasonal flavour in a design competition for Texas Instruments microcontrollers which is being presented on the element14 website. Dubbed the “Internet of the Backyard”, designers are being challenged to come up with seasonal applications base on the SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3200 LaunchPad from Texas Instruments and the online collaborative platform Plotly. To get ...