Internet of Things

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 ...

A group of semiconductor, computing and software companies want to establish a common wireless communications framework for internet of things applications. The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) includes Atmel, Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Samsung and Wind River want to create a standard wireless protocol based on open source code. But will use existing wireless interface standards. The aim is to standardise communicating and managing IoT devices, regardless of form ...

Context Information Security has exposed a security weakness in a wireless LED light bulb system and has a warning for all IoT companies. “It is clear that in the dash to get onto the IoT bandwagon, security is not being prioritised as highly as it should be in many connected devices,” said Context research director Michael Jordon. “We have also ...

The UK government is funding a consortium of more than 40 UK-based technology companies to help them take commercial advantage of the market for internet-based devices, the so-called internet of things (IoT). The initiative which is funded by the Technology Strategy Board has at its centre the creation of a new open IoT specification. Called HyperCat, it is designed to support software interoperability, allowing ...

Cambridge Design Partnership has created a start-up company aimed at commercialising wearable electronic devices, for horse-racing. Gmax Technology will manufacture a range of connected body monitors aimed at the horse-racing sports market. The 5 year old start-up is targeting a niche high value market for sports monitors. It has been supported by Technology Strategy Board SMART awards and Knowledge Transfer ...

The UK is to get a national wireless network to support internet-of-things (IoT) services in 10 cities. Arqiva will install and run the network which will use ultra-narrowband wireless infrastructure supplied by Sigfox. The network will be part of a global infrastructure. Sigfox networks are already deployed in France, the Netherlands and Spain, as well as in several cities in other countries, including Moscow and Munich. “The UK ...