Internet of Things

Networking and sensor technology behind many developments related to the internet of things (IoT) are the subjects of a series of seminars Rutronik is running across Europe. Dual themed as “smart” and “embedded”, the seminars will be presented by the distributor’s suppliers of wireless components and sensor technologies to power management solutions and microcontrollers through to boards, displays and storage ...

For a long time the smart home had been the subject of much discussion with little to show for the hype, writes Martin Woolley, Technical Program Manager at the Bluetooth SIG.

Arrow has extended its IoT portfolio with a TI SimpleLink wireless MCU platform and is stocking development kits to help customers get into IoT.

IBM says it will invest $3 billion over the next four years to establish an IoT (Internet of things) unit, and that it is building a cloud-based open platform to help clients and ecosystem partners across industries better integrate real-time data and insights from dispersed sources directly into business operations.

Printed electronics firm Thin Film Electronics has developed a near field communication (NFC) sensor for tagging bottles which can detect when a product is “sealed” and “open”. Likely to be used for tagging wine and spirits, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and automotive fluids, the tag is designed to provide NFC-readability before and after a factory seal on the product has been broken.  According to ...

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 ...