IoT

Sierra Wireless has announced the launch of the AirLink Raven RV50 gateway, the LTE successor to the market’s most widely deployed cellular gateway solution for energy and industrial applications, the AirLink Raven X. The AirLink Raven RV50 offers a truly rugged design and the lowest power consumption of any LTE industrial gateway, providing reliable connectivity for the most demanding remote applications, even when solar panels are the onl...

Atmel has announced it is collaborating with WeChat on its IoT Platform with the Atmel | SMART SAM W25 module integrating a secure ATECC508 CryptoAuthentication, for cloud access targeting next-gen IoT applications. WeChat IoT Platform delivers cloud services for seamless accessibility to the Internet (cloud) ensuring every ‘thing’ is smartly connected and supports the recently launched Airkiss 2.0 protocol for WiFi provisioning and s...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is previewing highlights from its 2016 technology roadmap. Planned enhancements for the technology are focused squarely on increasing its IoT functionality. Key updates include longer range, higher speeds and mesh networking. The host of Bluetooth advancements coming in 2016 will further energise fast-growing industries such as smart home, industrial automation, location-based services and smart infrastr...

Atmel has announced a comprehensive security platform that enables businesses of all sizes to assign certified and trusted identities to devices joining the secure IoT. The Atmel Certified-ID security platform prevents unauthorised reconfiguration of an edge node to access protected resources on the network. This platform is available on the Atmel SmartConnect WiFi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart and ZigBee solutions that connect directly to Atmel Cl...

The expansion of the Intel Quark processors to IoT extends intelligent computing to a new spectrum of devices requiring lower power consumption for sensor input and data actuation applications. The Intel Quark processors for IoT provide flexible, low-power computing for a wide variety of small-form-factor applications bringing low-cost connectivity, integration, and compatibility to the next wave of intelligent things.

ARM is releasing a new suite of products to accelerate secure IoT technology deployments at scale by businesses. The ARMmbed IoT Device Platform products and technologies will be unveiled at ARM TechCon 2015, Santa Clara, CA, from the 10th-12th Nov. The release includes mbed Device Connector, a free service that businesses can use to connect and securely manage IoT devices. It also includes the enhanced mbed OS (Technology Preview version) and ne...

The Sensara Senior Lifestyle System is an IoT service application that can help seniors to securely and comfortably live at home longer. This provides peace of mind to seniors, their loved ones and their carers. This solution utilises the latest generation sensing, communication and smart cloud technologies. By Cees Links, Founder and CEO, GreenPeak Technologies.

IoT specialist 1248 will be unveiling DevicePilot at next week’s ARM TechCon in Silicon Valley, a recent as-a-service solution for managing the growing IoT ecosystem. DevicePilot continuously monitors and manages connected devices over their complete life-cycle and presents a simple dashboard showing how many devices have been deployed, where and by whom, how many are not working and why.

Sierra Wireless has announced that Itron has selected AirPrime HL series modules to enable cellular connectivity in its latest line of smart gas meters. The point-to-point residential meters will begin shipping later this quarter to support smart metering initiatives across Europe, beginning with a deployment in Italy.

Semtech Corporation and Wasion Group announced their collaboration on the first roll out of the G3-PLC based Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) with China Southern Power Grid. Semtech’s multimode Power Line Communications (PLC) platforms will be used for communication in RS485 Meter aggregators, as well as for residential, commercial and industrial Smart Meters. Semtech’s EV8000 Power Line Communications SoC will be employed as th...