This post is here to comments links and news on intetesting IoT products I see. I plan to post mainly information on new products, but sometimes I can post also information on older but what I see still relevat IoT products. I might also post here some embedded systems products that are not directly related to IoT as well.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
The New Tinker Board S
https://blog.hackster.io/the-new-tinker-board-s-ea4ff8a21307
Last February, ASUS debuted the original Tinker Board to somewhat lukewarm reviews. While the hardware was excellent, the board came in for heavy criticism at launch for the lack of software support. Six months later, the software support for the board had significantly improved, and it has since carved out a niche as a relatively inexpensive media center.
A year later and ASUS is back with a new more powerful Tinker Board S.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Introducing Single-Chip Solutions for Building Alexa-Enabled Products
https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/ba17fd33-6510-45d6-b682-ee9ed9ef589c/single-soc-dev-kits-for-avs
Today, we the launch the first single System-on-Chip (SoC) development kits for the Alexa Voice Service (AVS).
A typical system designed for AVS requires a microphone and speaker with three processing blocks: an audio front end (AFE) to clean up the input speech, a wake word engine (WWE) to recognize the voice command for “Alexa,” and an AVS client to send utterances to and receive directives from the cloud.
Existing Audio Front End Development Kits for AVS utilize a dedicated digital signal processor (DSP) to implement the AFE processing block, while leveraging a Raspberry Pi to host the WWE and AVS client for prototyping purposes.
System Development Kits for AVS offer a complete, end-to-end system reference design for building AVS products. This category includes AFE development kits that are also available in qualified bundles with production-ready SoCs.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Visualize the Internet of Things.
Ridiculously simple dashboards for your devices.
http://freeboard.io
Tomi Engdahl says:
Navigating the PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit
http://www.electronicdesign.com/industrial-automation/navigating-psoc-6-ble-pioneer-kit
Senior Technology Editor Bill Wong reveals how his hands-on experience went with Cypress Semiconductor’s PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit.
Cypress Semiconductor’s PSoC 6 BLE Pioneer Kit (Fig. 1) is based on the latest dual-core PSoC 6. The PSoC 6 comes equipped with an Arm Cortex-M4 and a Cortex-M0+—the former is the application processor, while the latter manages the Bluetooth support. Most developers will be programming the Cortex-M4.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Small Open-Source OSs for Small IoT Devices
http://www.electronicdesign.com/embedded-revolution/small-open-source-oss-small-iot-devices
A range of open-source operating-system solutions are available for those confined to scaled-down dimensions—homing in on the best option does require some research, though.
Some are a mixed open-source/closed-source solution like Arm’s Mbed, which has proprietary components. Dual licensed solutions like Silicon Labs’ Micrium µC/OS are open source as well, but they require a commercial license to use the operating system in a product.
Other open-source solutions that have a company or organization behind them include Amazon FreeRTOS, Zephyr OS, Apache Mynewt, Thingsquare Contiki, and Huawei LiteOS. This means that the operating systems will have ongoing development. However, the amount of support that can be obtained will likely vary significantly. Some companies can provide support for these platforms, such as Intel’s Wind River Professional Services for Zephyr OS. The OS was originally based on Wind River’s RocketOS.
Most of these open-source platforms utilize more liberal BSD, MIT, or Apache licenses. These don’t require publishing source code, but they must include copyright notices within the source code utilized by the applications.
Tomi Engdahl says:
TrackALL: A Wireless, Battery-Powered Asset Tracker & Sensor
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcthings/trackall-a-wireless-battery-powered-asset-tracker?ref=creator_nav
A low-power, IoT asset tracker with Wifi location & various sensors that sends data to any cloud app, lasting 5 years on AA batteries!!
Tomi Engdahl says:
Design IoT Solutions Using Python and Zerynt
https://www.hackster.io/74064/design-iot-solutions-using-python-and-zerynth-c395be
Develop IoT applications in Python with Zerynth on any 32-bit microcontroller and control your insights with Ubidots.
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Zerynth is the middleware for smart devices, IoT and Industry 4.0 applications
https://www.zerynth.com
With Zerynth you can design embedded applications and IoT connected devices using any 32 bit microcontrollers and connecting to any cloud infrastructure.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Thermal Power – Envelopes in IOT Solutions
https://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/resources/overview/thermal-power-envelopes-in-it-solutions-63c3dd85-8907-40d6-8b43-004eb5de3181?uuid=63c3dd85-8907-40d6-8b43-004eb5de3181&contactid=1&PC=L&c=2018_01_10_mad_eedge_q4_issue_r2
Design perspective from Intel’s Internet of Things Group (IOTG) on thermal challenges in IOT devices – from the Thermal/Mechanical Systems Engineering team.
With IOT device volume demand increasing versus ever smaller form factor device and higher compute power requirements – increasing junction temperature is a challenge for the thermal engineer. There is also a wide range of end customer use cases and operating environments. The Internet Of Things Group at Intel aids customers in designing their own IOT solutions by creating and validating reference designs. This article includes topics:
Reference design validation for accuracy
IOT device thermally significant use cases
Processing categories: Application only & application plus communication
Validating FloTHERM simulation model accuracy
Thermal – Power Envelope development
Understanding power & performance limitations of a system
Component operating limits vs ambient temperature
Tomi Engdahl says:
Virtual Dash Button Service
https://developer.amazon.com/virtual-dash-button-service
Amazon Virtual Dash Button Service (VDBS) allows connected devices to display Amazon’s Dash Buttons.
Why Dash Buttons?
Dash Buttons are shortcuts for Prime members to quickly find and reorder their favorite products from Amazon. With our easy-to-use SDK, you can take advantage of Amazon’s authentication and payment systems, customer service, and fulfillment network to offer your customers easy shopping at their fingertips.
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Kuzzle is building the backend for the Internet of Things
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/11/kuzzle-is-building-the-backend-for-the-internet-of-things/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
Meet Kuzzle, an all-in-one backend solution for connected devices and beyond. The French startup is giving you a scalable solution so you don’t have to develop everything from scratch yourself. Think about it as Firebase but for different use cases.
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Toshiba Introduces New Bluetooth® 5-Compliant ICs
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/eeweb/news/toshiba-introduces-new-bluetooth-5-compliant-ics
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) announced that it has added two new devices to its lineup of ICs that are compliant with the Bluetooth® low energy standard. The new TC35680FSG (featuring built-in flash memory) and TC35681FSG are well-suited to applications requiring long-range communication, including beacon tags, IoT devices and industrial equipment. Sample shipments will begin later this month.
The new communication ICs support the full spectrum of data rates required for the high-speed features – 2M PHY and Coded PHY (500kbps and 125kbps) – found in the Bluetooth 5.0 standard. In addition, the new devices deliver an industry-leading receiver sensitivity level of -105dBm (at125kbps ) and a built-in high efficiency power amplifier in the transmission block that provides up to +8 dBm transmission power.
Bluetooth technology continues to evolve to meet wireless connectivity needs, and recent enhancements to the standard have been designed to increase Bluetooth’s functionality with the Internet of Things (IoT). By adding Bluetooth 5.0-compliant ICs to its extensive lineup, Toshiba helps companies integrate Bluetooth low energy products into IoT devices and addresses the growing demand for high-throughput, long-range communications.
Based on an Arm® Cortex®-M0 processor, the new ICs incorporate a 256KB Mask ROM to support the Bluetooth baseband process, and 144KB of RAM for processing Bluetooth baseband, stack and data.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Asymmetric Authentication of a Remote Device
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/microchip/articles/asymmetric-authentication-of-a-remote-device
This application demonstrates the authentication of a remote device with a host (The Curiosity PIC32MZEF Development Board and the secure click board using the cryptography module ATECC508A) by using an asymmetric authentication method, where the host verifies the signature from the remote through the public key of the remote. The application allows adding information to the configuration, using the configuration data, and key data to configure a secure click board. The application flow is realized through an interactive user interface through the serial terminal program (Tera term) interfaced through the USB of a computer.
Running the Demonstration
This application demonstrates the use of the ATECC508A module to authenticate and verify if the device is secure or not. The authentication method used is Asymmetric.
In asymmetric authentication, a verifier checks the authenticity of remote by validating the signature.
Asymmetric authentication is based on the use of two keys. One of the keys needs to be kept secret. This key is called the Private Key. The second key is mathematically related to the Private Key and is called the Public Key. The public key is openly shared. The key owner will use the Public Key to authenticate the signature.
In this application, a secure hardware key storage device (ATECC508A on a Secure click board) is used to generate a signature by the remote, and the host uses the public key of the remote, and verifies the signature.
Tomi Engdahl says:
“The RDA chip is also one of the few competitors to the ESP8266 to appear which is actually price-competitive to the Espressif chip”
The RDA5981, an ESP8266 Competitor?
https://blog.hackster.io/the-rda5981-an-esp8266-competitor-da161c9c37e2
Over the last few years, the ESP8266 has become the “third community” of the maker electronics world, right alongside the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi.
Initially marketed as a Serial-to-WiFi adaptor
this was a general use microcontroller, with Wi-Fi and — albeit somewhat limited — GPIO, all for a couple of dollars.
The ESP8266 became successful due to the community that rapidly grew around it.
Since the ESP8266 arrived there have been a number of possible competitors, like the RTL8710. But none of them have managed to dislodge the ESP8266 because, like the the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi, the important thing that makes the ESP8266 a success is the community.
Now there’s another competitor, the RDA Micro RDA5981.
The RDA5981 isn’t actually a new chip, it was announced back at the tail end of 2016 during IC China, but boards and modules aimed at makers have only now started to appear on AliExpress and Taobao.
The chip has been designed for smart home and audio applications, and it is used in devices running Baidu DuerOS, with RDA providing support for FreeRTOS and mbed OS for the chip
The RDA5981 is built around an Arm Cortex- M4 core running at 160MHz.
Electrodragon offering a WiFi module based on RDA5981A for $1.92 a piece.
I don’t actually think it’s likely that the ESP8266 will be unseated any time soon.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Microchip’s New Crypto-Authentication Device and Security Design Partner Program
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/microchip/news/microchips-new-crypto-authentication-device-and-security-design-partner-program
To protect against these threats, Microchip Technology Inc. has created the ATECC608A CryptoAuthentication™ device, a secure element that allows developers to add hardware-based security to their designs. Microchip has also established a Security Design Partner Program for connecting developers with third-party partners that can enhance and expedite secure designs.
Primary features of the ATECC608A include:
Best-in-class key generation: The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)-compliant Random Number Generator (RNG) generates unique keys that comply with the latest requirements from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), providing an easier path to a whole-system FIPS certification.
Boot validation capabilities for small systems: New commands facilitate the signature validation and digest computation of the host microcontroller (MCU) firmware for systems with small MCUs, such as an ARM® Cortex®-M0+ based device, as well as for more robust embedded systems.
Trusted authentication for LoRa nodes: The AES-128 engine also makes security deployments for LoRa infrastructures possible by enabling authentication of trusted nodes within a network.
Fast cryptography processing: The hardware-based integrated Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) algorithms create smaller keys and establish a certificate-based root of trust more quickly and securely than other implementation approaches that rely on legacy methods.
Tamper-resistant protections: Anti-tampering techniques protect keys from physical attacks and attempted intrusions after deployment. These techniques allow the system to preserve a secured and trusted identity.
Trusted in-manufacturing provisioning: Companies can use Microchip’s secured manufacturing facilities to safely provision their keys and certificates, eliminating the risk of exposure during manufacturing.
“Security is essential for today’s connected applications, especially for those spanning from hardware to the cloud,” said Nuri Dagdeviren, vice president of Microchip’s Secure Products Group. “This is why Microchip offers both proven hardware security solutions and an unprecedented level of partnership with leading cloud providers, giving our customers all the building blocks to create secure solutions that protect their IP, brand value and revenue streams.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
IAR System Supports New NXP® IoT Module
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/eeweb/news/iar-system-supports-new-nxp-iot-module
IAR Systems® announces tool support for the new LPC54018 MCU-based IoT module from NXP Semiconductors. Using the leading development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for Arm® will enable developers to quickly and easily create powerful connected applications based on the new module.
The LPC54018 MCU-based IoT module includes support for Amazon FreeRTOS and provides a seamless Wi-Fi connection to Amazon Web Services (AWS), enabling developers to create secure, cost-effective IoT solutions.
Thanks to outstanding speed optimizations, IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm and the included IAR C/C++ Compiler™ generate very fast and efficient code.
IAR Systems enables development of comprehensive new IoT module from NXP
https://www.iar.com/about-us/newsroom/press/?releaseId=2771000
IAR Embedded Workbench supports the new NXP® Semiconductors LPC54018 MCU-based IoT module featuring onboard Wi-Fi and support for newly launched Amazon FreeRTOS from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://go.paessler.com/en/offer/freeware-iot?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=scandinavia&%3Futm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc
WITH PRTG’S FREEWARE* YOU CAN:
monitor exactly what you need (or want)
collect important (or interesting) data from any device on the network
integrate a heterogeneous group of devices into your already existing network structure
Tomi Engdahl says:
nynewt
An OS to build, deploy and securely manage billions of devices
https://mynewt.apache.org/
Built for wireless
Meet your application’s demands from a choice of open source networking stacks e.g. Bluetooth Low Energy 5, Bluetooth Mesh, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, and more…
Flexible, powerful BLE 5 implementation (NimBLE)
Full stack, host only, or controller only – your choice
Maximum throughput of 2Mbps
32+ concurrent connections, multiple connections in simulatenous central and peripheral roles
More on NimBLE…
LoRa PHY and LoRaWAN support
LoRa PHY radio / transceiver (SX1276)
LoRaWAN protocol for Class A and Class C endpoints
API for application use with a sample app
Bluetooth Mesh
Foundation Models (server role)
Provisioning bearers: PB-ADV and PB-GATT
Advertising and GATT bearers for message transport
Optional Relay and Proxy features
Native support for TCP/IP, UDP
Supports protocols for constrained networks e.g. CoAP and 6LoWPAN
Supported Boards
nRF52 DK from Nordic Semiconductor (Cortex-M4)
nRF52840 Preview DK from Nordic Semiconductor (Cortex-M4)
nRF51 DK from Nordic Semiconductor (Cortex-M0)
VBLUno51 and VBLUno52 boards from VNG IoT Lab (Cortex-M0)
RuuviTag Sensor beacon platform (Nordic nRF52832 based)
BLE Nano from RedBear (Nordic nRF51822 SoC based)
BLE Nano2 and Blend2 from RedBear (Nordic nRF52832 SoC based)
BMD-300-EVAL-ES from Rigado (Cortex-M4)
STM32F4DISCOVERY from ST Micro (Cortex-M4)
STM32-E407 from Olimex (Cortex-M4)
Arduino Zero (Cortex-M0)
Arduino Zero Pro (Cortex-M0)
Arduino M0 Pro (Cortex-M0)
NUCLEO-F401RE (Cortex-M4)
NUCLEO-F767ZI (Cortex-M7)
Discovery kit for STM32F7 Series (Cortex-M7)
FRDM-K64F from NXP (Cortex-M4)
Creator Ci40 IoT Kit from Imagination Technologies (MIPS CPU)
BBC micro:bit with Nordic nRF51822 (Cortex-M0)
Adafruit Feather with Nordic nRF52 (Cortex-M4)
HiFive1 Dev Kit featuring the Freedom E310 from SiFive from (RISC-V)
6LoWPAN Clicker from MikroElektronika (PIC32MX)
chipKIT Wi-FIRE from Digilent (PIC32MZ)
NINA-B1 BLE module from u-blox (Cortex-M4)
Calliope Mini from Calliope gGmbH
EE-02 and EE-04 boards with Semtech Sx1276 LoRa chip from Telenor Digital (Cortex-M4)
Apollo2 Ultra-Low Power Microcontroller from Ambiq Micro (Cortex-M4)
Tomi Engdahl says:
The RDA5981, an ESP8266 Competitor?
https://blog.hackster.io/the-rda5981-an-esp8266-competitor-da161c9c37e2
Over the last few years, the ESP8266 has become the “third community” of the maker electronics world, right alongside the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi.
Since the ESP8266 arrived there have been a number of possible competitors, like the RTL8710. But none of them have managed to dislodge the ESP8266 because, like the the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi, the important thing that makes the ESP8266 a success is the community.
Now there’s another competitor, the RDA Micro RDA5981.
http://www.rdamicro.com/Products/Detail_450.aspx
Tomi Engdahl says:
Alexa, can you hear me now? Low power voice interface technology evolves
https://www.edn.com/electronics-products/electronic-product-reviews/other/4460240/Alexa–can-you-hear-me-now–Low-power-voice-interface-technology-evolves
The DSP Concepts solution is the first SoC/audio algorithm collaboration fully qualified by Amazon and they are offering two, four, and six microphone configurations.
A low power solution
Running for more than a week on a CR2032 coin cell, the Ambiq microcontroller has better voice user interface (UI) quality than other products currently on the market. Ambiq Micro, DSP Concepts, and Sensory have partnered to provide this new level of energy efficiency in always-on keyword detection and on-device command phrase recognition for portable consumer products such as smartwatches, earbuds, smart home end devices, health monitors, and wearables, which will benefit from this system design.
Ambiq Micro, DSP Concepts and Sensory Join Forces to Bring Always-On Voice Control to Portable, Battery-Operated Devices
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ambiq-micro-dsp-concepts-and-sensory-join-forces-to-bring-always-on-voice-control-to-portable-battery-operated-devices-300577328.html
Collaboration enables extremely power-efficient, always-listening voice control on battery-operated, intelligent devices without sacrificing quality of experience
Tomi Engdahl says:
NFC sensor logs temperature data
https://www.edn.com/electronics-products/other/4459197/NFC-sensor-logs-temperature-data
The AS39513 NFC smart sensor from ams operates from a thin printed battery, making it suitable for smart labels used in cold-chain monitoring. Integrating a digital sensor with an NFC front end, on-chip memory, temperature sensor, and data logger, the AS39513 accurately monitors the condition of assets, such as food, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare products in storage or in transit.
The part’s temperature sensor has a programmable temperature range with a default setting of −20°C to +55°C. Temperature sensor accuracy is to within ±0.5°C from −20°C to +10°C and ±1°C from −20°C to +55°C. In addition, the AS39513 can accept an analog input from an external sensor.
Tomi Engdahl says:
BigClown IoT Kit Uses RF Connectivity and Batteries to Ditch the Wires
https://blog.hackster.io/bigclown-iot-kit-uses-rf-connectivity-and-batteries-to-ditch-the-wires-20e49fa6ff9f
The Internet of Things is advancing rapidly, and at this point there are more kits and ecosystems than you can shake a stick at. In order to get ahead in that market, hardware manufacturers have to do something special to stand out. HARDWARIO is doing that with their BigClown IoT Kit in three ways: by using sub-GHz RF for wireless communication, by going open source, and by developing a lot of compatible modules.
The BigClown IoT Kit is now on Indiegogo, and is already more than halfway to its funding goal.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bigclown-the-iot-kit-for-makers-for-you-diy?secret_perk_token=045b326d#/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Cost-Effective Energy Monitoring with the ATM90E26
https://blog.hackster.io/cost-effective-energy-monitoring-with-the-atm90e26-9337cca5ad30
If you’d like to monitor your home’s energy usage, there are several options out there. For something hackable, open source, and available at a low price, the ATM90E26 Single-Phase Energy Monitor Dev Kits from Whatnick look like an excellent solution.
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The world’s smallest IoT module for cellular networks
Swiss u-Blox has introduced the IoT module for cellular networks that it praises for the world’s smallest. The SARA-412M module supports both LTE’s M1 and NB-IoT configurations. It also supports 4-frequency GPRS connections.
The module is only 16 x 26 millimeters.
NB-IoT is ultimately expected to be the most popular IoT technology, at least on the mobile network side. The fact is, at the moment, that NB-IoT-based services are just not being offered.
NB-IoT is suitable for connections where the delay of 1.5 to 10 seconds does not hurt and where the data rate of less than a hundred kilobytes is enough. M1 is a technology in the same LTE network that has a higher data rate and a lower delay.
GPRS is still most likely to be available across the globe.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7454&via=n&datum=2018-01-25_15:34:56&mottagare=30929
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Using software to provide IIoT value
https://www.plantengineering.com/single-article/using-software-to-provide-iiot-value/e1d9fa6cf7a8e6f3966366263cdaca3d.html
Schneider Electric is expanding its industrial software platform offerings to provide value for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to companies.
Life cycle software foundation
Schneider Electric, while regarded as a hardware provider, expanded its software offerings with the 2014 acquisition of Invensys. The company has become one of the few industrial software product and solution suppliers that cover process, hybrid, and discrete manufacturing.
Jingyi said the existing software product lines of Schneider Electric includes six parts: process engineering, operation control, information management, asset management, operation management, and supply chain management. Each stage covers the full lifecycle including design, planning, operation, analysis, and optimization.
At this point, software offerings already covered the breadth of the industrial supply chain and in each market niche.
Jingyi said Schneider Electric began to engage in mergers and acquisitions five or six years ago and continued to invest in its original software offerings. In 2014, Schneider Electric established a software department to integrate related assets, technologies, and personnel. The number of global software business personnel numbers 3,000. In addition, Schneider Electric has 10 R&D centers and more than 1,000 R&D personnel. Schneider Electric has 2 million software authorizations, serves more than 100,000 factories, and has 4,000 partners globally.
Core of the platform strategy
Facing an upsurge in global intelligent manufacturing, Schneider Electric released EcoStruxure IoT architecture at the beginning of 2017. However, EcoStruxure, as a three-layer architecture, is neither an IIoT platform nor an industrial cloud platform. The bottom layer includes various hardware products with interconnectivity capacity. The intermediate layer is edge point control. The uppermost layer comprises various applications, analytics, and services. These three layers are not mutually independent.
IIoT only can be realized through intercommunication of these three layers regarding information, data, communications, and applications. In this case, a software platform at operating system level is needed to support and connect this three-layer architecture.
At the convention, Schneider Electric released its Wonderware System Platform 2017 software to assume this responsibility.
Three core values of System Platform 2017 are it is easy to build, easy to use, and easy to own. By using the platform, users may import functional models needed through component construction and application, such as monitoring, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), manufacturing execution system (MES), data analysis, and asset management applications. System Platform 2017 can realize seamless connection with system platform and realize data sharing and interaction. It also is backward compatible with Wonderware products.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Avnet Silica NB-IoT Sensor Shield
Arduino compatibility provides ultimate flexibility for Avnet Silica’s NB-IoT Sensor Shield
https://www.avnet.com/wps/portal/silica/products/new-products/npi/avnet-nb-iot-shield-sensor
The Avnet Silica NB-IoT Sensor Shield is a Cat M1 and NB-IoT board providing Arduino pinout connectors. The Arduino compatibility provides ultimate flexibility, leveraging on a huge ecosystem of compatible boards. It enables you to choose the microcontroller board that best fits your application, like ST Nucleo boards, and combine them with sensors and other peripheral boards as needed.
The NB-IoT Sensor Shield is equipped with Pmod connectors for an extended compatibility with addional boards. The shield is based on Quectel BG96, a low power module supporting Cat M1, Cat NB1 and EGPRS fallback. GNSS is supported.
With AT commands Avnet Silica’s NB-IoT Sensor Shield is easy to program and supports mbed OS for quick development and leveraging on free stacks like SSL, MQTT, COAP etc.
Cloud demoNB-IoT Sensor Shield modular stack
Using a modular approach the NB-IoT Sensor Shield can be combined with
STM32 Nucleo-L476 RG
ST X-NUCLEO-IKS01A2 MEMS 3D Accelerometer and 3D Gyroscope Expansion Boardboard.
Based on ARM® mbed™ OS – an operating system born for IoT
Connecting Avnet Silica backend via MQTT protocol
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/tekniset-artikkelit/7461-bluetooth-5-valmiina-iot-ta-varten
Tomi Engdahl says:
Now over use of water is over – smart technology rescues
For a long hot shower, it is easy to forget that spraying consumes a lot of water – and anergy. Developed in Oulu, the Streamsave skier observer points to this by starting to glow red when the shower is used too much for enjoyment.
The hand-held palm-fitting device gives direct feedback on water consumption and energy consumption.
“It helps to guide consumers to water and energy savings and to change their behavior,”
In addition, you get more savings tips through the application that is installed on your phone. Data is stored in cloud services so that they can easily be watched later and monitor whether the water will remain in the target.
“The device takes its energy from the flow of water. It’s like a miniature hydroelectric plant, ”
The appliance calculates the water and energy consumption of the small water turbine. The method is patented.
Currently, an additional piece can only be installed in the shower. The purpose is to develop it also suitable for other taps and pressurized pipes.
Large target groups are households in addition to hotels. The first two-week product testing was carried out at the Oulu hotel.
“Water consumption fell by more than a third,”
The next step is to get larger production started and go to the market. The product is on sale in spring 2018.
The first equipment was manufactured and designed in conjunction with Oulu Offcode.
Streamsave was founded when Syrjälä won a business competition with the idea.
Source: https://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/nyt-loppuu-veden-lotraaminen-alytekniikka-pelastaa-taas-6698579
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Nordic Semi Rolls Integrated Module of IoT
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332911
After three years in development by teams in Finland and Norway, Nordic Semiconductor introduced a system-in-package (SiP) module for low-power Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
Nordic’s nRF91 integrates an LTE cellular model with narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) connectivity in a 10x16x1.2mm package. It also incorporates a transceiver, RF front end, dedicated application processor, flash memory, power management and crystal and passive components.
The nRF91 SiP is aimed at secure, low power, cellular connected IoT systems. Jointly developed by Nordic’s specially assembled cellular design team in Finland, and low power team in Norway, the chip was developed from scratch to optimize the power, cost and size savings enabled by the new LTE-M and NB-IoT cellular standards.
The module features 23 dBm output power and a -108dBm sensitivity receiver in the 700MHz-2.2GHz range. It also has a throughput of up to 360kbps with LTE-M and 60kbps for NB-IoT.
Nordic said it worked with Qorvo as a strategic partner for both the RF front end and the SiP development and manufacturing.
“Security is the main reason we went for the Arm Cortex-M33 processor and Arm CryptoCell-310 security IP,” said Peder Rand, product manager for cellular IoT at Nordic, in an interview with EE Times. “Its architecture brings the TrustZone technology to the embedded space.”
Telia says it is experiencing an unprecedented demand for dedicated IoT connectivity represented by LTE-M and NB-IoT. These technologies enable products and services that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/7478-kannykkaverkkojen-iot-moduulissa-suomalaisosaamista
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Using software to provide IIoT value
https://www.controleng.com/single-article/using-software-to-provide-iiot-value/45b0690c1e9d52e8d4021f8c4eb4d0da.html
Schneider Electric is expanding its industrial software platform offerings to provide value for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to companies.
Software defines the future manufacturing industry. As hardware becomes increasingly convergent, this assertion becomes more realistic. Schneider Electric, a global industrial automation provider, began acquiring industrial software companies a few years ago to expand its software offerings.
Core of the platform strategy
Facing an upsurge in global intelligent manufacturing, Schneider Electric released EcoStruxure IoT architecture at the beginning of 2017. However, EcoStruxure, as a three-layer architecture, is neither an IIoT platform nor an industrial cloud platform. The bottom layer includes various hardware products with interconnectivity capacity. The intermediate layer is edge point control. The uppermost layer comprises various applications, analytics, and services. These three layers are not mutually independent.
IIoT only can be realized through intercommunication of these three layers regarding information, data, communications, and applications. In this case, a software platform at operating system level is needed to support and connect this three-layer architecture.
At the convention, Schneider Electric released its Wonderware System Platform 2017 software to assume this responsibility.
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Nordic Semi Rolls Integrated Module of IoT
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332911
After three years in development by teams in Finland and Norway, Nordic Semiconductor introduced a system-in-package (SiP) module for low-power Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
Nordic’s nRF91 integrates an LTE cellular model with narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) connectivity in a 10x16x1.2mm package. It also incorporates a transceiver, RF front end, dedicated application processor, flash memory, power management and crystal and passive components.
After announcing last month that lead customers were already sampling the nRF91, Nordic revealed details of the device at an event in Oslo last week. During the event, Nordic also demonstrated the nRF91 operating on the Verizon Wireless Network in the U.S. and on the Telia network in Norway.
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CO2 and RH/T Sensor Module
SCD30 – Sensor Module for HVAC and Indoor Air Quality Applications
https://www.sensirion.com/en/environmental-sensors/carbon-dioxide-sensors-co2/
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SensiBLE || SensiEDGE “IoT Hardware Ready”
https://community.st.com/docs/DOC-1366-my-project
Imagine industrial-grade, ready-to-use and configurable hardware. Something you could take off-the-shelf, put into your product and configure according to the requirements. Imagine that you don’t have to deal with long and expensive hardware development process or manufacturing and logistics aspects, and still you can ship your products with industrial-grade electronics inside.
That’s exactly what SensiBLE is – a low power, small form factor (20x30mm), ready-to-use system-on-board equipped with 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis magnetometer, 3-axis digital gyroscope, pressure, relative humidity, ambient light and temperature sensors. Have I mentioned microphone already? Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.1, and Low Power ARM® 32-bit Cortex®-M4 CPU with FPU are on-board as well.
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Desktop Network Security with Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT)
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/eeweb/news/desktop-network-security-with-intel-quickassist-technology-qat
AAEON releases the FWS-2360, a desktop network security appliance with the added assurance of Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) and the speed and efficiency of fiber cable ports. Compact and highly extendable, the ready-to-go white box solution is tailor made for SOHO businesses, domestic networks, and vCPE and edge applications.
In addition to its pair of fiber/copper SFP GbE ports are four conventional GbE ports and two Mini-card slots to accommodate WiFi and 4G LTE expansion. The system’s inbuilt bypass function also ensures that network traffic will continue to flow in the event of software complications or loss of power.
Fitted with an Intel® Atom™ Processor C3000 Series CPU, formerly Denverton, AAEON’s FWS-2360 is a powerful and energy-efficient network appliance.
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Meet BOB, and See the Benefits of Open-Source Breakout Boards
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/max-maxfield/articles/meet-bob-and-see-the-benefits-of-open-source-breakout-boards
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Tosibox’s virtual central locking was awarded
The Virtual Central Lock, developed by Oululainen’s Tosibox, has been honored with honorary mention in the Engineers’ Choice Awards of the US-based Control Engineering.
The company has developed an unprecedented, easy to use and secure software product for managing large IoT networks. The solution scales from a few connections to thousands of times.
Virtual Central Lock creates a controlled IoT network from the Tosibox environment, allowing continuous, real-time monitoring and data collection and storage. Virtual Central Lock brings all connections from remote locations to one point and helps you manage centralized user rights and network in real time.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7536&via=n&datum=2018-02-09_14:51:35&mottagare=31202
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http://www.etn.fi/index.php/tekniset-artikkelit/7528-askelmittari-syntyy-kolmesta-piirista
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Rohde & Schwarz presents deep packet inspection engine at Embedded World
http://www.embedded-control-europe.com/article/5983/rohde-schwarz-presents-deep-packet-inspection-engine-at-embedded-world
Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity will present its OEM DPI engine R&S PACE 2 at Embedded World. By implementing R&S PACE 2 in embedded devices, vendors of firewalls, gateways, switches, and routers are able to gain full IP traffic visibility in real time in order to assure security and connectivity across networks, devices, and applications.
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Apple HomePod review: locked in
It sounds amazing. Is that enough?
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16976906/apple-homepod-review-smart-speaker
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HomePod review roundup: not as smart as it could be, but stunning sound
https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/06/homepod-review-roundup-not-so-smart-but-stunning-sound/
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Intel’s latest chip is designed for computing at the edge
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/07/intels-latest-chip-is-designed-for-computing-at-the-edge/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
As we develop increasingly sophisticated technologies like self-driving cars and industrial internet of things sensors, it’s going to require that we move computing to the edge. Essentially this means that instead of sending data to the cloud for processing, it needs to be done right on the device itself because even a little bit of latency is too much.
Intel announced a new chip today, called the Intel Xeon D-2100 processor, to help customers who want to move computing to the edge.
Computing at the edge has some unique space and power requirements that Intel has tried to address with this announcement. For starters, it provides a stand-alone system on a chip (SoC). This means everything you need is built into the chip including compute, networking and storage. It’s also low power, which might be necessary to run an edge computing device without the benefit of a data center power structure.
“By expanding the capabilities of the data center outward to the network edge, solution providers can process more data closer to endpoint devices, reducing application latency and opening up a whole new world of potential services and experience,”
She added that the SoC gives customers an “integrated, hardware-enhanced network, security and acceleration capabilities in a single package.”
Taking the Edge to New Heights
https://itpeernetwork.intel.com/xeon-taking-edge-new-heights/
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Intel Xeon D
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/processors/xeon/d-processors.html
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Microwave radar
http://www.umain.co.kr/?ckattempt=1
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NODE’s Updated Pi Plug 2 Turns Your Raspberry Pi Zero W into a Tiny Server
https://blog.hackster.io/nodes-updated-pi-plug-2-turns-your-raspberry-pi-zero-w-into-a-tiny-server-c5ac54894892
For a complete computer capable of running a fully-featured OS, the Raspberry Pi Zero W is remarkably small. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have any kind of onboard power supply, so to actually use the Zero W you’re going to have to dramatically increase the overall size of the package. To minimize that as much as possible, NODE created the Pi Plug, which they’ve just updated.
The Pi Plug 2 is small modular board for attaching your Raspberry Pi Zero W directly to a phone charger-style power supply.
https://n-o-d-e.net/piplug2.html
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Intel Xeon D-2100 SoC extends intelligence to space- and power-constrained edge, data center and network applications
http://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/pt/2018/02/intel-xeon-d2100.html?cmpid=enl_cim_cim_data_center_newsletter_2018-02-13&pwhid=e8db06ed14609698465f1047e5984b63cb4378bd1778b17304d68673fe5cbd2798aa8300d050a73d96d04d9ea94e73adc417b4d6e8392599eabc952675516bc0&eid=293591077&bid=2002276
Intel has introduced its new Xeon D-2100 processor, a system-on-chip (SoC) architected to address the needs of edge applications and other data center or network applications constrained by space and power.
“To seize 5G and new cloud and network opportunities, service providers need to optimize their data center and edge infrastructures to meet the growing demands of bandwidth-hungry end users and their smart and connected devices,” comments Sandra Rivera, senior vice president and general manager of the Network Platforms Group at Intel. “The Intel Xeon D-2100 processor allows service providers and enterprises to deliver the maximum amount of compute intelligence at the edge or web tier while expending the least power.”
The new processors will also enable CoSPs to deliver higher-capacity workload-optimized networking services with enhanced performance at lower power in virtual customer premise equipment (vCPE) such as VPNs and encryption services. Further, the Intel Xeon D-2100 processors include up to 18 “Skylake-server” generation Intel Xeon processor cores and integrated Intel QuickAssist Technology with up to 100 Gbps of built-in cryptography, decryption and encryption acceleration. In addition to those data protection enhancements, this product will be supported by system software updates to protect customers from the security exploits referred to as “Spectre” and “Meltdown.”
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Farnell adds Cloudio to Raspberry Pi
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/farnell-adds-cloudio-raspberry-pi-2018-02/
Farnell element14 is selling the GraspIO Cloudio – a Raspberry Pi add-on board with Drag and Drop programming interface on iPhone, iPad, Android.
Among other features, it incorporates Voice Assistant Capabilities, IFTTT (“If This Then That”) Integration, IoT Cloud Service, Sensor Monitor and Dashboard, Custom Notifications with Image and Video and One Tap Multi-Board Upload.
“The versatility of GraspIO Cloudio along with its ease of use will make it popular with makers and innovators in a wide range of application environments. Cloudio, when combined with a Raspberry Pi, is a Full Stack IoT platform meaning that you can programme IoT devices simply and quickly with drag and drop programming on a mobile app,”
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InfluxData scores $35 million Series C to expand time series database business
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/13/influxdata-scores-35-million-series-c-to-expand-time-series-database-business/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
In a world where sensors are capturing ever-increasing amounts of data, being able to collect that high volume and measure it over time becomes increasingly important. InfluxData, the startup built on top of the open source time series database platform, announced it has received a $35 million Series C investment today led by Sapphire Ventures, the investment arm of enterprise software giant, SAP.
InfluxData scores $35 million Series C to expand time series database business
Posted 21 hours ago by Ron Miller (@ron_miller)
In a world where sensors are capturing ever-increasing amounts of data, being able to collect that high volume and measure it over time becomes increasingly important. InfluxData, the startup built on top of the open source time series database platform, announced it has received a $35 million Series C investment today led by Sapphire Ventures, the investment arm of enterprise software giant, SAP.
Existing investors Battery Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Trinity Ventures and new investor Harmony Partners also participated. Today’s investment brings the total raised to almost $60 million.
Time series databases, as the name implies, allow companies to capture and measure data rapidly and see how it trends over time. Company CTO Paul Dix saw the need for time series tools and began building the underlying open source tool kit in 2014. It was immediately popular on Github, says CEO Evan Kaplan. Today there are 120,000 sites running Influx in open source and 400 enterprise customers using the platform.
While developers can build a time series application using Influx’s tools, if it requires enterprise scale, security and availability; they will need to buy the commercial version of the product. “If you get serious about running Influx in large production, you have to buy the closed source [version of the product],” Kaplan said.
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CLOUDIO-SMRTDEV-R-V1 – Grasp.io Cloudio Smart Development Board, Add-On for Raspberry Pi, IoT Development and Prototyping
http://uk.farnell.com/element14/cloudio-smrtdev-r-v1/graspio-smart-development-board/dp/2612584
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/7543-raspberry-pi-sai-oman-iot-lisakortin
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http://www.etn.fi/index.php/tekniset-artikkelit-2/7547-korteilla-vauhtia-iot-kehitykseen