Silicon Labs Series 2 mesh networking modules are out now
Thursday, September 26, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
Silicon Labs has launched a new portfolio of highly integrated, secure Wireless Gecko modules that reduce development cost and complexity, making it easier to add robust mesh networking connectivity to a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) products. The new MGM210x and BGM210x Series 2 modules support leading mesh protocols (Zigbee, Thread, and Bluetoo...
.NET Core 3.0 is here
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 by Richard Harris
Microsoft has announced the release of .NET Core 3.0. It includes many improvements, including adding Windows Forms and WPF, adding new JSON APIs, support for ARM64 and improving performance across the board. C# 8 is also part of this release, which includes nullable, async streams, and more patterns. F# 4.7 is included and focused on relaxing syntax and targeting .NET ...
GlobalPlatform brings trust to the IoT ecosystem
Thursday, August 29, 2019 by Richard Harris
Given the increasing need for the internet of things (IoT) device security and trust, GlobalPlatform, the standard for secure digital services and devices, has appointed a Strategic Director with significant expertise in IoT development and deployment.
Chris Steck, Head of Standardization, IoT & Industries at Cisco, a full member of GlobalPlatform, will work...
IoT Developer Survey 2019 released from The Eclipse Foundation
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 by Austin Harris
The Eclipse Foundation released the 2019 IoT Developer Survey that canvassed more than 1,700 developers about their IoT efforts. The survey was conducted by the Eclipse IoT Working Group in cooperation with member companies (including Bosch Software Innovations, Eurotech, and Red Hat), and support from the IoT community at large.
IoT developers are driving real...
IoT Gateway uses Ubuntu Core and integrates with AWS IoT Greengrass
Monday, December 10, 2018 by Richard Harris
Rigado’s Cascade IoT Gateway running Canonical’s secure operating system Ubuntu Core, has integrated with the newly released Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT Greengrass features to help give teams an easy-to-use mechanism to get Bluetooth-based data to their cloud applications.
This new functionality combines the scalability of AWS IoT Greengrass edge comput...
How Pycom wants to help IoT developers
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 by Richard Harris
Although IoT development is increasingly on the rise, challenges still exist in the development and manufacturing process that prevents a streamlined workflow for developers.
In this interview, Fred de Haro, CEO, and co-founder at Pycom discusses the company’s new consumer-focused developer offering, and shares insight into the current challenges developers are...
eSOMiMX7 System on Module has been released
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 by Austin Harris
e-con Systems Inc. announced the release of its eSOMiMX7 System on Module. The eSOMiMX7 is based on NXP/Freescale i.MX7 processor. e-con Systems already has many customers in mass production using system on modules, such as the eSOMiMX6-micro, eSOMiMX6, eSOMTK1 and eSOM3730. To cater to the customer's demand of a small SOM for building IoT Applications, Industrial HMI, ...
New PoE chips released by Silicon Labs
Friday, March 9, 2018 by Richard Harris
Silicon Labs has released two new Power over Ethernet (PoE) Powered Device (PD) families delivering integration and efficiency for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Silicon Labs' Si3406x and Si3404 families include all necessary high-voltage discrete components on a single PD chip. The new PD ICs support IEEE 802.3 at PoE+ power capabilities, flexible power convers...
NXP releases their HomeKit SDK for Apple IoT
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 by Richard Harris
NXP Semiconductors announced that its Apple HomeKit Software Development Kit (SDK) offers full support for home automation applications using HomeKit, delivering exceptional performance, advanced security, while supporting all connectivity options, including BLE, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and remote access over iCloud.HomeKit is a framework in iOS that lets accessories connect s...
Zinnov names Aricent a leader in IoT
Friday, August 18, 2017 by Richard Harris
Aricent, a global design and engineering company, has announced that for the second year running, the company has been recognized among the leading players in the IoT market by Zinnov. The Zinnov Zones 2017 IoT Technology Services report classed Aricent in the leadership zone in five major industry categories that underline the company’s rich heritage in innovation and ...
Renesas to demonstrate IoT Sandbox at IoT World 2017
Thursday, May 18, 2017 by Austin Harris
Renesas Electronics America Inc., a supplier of semiconductor solutions, announced that they has expanded their IoT Sandbox to shorten the prototyping process for Internet of Things (IoT) design and to simplify the path to production for small- to large-sized companies developing IoT solutions.In collaboration with Bug Labs, Medium One, and Seeed Studio, Renesas has bro...
IoT training for sensorbased IoT solutions
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 by Richard Harris
Telit, an Internet of Things (IoT) solutions company, has announced it is sponsoring an IoT workshop that will teach participants the fundamentals needed to help them configure, launch and maintain an IoT solution. This hands-on, interactive workshop is an extension of the Telecommunications Industry Association’s (TIA) Connectivity Jam and takes place June 8, 2017 in D...
IoT and LPWA revenue expected to exceed $200B by 2025
Thursday, February 16, 2017 by Richard Harris
Analysys Mason has published a new report entitled “IoT value chain revenue: worldwide trends and forecasts 2016–2025” that analyses future growth in diverse sectors and discusses where the greatest opportunities lie for telecoms operators.Report author and Principal Analyst Michele Mackenzie outlines some of the key findings of the report.The total addressable revenue ...
myDevices launches its IoT Ready Program at CES
Saturday, January 7, 2017 by Richard Harris
How to build IoT solutions using Cayenne, and use cases with the myDevices IoT Creation Suite.
myDevices, has announced the official launch of its IoT Ready Program for hardware manufacturers at CES 2017. The program provides manufacturers with the ability to have their devices seamlessly communicate with any other manufacturer’s device. Their Cay...
7 hurdles in IoT mobile app development
Thursday, November 3, 2016 by Daniel Myers
For manufacturers interested in developing connected products for the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile app development represents entirely new and unknown territory. And even experienced mobile app developers find that the IoT poses all kinds of new challenges.Before embarking on any connected-product project, it’s crucial to understand why IoT mobile apps are different...
Samsung expands ARTIK (IoT) platform
Thursday, October 27, 2016 by Richard Harris
Samsung Electronics has introduced its expanded SAMSUNG ARTIK Smart Internet of Things (IoT) platform featuring two new module families, ARTIK 0 and ARTIK 7, new device management capabilities in SAMSUNG ARTIK Cloud and an expanded partner ecosystem. The result is a complete IoT development solution to help companies take their IoT projects from concept to reality in re...
New Rapid IoT Development Kit from Telit Offers Builtin Cellular Connectivity
Monday, September 5, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Telit has released a new Rapid IoT Development Kit with built-in cellular connectivity and integration with the Cloud-based Telit IoT Portal. The kit can be used to develop standalone IoT prototypes or as a cellular, cloud-ready plug-in for open Maker platforms. The new portal lets IoT developers connect and manage the kit, and offers the ability to secur...
Silicon Labs Releases New Multiband Wireless SoC for IoT
Thursday, July 7, 2016 by Richard Harris
As part of its Wireless Gecko portfolio, Silicon Labs has released new multiband, multiprotocol wireless system-on-chip (SoC) devices for the Internet of Things (IoT) market. The new multiband Wireless Gecko SoCs enable developers to use the same multiprotocol device for operation in 2.4 GHz and multiple sub-GHz bands.The multiband Wireless Gecko SoCs are designed to su...
MediaTek Targets Android Developers with New Helio X20 IoT Development Board
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 by Richard Harris
Targeting Android IoT developers, MediaTek has introduced a new Helio X20 Development Board, based on MediaTek’s Helio X20 mobile processor, offering a development board using Tri-Cluster deca-core structure and ARM Cortex-A72 technology. The MediaTek Helio X20 is based on the Linaro 96 Boards standard, featuring ARM Cortex-A72 cores within a tri-cluster...
Opening Things Up IoT and the Open Source Community
Friday, May 6, 2016 by Jeff Osier-Mixon
Devices built with support of the IoT industry’s growing open source community makes a more efficient, universally connected world all the more plausible. At the current rate, more than 20 billion devices will be connected by 2020, and all of them have a few things in common. Successful IoT projects are developed with the three goals in mind: connectivity, security...
Telit IoT AppZone Development Environment Now Supports Android
Friday, February 19, 2016 by Richard Harris
Telit has released the next new generation of its Telit IoT AppZone application development environment (ADE), which now supports the Android open source framework. The expanded environment will allow developers to leverage their experience with Android, using the same tools and APIs in a framework they are familiar with, reducing IoT development time and effort. T...
MediaTek Labs Releases LinkIt Smart 7688 IoT Development Platform
Monday, December 28, 2015 by Richard Harris
MediaTek Labs new LinkIt Smart 7688 IoT development platform is the company’s latest addition to the LinkIt portfolio of development platforms offering IoT developers a variety of programming options for rapid development of advanced Wi-Fi based devices such as IP cameras, surveillance devices, smart appliances and Wi-Fi gateways that make use of cloud services.The plat...
Nuance Releases Voice Recognition IoT Development Platform
Friday, December 18, 2015 by Richard Harris
Nuance Communications has launched Nuance Mix, a new developer platform for mobile and consumer electronics. Currently available as a limited release beta via the Nuance Developers program, the development platform gives device makers and developers the ability to create customized voice and natural language Internet of Things (IoT) segments such as smart home, gaming, ...
There's Still Time to Get Travel Deals for the AT&T Developer Summit Conference and Hackathon
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
If you’re like me, you always wait till the last minute to book travel and always get stung with last minute pricing. Thus I was apprehensive as I was scrambling to book my travel for the AT&T Developer Hackathon and Summit on January 2 – 5 and was expecting the worst as I went to Virgin America’s site to check out pricing. Hard to believe, a round trip direct fligh...
Sensor Prototyping and Development Platform for IoT from InvenSense
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 by Richard Harris
InvenSense has released the SensorStudio graphical development tool and the InvenSense FireFly development kit, offering a sensor prototyping and development platform for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.The InvenSense IoT development platform is centralized around InvenSense’s ICM-30630 MEMS 6-axis sensor (3-axis gyroscope + 3-axis accelerometer) with an integrate...
Synopsy Expands IP Portfolio for IoT Development
Friday, October 2, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Synopsys’ new IoT IP portfolio offers services that are optimized to address the security, wireless connectivity, energy-efficient and sensor processing requirements for a wide range of Internet of Things applications such as wearables, smart appliances, metering and wireless sensor networks. The DesignWare IP portfolio for the IoT includes power- and area-efficien...
Silicon Labs Releases New RealTime Energy Profiler IoT Development Tool
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Silicon Labs has released the newest version of its Simplicity Studio IoT development platform which enables concurrent micro-controller (MCU) and wireless design. This latest release of Simplicity Studio now offers an enhanced real-time Energy Profiler tool, faster execution speed and an easier installation process.Silicon Labs’ new Energy Profiler helps developers opt...
Unlocking the Potential of Accelerated IoT Development
Monday, July 6, 2015 by Gilad Khen
Anyone who has ever created an Internet of Things (IoT) solution knows the pain of integrating the various parts of the software into a single functioning app. In a typical IoT app you will most likely find logic for collecting data, transforming it, sending it to various services for processing or analysis, and finally storing it in one or more data stores. In man...
Freescale Releases Smallest Single Chip Module for IoT Development
Saturday, July 4, 2015 by Richard Harris
Freescale Semiconductor introduced one of the world’s smallest single chip modules (SCM) for the Internet of Things (IoT). As the IoT requires more processing horsepower to be packed into ever smaller spaces, Freescale’s new SCM line of products can integrate hundreds of components including processors, memory, power management and RF parts, which would otherwise be dep...
Qt 5.5 Release Includes Windows 10 Support and New IoT Functionality
Friday, July 3, 2015 by Richard Harris
Qt has released Qt 5.5, the latest version of its cross-platform application and user interface (UI) development framework. Qt offers a C++ based framework of libraries and tools that enables the development of interactive and cross-platform applications and devices. This latest version extends support for multimedia and graphics creation with 3D capabilities as well as...
Marvell Expands JavaScript Based IoT Development Platform
Thursday, July 2, 2015 by Richard Harris
Marvell has added to its solutions for embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) product prototyping with its latest JavaScript offering and two new hardware prototyping products.Marvell’s JavaScript Sixth Edition contains more than 400 individual changes to make the language more concise, improve performance, and integrate support for modules. Kinoma’s XS6 JavaScript engin...
IoT Development is Creating Revenues Today for App Developers
Thursday, June 18, 2015 by Richard Harris
Progress has announced the results of its latest IoT industry survey, showing 65 percent of Internet of Things (IoT) apps in production today are generating real revenue. The study was conducted in conjunction with Harbor Research and also found that developers expect this revenue figure to rise to 80 percent by 2018. The industries that currently lead in IoT developmen...
Resources to Help You Make Mid Year App Marketing Adjustments
Thursday, June 11, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Can you believe it, we’re almost at the halfway point of 2015! And for me, that means taking a quick peak at business operations to see if there are any tweaks/adjustments we need to make in response to the overall business environment we operate in.One of the things that I noticed from an editorial standpoint is that since the beginning of the year, we’ve tended to gra...
How the Internet of Things will Affect Business App Developers
Monday, April 27, 2015 by Brian Alexakis
I think we can all agree, IoT is an exciting frontier for developers. It seems like in no time we'll run into the Jetsons and experience the future-is-now convenience of automated flying cars that tuck themselves away into a brief-case. That stuff of science-fiction is quickly becoming a reality today with IoT. However, much of the attention around IoT focuses on the co...
IBM Announces $3 Billion IoT Initiative
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 by Richard Harris
IBM has announced that it plans to spend $3 billion over the next four years to establish a new Internet of Things (IoT) business unit, and that it is building a cloud-based open platform designed to help clients and ecosystem partners build IoT solutions.These resources will be made available on an open platform to provide manufacturers with the ability to design and p...
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