Silicon Labs intros new range of Wi-SUN SoCs for smart meters, lights, cities
Austin-based chip-maker Silicon Labs has announced a new range of system-on-chips (SoCs) with support for Wi-SUN, an alternative for low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking like LoRaWAN and Sigfox. It said its …
Once upon a time in the (New) West – how LoRa is looking to strike gold on the IoT trail
Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘IoT is not about LoRa vs Sigfox anymore; it is about Design Process X vs Design Process Y’. Click here …
Sequans shows ‘vision of future’ with energy harvesting in cellular IoT module
Chip and module make Sequans has showcased a cellular-based LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity solution at CES in Las Vegas that harvests solar energy to do-away with a battery completely, and …
Qualcomm readies ‘super-30’ IoT bundles, ‘cracks code’ for smart-city ROI
Qualcomm has released a new ‘services suite’ that pulls together full-stack tech IoT componentry into a modular plug-and-play IoT solution for cities and city-based ‘verticals’. The chip-maker declared it has …
Blockchain-based LoRaWAN network passes 1,000 cities in US, launches in Europe
Blockchain-based LoRaWAN network operator and hotspot maker Helium has expanded to more than 1,000 cities in North America, and started rolling out in Europe, and announced a new deals with …
Semtech, AWS issue all-in-one dev-kits for LoRa-based asset tracking, smart buildings
Semtech is offering new developer kits for LoRa-based asset tracking and smart building applications that integrate with IoT services from Amazon Web Services (AWS). California-based software firm Tensor IoT is …
STMicro strikes deals for UWB specialist BeSpoon and NB-IoT chipmaker Riot Micro
France-based semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics (STMicro) has signed agreements to purchase the entire share capital of France-based ultra-wideband (UWB) specialist BeSpoon and the cellular IoT connectivity assets of Canada-based Riot Micro. …
New MIOTY management platform brings integration with Azure, AWS, Cumulocity
BehrTech has released the latest version of its MYTHINGS Central network and device management platform for MIOTY-based low-power wide-area IoT networks. The 3.0 version includes backend integration with Microsoft Azure, …
How to create a scalable IoT application using Apache Kafka (Reader Forum)
Paul Brebner is Technology Evangelist at Instaclustr. He solves ‘realistic problems’ and builds applications using Apache Cassandra, Spark, Zeppelin, and Kafka. Paul has worked at UNSW, several tech start-ups, CSIRO, …
Nordic releases hybrid IoT hardware and software for mixing cellular IoT and BLE
Chip maker Nordic Semiconductor is combining low-power long- and short-range IoT connectivity technologies in hardware and software, at developer level, for solution makers to run the pair together in test …
