Zigbee and DALI to improve compatibility of smart lighting connectivity and control
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Zigbee Alliance and the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA), the organisation for DALI lighting control, are working together to bring further standardisation and system interoperability to IoT-based luminaires in the …
Lighting firm Ingy reveals Wirepas mesh backbone, claims scale to 100,000 nodes
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmsterdam-based Ingy has confirmed it is using wireless mesh protocol Wirepas as the foundational technology for its smart lighting offer, and the key component to scale smart lighting for hundreds …
‘Ericsson, Sprint, LoRa, Zigbee – tell us, what’s your favourite IoT use case?’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBetween them, US telecoms operator Sprint and Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson claim considerable experience in the IoT space. The variety of IoT use cases is vast, and ever-growing, they say. …
What is smart infrastructure? How IoT and 5G are making digital assets of everything
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWhat is smart infrastructure? It sounds like a silly question, almost. But the rise of new digital technologies — spearheaded by IoT, AI, and 5G, as the tools of digital …
Zigbee certified IoT products and platforms passes 3,000-mark with Amazon
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe number of certified Zigbee IoT products and platforms in the market for smart homes and cities has passed 3,000, according to the Zigbee Alliance. The alliance’s certification programme seeks …
Amazon, Comcast, NXP, Schneider develop Zigbee interoperability updates
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe Zigbee Alliance is coordinating efforts from the likes of Amazon, Comcast, Landis+Gyr, NXP, Osram and Schneider Electric to make smart home and IoT products easier to develop, deploy, and …
Amazon joins Zigbee board to push open standards in smart home, smart city
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAmazon is to take a seat on the Zigbee Alliance board of directors. The Zigbee Alliance said the decision shows the IoT market is convening around its technology as a …
Zigbee claims record sales with surge in lighting, meters and climate control
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAnnual shipments of Zigbee chipsets will reach one billion by 2023, mostly in smart home sensors, accounting for 85 per cent of IEEE 802.15.4 mesh network devices. Half a billion …
Top IoT protocols
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailYou could, perhaps, be forgiven for characterizing the situation with IoT protocols as semi-chaotic, with competing systems jostling for market share. In a way, it’s reminiscent of the Fieldbus wars, …
Qualcomm enhances Wi-Fi mesh networking platform
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWi-Fi routers have the potential to become smart home hubs, but they will need to manage more than just Wi-Fi. Next generation routers that use Qualcomm silicon and software will …
