NXP Semiconductors, an automotive semiconductor company, has announced a strategic partnership with Foxconn Industrial Internet, a subsidy company of Foxconn group. NXP will provide FII with its comprehensive portfolio of automotive technologies. The initial phase of the joint project will…
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Sensing solutions for the environment and fitness
Whether at home, in the office or outdoors, we all want the air around us to be clean and safe to breathe. To address this growing need, Bosch Sensortec has announced the BME AI-Studio Server software for the BME688: The…
Advanced connectivity to precision tools enabling Industry 4.0 solutions
Sylvac SA, a Swiss based manufacturer of measuring tools, has incorporated BLE modules from Insight SIP, the specialist in ultra-miniature RF modules, to enable enhanced connectivity features within its range class leading digital measuring instruments. Sylvac SA is a family-owned…
Data centre infrastructure: the importance of effective power supply
It goes without saying that a constant power supply is absolutely vital for a data centre. The fire that burned down the OVH data centres in Strasbourg, France in March this year, proved to be a big wake-up call for facility managers around the globe. The financial impact…
The giant impact of TinyML
The gathering trend towards streamlined machine learning at the edge is spurring the wider IoT market, and driving digital transformation across industries at massive scale. While complex AI algorithms running on power-hungry Cloud servers are hyped as the solution for…
Fraunhofer mioty protocol integrated into wireless bidirectional platform
The standardised Fraunhofer mioty protocol stack for low power wide area networks (LPWAN) and IoT applications is implemented and tested in the wireless bidirectional sub-GHZ SoC Series 2 platform EFR32FG23 (FG23) from Silicon Labs. The single die, multi-core solution presents…
How to securely connect IoT devices to cloud applications and manage them throughout their lifetimes
Sensors, actuators and other IoT devices communicate with applications running on computer servers over IoT networks. These servers may be on-premises or in the cloud and there are a growing number of attacks on them where the IoT devices themselves…
Using low-power Wi-Fi to build a smart home
– Originally written by Omer Cheema, Head of the IoT Business Unit, Renesas – The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the growing trend of intelligent homes by forcing people to spend more time indoors. There has been a massive increase…
What are smart grids?
Traditional power grids, as most of us understand them, were designed towards the end of the 19th century. We spoke to the EVP for Global Power Products Division at Schneider Electric, Rohan Kelkar, who gave us an introduction to smart…
Behind any successful digital transformation is a data-driven culture
– Originally written by Stefano Maifreni – Most modern business operations are inseparable from the IT systems and infrastructure that support them. Yet, for all their investment, many businesses are not seeing the anticipated return. The role of data in…
