The MIPI mobile interface organisation is opening access to its sensor interface specification, called MIPI I3C.
Internet of Things
Electronics related to the Internet of Things (IoT), and all its associated sensors, comms, security, and embedded systems.
Farnell launches LoRaWAN IoT networks
Farnell element14 has a range of LoRaWAN products from The Things Network. The Things Gateway, The Things Uno and The Things Node which enable users to create LoRaWAN internet of things networks quickly and easily. Using The Things Network Gateway you can setup a LoRaWAN network in just 5 minutes – you can then use The Things Node to create ...
Webinar: IoT KnowHow – Securing Your Connected Technology
Electronics Weekly joins with Chipless Ltd to discuss the IoT and security in a webinar entitled 'IoT KnowHow: Securing Your Connected Technology'
Riot Micro out of stealth mode with NB-IoT/LTE Cat M1 baseband
Riot Micro, a Vancouver LTE start-up, comes out of stealth mode today to announce it is sampling a baseband processor for the NB-IoT and LTE Cat M1 standards which claims to beat existing chips for power and price. The chip is designated RM1000 and comes in an 8 x 8-mm 68-pad QFN package or a 3.5 x 3.2-mm WLCSP. The ...
Fujitsu 82x24x6mm solar-powered sensor supports LPWA transmissions
Fujitsu Labs has developed a miniature sensor powered by a solar cell to support LPWA wireless transmission. The device measures 82x24x6mm and Fujitsu says it is the world’s smallest sensor device supporting LPWA that does not need replacement batteries. Temperature and humidity data collected by the sensor can be transmitted to a Sigfox base station over a distance of about ...
IAR Systems supports Amazon FreeRTOS for large IoT networks
IAR Systems embedded compilers now support the Amazon FreeRTOS. Together with Amazon Web Services (AWS), IAR Systems provides developers with easy access to high-performance, pre-integrated development tools for developing and debugging embedded and IoT-connected applications based on Amazon FreeRTOS. Amazon FreeRTOS is an operating system for hardware running IoT applications which can support large numbers of devices. Based on the ...
Deloitte opens cyber-threat hunting service in EMEA
Deloitte is to provide cyber-threat hunting services to companies in the EMEA region using the threat-hunting technology provided by Sqrrl. Threat hunting, in Deloitte’s definition, is the active search for cyber adversaries that have slipped past other defences. With the developing sophistication of ‘low and slow’, it said, and the growing impact of data breaches, the need for threat hunting ...
NXP MCU supports AWS FreeRTOS
NXP's MCU-based IoT module with onboard Wi-Fi and support for newly launched Amazon FreeRTOS on AWS
Comment: Industry 4.0 from the semiconductor industry’s perspective
How Industry 4.0 could add value, with the digitization and networking of the industrial value chain and its products
Partner chip adds high-grade security to IoT MCUs
Maxim has introduced a partner security chip for microcontrollers. Called the DS28E38 secure authenticator, it includes security keys created on-die by a ‘physically un-cloneable function’ (PUF), which the firm is branding ChipDNA. “We looked at existing PUF designs – we would have bought one, but they fell short,” said Maxim v-p of security business Dan Loomis, who warned of continuing poor IoT ...