Category: Industrial

Industrial

  • Is the IoT Secure?

    A new report has said that the emerging standards for the Internet of Things (see IoT Standards: Is the Time Right to Calm the Chaos?…

  • When Wireless Means Cellular in the IoT

    When we talk about the Internet of Things (IoT), we’re talking about communication. But, for much of the discussion – in particular, for the consumer…

  • What is a technology company?

    Am I being picky or over-sensitive? A recent report talks about how Europe has produced 30 technology companies worth more than $1bn. They include “Clothing…

  • A Tale of Two Networks

    I was talking to Atmel the other day – they had announced the release of their ATPL230 power line communication (PLC) chip, which was filling…

  • Meshing With Bluetooth

    A while back, we took a look at what seemed to be the dominant two radio protocols in new Internet-of-Things announcements: Bluetooth Low Energy and…

  • Intersil Re-emerges

    When you’re musing over Silicon Valley comings and goings over a beer, it’s not unreasonable to hear the question, “Whatever happened to [place company name…

  • Wireless and LED Power Combined

    From where we sit in the electronics world, you can sometimes be lulled into thinking we see all that goes on around us. And then…

  • Free Markets and IoT Conferences I

    In my role, you pay attention to conferences. Ideally, you’d go to them all and sift through the repetition to get interesting golden nuggets to…

  • Model-based Product Line Engineering

    OK –not the most attention grabbing headline, but it is what Atego are calling the total revamp of their modelling tools. System modelling is one…

  • An ALS That Does RGB

    My oh my, how the smartphone has colored our (or at least my) expectations. And color is the operative word here. When you think, “ambient…