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Beyond Top Secret: The Tech Behind Santa’s Sleigh

On December 20, 2019 in All, RF, Sensors, Wireless by Mike Parks

Santa Claus has got to be one of the most tech-savvy people in the world. Surely his sleigh is packed with cutting-edge electronics to ensure his success. While the exact specifications of his mobile command center are safely locked away at the North Pole, we can make some assumptions about the tech onboard.

Tagged With: 5G, autonomous vehicle, drones, FLIR, GNSS, GPS, imaging sensors, Intel, LIDAR, Neural Compute Stick 2, NSC, Santa sleigh, V2I, V2V

IoT Actuators and Sensors

On December 6, 2019 in All, IoT, Robotics, Sensors by Charles Byers

IoT relies on actuators and sensors to interface with the physical world. This blog discusses some common actuator and sensor types, the control systems that link them, calibration, fault tolerance, security, power efficiency, and related topics. A real-world example of a tea-brewing robot is given.

Tagged With: Actuator, Amplifier, Filter, IoT, Robotics, Sensor, Transducer

Connecting the Analog Devices ADICUP3029 to Medium One IoT Cloud

On November 15, 2019 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, Empowering Innovation, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Greg Toth

The Analog Devices ADICUP3029 development board together with the cloud-based Medium One IoT Prototyping Sandbox provides hardware, software, and cloud-based tools to create applications that collect, process, and visualize IoT data.

Tagged With: Dashboard, ADICUP3029, IoT, Medium One, MQTT, Prototype, Sensor, Wi-Fi

Connecting the Microchip PIC-IoT to Medium One IoT Cloud

On November 14, 2019 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Greg Toth

The Microchip PIC-IoT WG development board together with the cloud-based Medium One IoT Prototyping Sandbox provides hardware, software, and cloud-based tools to create applications that collect, process, and visualize IoT data.

Tagged With: Prototype, Dashboard, IoT, Medium One, MQTT, PIC-IoT, Sandbox, Sensor, Wi-Fi

IoT Security by Design

On November 8, 2019 in All, Computing, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Steven Keeping

The data carried across the IoT is valuable, and the unscrupulous will find and exploit any weakness to get hold of it. That makes protecting the trillion devices forecast to comprise the IoT by 2025 a tall order. Trusted Execution Environments offer a simple and cost-effective start.

Why Nanotechnology Improves Sensors

On October 16, 2019 in All, Automation, IoT, Sensors by Liam Critchley

There is always a need to increase the capabilities of sensors. One effective way to do this is by employing nanomaterials as the ‘sensing surface’ or ‘sensing component’. Learn how the many beneficial surface, electronic, and structural properties of nanomaterials can make sensors more accurate.

Connecting the SiLabs AMW007 Wi-Fi Module to Medium One IoT Cloud

On August 14, 2019 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, Empowering Innovation, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Greg Toth

The SiLabs AMW007 Module adds Wi-Fi networking to development boards like the EFM32 Pearl Gecko PG12 to connect to the cloud-based Medium One IoT Prototyping Sandbox. Together they provide hardware, software, and cloud-based tools to create applications that collect, process, and visualize IoT data.

Tagged With: Dashboard, EFM32, IoT, Medium One, MQTT, Prototype, Sandbox, Sensor, Wi-Fi

Pyro Switch: Hidden IR Detection

On July 26, 2019 in All, Sensors by KEMET Electronics

Pyroelectric Infrared (IR) Sensors absorb the infrared rays emitted from the human body and enable the detection of a person’s presence. In this blog, KEMET demonstrates how you can easily add presence detection capabilities to an ordinary object using Arduino and a hidden pyroelectric IR sensor.

Tagged With: Arduino, KEMET, Presence detection, Pyroelectric infrared sensor, SS-430

Connecting the LPC54018 IoT Module to the Medium One IoT Cloud

On July 18, 2019 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, Empowering Innovation, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Greg Toth

The NXP LPC54018 IoT Module allows you to prototype IoT applications that connect to the Medium One IoT Prototyping Sandbox through Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Together they provide the hardware, software, and cloud-based tools needed to develop applications that collect, process, and visualize IoT data

Tagged With: Dashboard, IoT, LPC54018, Medium One, MQTT, NXP, Prototype, Sandbox, Sensor

The Future of IoT

On July 12, 2019 in All, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by M. Tim Jones

Bringing internet connectivity to devices has swung the pendulum back from centralized computing to decentralization. IoT and edge computing continue to evolve. Its momentum is changing the world around us. Explore some of the key ideas behind the future of IoT.

Tagged With: 5G, Edge computing, Internet of Things, IoT, Machine learning, Security, Sensors

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