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Security is more important than ever for IoT designs.

Security is more important than ever for IoT designs.

Silicon Labs acquires Micrium embedded software and unveils a sensor-to-cloud development kit to bolster its IoT…

Silicon Labs acquires Micrium embedded software and unveils a sensor-to-cloud development kit to bolster its IoT tool-chain offerings.

Which wireless protocol should you use when designing a home automation device?

Which wireless protocol should you use when designing a home automation device?

Internet of Things (IoT) devices combine multiple functional cores in highly integrated Wireless Embedded designs and…

Internet of Things (IoT) devices combine multiple functional cores in highly integrated Wireless Embedded designs and face often challenging long-term battery live time requirement.

The Dot uses location to add context to notifications.

The Dot uses location to add context to notifications.

Intel's design competition with Hardware Academy aims to make Edison a preferred platform for IoT prototyping, but could…

Intel's design competition with Hardware Academy aims to make Edison a preferred platform for IoT prototyping, but could Edison ever have Aruino's level of community support?

Nordic’s BLE chipset is now available in both QFN and WL-CSP packages— and that shows how wearable applications are…

Nordic’s BLE chipset is now available in both QFN and WL-CSP packages— and that shows how wearable applications are driving the Bluetooth Smart chip designs.

In this article, we are going to learn some basics about RFID technology and use an Arduino MEGA to a play around with a…

In this article, we are going to learn some basics about RFID technology and use an Arduino MEGA to a play around with a popular RFID module, the ID12LA.

Learn about three smart home platforms available that allow mobile home control with varying degrees of customization.

Learn about three smart home platforms available that allow mobile home control with varying degrees of customization.

DSP is at crossroads, again, and this time at stake are communication, voice, and vision applications in the IoT realm.

DSP is at crossroads, again, and this time at stake are communication, voice, and vision applications in the IoT realm.

Sensors are becoming a ubiquitous element in the IoT bandwagon, which in turn, makes sensor fusion the technology to watch.

Sensors are becoming a ubiquitous element in the IoT bandwagon, which in turn, makes sensor fusion the technology to watch.

A comparison of three development boards aimed at the IoT horizon. The Particle Photon, the Adafruit Feather Huzzah, and…

A comparison of three development boards aimed at the IoT horizon. The Particle Photon, the Adafruit Feather Huzzah, and the Arduino MKR1000.

ON Semiconductor debuted a few new goodies in Nuremberg, Germany this week at Embedded World 2016.

ON Semiconductor debuted a few new goodies in Nuremberg, Germany this week at Embedded World 2016.

An overview of Zentri's IoT and M2M Platform. Does it live up its predecessor?

An overview of Zentri's IoT and M2M Platform. Does it live up its predecessor?

An introduction to Digi International's Device Cloud, an IoT and M2M Platform.

An introduction to Digi International's Device Cloud, an IoT and M2M Platform.

Microcontroller specialists Atmel Corp. and Microchip Technology Inc. are joining hands to create a powerhouse in the…

Microcontroller specialists Atmel Corp. and Microchip Technology Inc. are joining hands to create a powerhouse in the Internet of Things (IoT) realm in a way that is reminiscent of the hookup between Freescale and NXP just a few months ago. The tie between the MCU kingpins is aimed at creating a full-stack silicon house with all the IoT hardware ingredients ranging from MCUs to analog to flash.

NXP demonstrated its Thread Platform at ARMTechCon last week. Based on the JN5179 wireless MCU, with Secure Element, NFC,…

NXP demonstrated its Thread Platform at ARMTechCon last week. Based on the JN5179 wireless MCU, with Secure Element, NFC, Thread encryption, its own dc/dc converter and featuring ARM's mbed OS, the Platform makes secure home automation application design a whole lot easier.

This article demonstrates how to use the built-in die temperature sensor on the nRF51. The die temperature is not the…

This article demonstrates how to use the built-in die temperature sensor on the nRF51. The die temperature is not the same as ambient temperature, but can be calibrated to ambient temperature by using a correction factor.

Thread, a network protocol released July 2015, is optimized for the connected home network. It is IPv6 based, uses IEEE…

Thread, a network protocol released July 2015, is optimized for the connected home network. It is IPv6 based, uses IEEE Standard 802.15.4 and runs on existing hardware.