Worldline, a global player in the payments and transactions services industry, and Somfy are joining their efforts in order to develop connected services for a more comfortable home. For this purpose, both companies introduced a new proof of concept for Connected Home and Connected Car services. The connected home is a demonstration for a robotic […]
Case study on ingenious home products makes link with home automation
A recent case study on ingenious home products concludes that the key determinant in the success and adoption rate of ingenious products is consumer acceptance and trust in the products. The ingenious home products market is expected to flourish on the condition that certain obstacles, like the price, are resolved. The study also indicates that […]
Busch-Jaeger launches new home automation system
Busch-Jaeger launches its new home automation system “Busch-free@home”. This system can be easily managed by a wall mounted switch, PC, laptop, smartphone or tablet. The basis is 2-wire bus technology in which actuators can be installed centralized or decentralized.
KNX Experience Home brings home automation closer to the consumer
The KNX Experience Home is an intelligent house equipped with home automation. This experience home allows people to get (more) interested in home automation. KNX is the open standard for home and building automation.
Mozilla launches updated Things gateway
Mozilla announced that anyone can now build their own Things Gateway to control their connected device directly from the web. Mozilla kicked off “Project Things”, with the goal of building a decentralized ‘Internet of Things’ that is focused on security, privacy, and interoperability. The launch makes it easy for anyone with a Raspberry Pi to […]
FEE organises third international smart building – smart home congress!
Following the success of last year, the Federation of Electricity and Electronics (FEE) organizes its third international “Smart Buildings – Smart Homes” congress on Thursday 31 May in Kinepolis Antwerp. The congress will focus on the latest technical developments and innovations in the field of design, realisation management and architecture of buildings. The congress will […]
Unified Office launches operational performance service for IoT
Unified Office, a managed services provider with virtualized private networking technologies, announced it has expanded its reach from monitoring and analysis of IoT data to actually triggering changes in infrastructure and environmental controls based on that data. Total Connect Now Operations Performance SuiteTM2.0, smartly layered on IoT infrastructure management (including monitoring, maintenance, optimization and additional […]
Sigma Designs launches next generation Z-Wave 700-series chipset
Sigma Designs, a leading provider of intelligent system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for smart home IoT, unveiled its new 700-Series Z-Wave platform, which include numerous performance and technological enhancements in energy-efficiency and RF performance, while being cost-effective, built to power the context-aware smart home. Z-Wave 700-Series is a long range, low power and future-proof hardware platform with […]
Machfu announces release of MACH-3 Industrial IoT platform and gateway
Machfu, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology company, announced the release of its MACH-3 IIoT Gateway, a device allowing companies in energy, water, oil and gas as well as other industrial segments to seamlessly connect legacy infrastructure to cloud based IoT and existing SCADA systems. The product was designed to both simplify the connection […]
Hager Group and Silicon Labs launch building automation solution
Hager Group and Silicon Labs have collaborated to create a smart home platform that enables seamless connectivity for applications using multiple wireless standards including Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), KNX and Sigfox. The new Hager Smart RF module incorporates Silicon Labs’ EFR32 Wireless Gecko system-on-chip (SoC) device to enable versatile, energy-efficient multiprotocol and multiband connectivity at […]
Thread Group and Zigbee Alliance have announced the availability of Dotdot over Thread’s IP network
The Zigbee Alliance and Thread Group have announced the availability of the Dotdot specification over Thread’s IP network. The Zigbee Alliance and Thread Group say this is the first time developers can confidently use an established, open, and interoperable IoT language over a low-power wireless IP network, which will help unify the fragmented connected device […]
ICONICS announces IoTWorX!
ICONICS, a global automation software provider, provides advanced web-enabled OPC UA and BACnet certified visualization, analytics, and mobile software solutions for any energy, manufacturing, industrial or building automation application. ICONICS announces its IoTWorX Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software automation suite. This includes support for multiple operating systems including Windows 10 IoT Enterprise and Windows […]
Multiprotocol Wireless Software from Silicon Labs Advances IoT Connectivity
Silicon Labs has released new dynamic multiprotocol software for its Wireless Gecko system-on-chip (SoC) and module portfolio, enabling simultaneous operation of Zigbee and Bluetooth low energy (LE) on a single SoC. This multiprotocol solution enables advanced functionality for Internet of Things (IoT) applications without incurring the additional complexity and hardware cost of a two-chip architecture. […]
ARM accelerates secure IoT from chip to cloud
ARM has released its product suite to deliver new levels of security, efficiency, low-power connectivity and device life cycle management for the Internet of Things (IoT). With new processors, radio technology, subsystems, end-to-end security and a cloud-based services platform, ARM is aiming to increase the rate at which IoT scales globally. As IoT technologies become […]