Tag: Internet of Things

  • IoT Drives Change

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    IoT Change Catalyst The Internet of Things, or IoT, continues to break new ground. Although there are still many things to be worked out, there is no doubt it will create new opportunities and enable value propositions previously unimaginable.   So I was please when Garrick Stanford from RS Components sent me an infographic looking at…

  • Solar Charging Improvements

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    Powering Telemetry A big issue in the world of the Internet of Things, or IoT as it is abbreviated, is how to get power to remote devices. And this splits up into two separate but definitely related problems:   the power source the power consumption Obviously, if the power consumption is high, the power source…

  • Smart Cities

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    Smart Cities A Smart City is a blending of current and emerging technologies being employed to allow a city to better manage its assets and deliver value to its residents. It is an emerging concept and still very much in exploration. The 2 core technology areas being investigated as the primary value creators are ICT (Information and Communications Technology)…

  • 5G and IoT

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    5G for IoT Thanks to the team at VDC Research who compile some very useful information on Embedded and IoT (Internet of Things) trends. It is free to join and the deal is that you contribute to their surveys in order to get access to some reports for free. They also do detailed reports for…

  • Cellular IoT Communications

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    LPWAN = Low Power Wide Area Network LPWAN is typically thought about as cellular data networks but that involves a contradiction since cellular and low power are inherently in conflict with each other. For instance, a standard 3G or 4G cellular modem will have a peak current draw of up to 2A during transmission and…