Internet of Things

Moxie Marlinspike, a co-developer of the Signal encrypted mobile messages app, is seeing his security technology used by Facebook’s messaging service, WhatsApp. Encryption is a key technology for social media websites such as Facebook, and the technology developed by Moxie Marlinspike (the name is a pseudonym) and now marketed by his company Open Whisper Systems in the Signal app, is playing ...

There is plenty of talk about IoT in general, but case studies of real-world implementations are less common. So you may want to check out this free Intel whitepaper about the cost and efficiency savings of IoT-based fleet management.

Lynx Software Technologies has extended domain separation to the network connection with the introduction of LynxSecure 5.3 separation kernel hypervisor. At the same time, it revealed real-time cloud-based threat detection for guest operating systems in partnership with Webroot. “The success of connected cars, connected infrastructure and other safety-critical IoT applications rests on the resolution of two key security challenges,” said Lynx ...

Renesas has released more details of its Synergy secure cradle-to-grave management system for programmable devices, and announced a beta release. “Secure life-cycle management is the foundation to maintaining the integrity of end-products,” said the firm. “The Synergy Platform Device Lifecycle Management [DLM] solution consists of Synergy security MCUs plus the associated Synergy software and tools enabling OEMs to better protect ...

Analog Devices has unveiled a surprise – a general-purpose ultra-low-power (ULP) ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller, and it beats all but one on EEMBC’s ULPBench benchmark. Called the ADuCM302x series and aimed at IoT end nodes (and made at TSMC), it consumes under 38uA/MHz in active mode and <750nA in stand-by. With this it scores 245 on ULPbench, beaten only by Ambiq ...

Silicon Labs has revealed a family of wireless microcontrollers for IoT end nodes. Called Wireless Gecko, they integrate an ARM Cortex-M4 core with a 2.4GHz radio, hardware cryptography, stacks for Thread and ZigBee, and radio interface software for proprietary protocols and Bluetooth Smart. There are three product ranges: Blue Gecko for Bluetooth Smart, Mighty Gecko for ZigBee and Thread, and ...

LED driver maker Tridonic will launch an IPv6-based lighting control concept and products at Light+Building in Frankfurt next week. Tridonic, amongst other lighting companies, sees lighting in a transition: The rise of lighting LEDs is coinciding with the rise of cost-effectively smart electronics, and the introduction of internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) – IPv6 being the technology that makes the internet-of-things ...

Every nation and every company with internet-connected infrastructure is at risk from hackers, they all need to do something about security, and no one is doing enough. This was the take-away message from an expert panel at Embedded World in Nuremberg last month. Call it what you will – IoT or M2M comms – when you connect things to networks, ...

Maxim Integrated has introduced dual-channel transceiver for sensor networks in a small form-factor for industrial IoT designs. The MAX14827 dual-channel, 250mA transceiver meets the requirements of IO-Link sensor networks, and it has a high-voltage function for industrial sensors, including drivers and regulators. For sensors that use a microcontroller, a SPI interface is available with extensive diagnostics. For IO-Link operation, a ...

Advantech, ARM, Bosch Sensortec, Sensirion, and Texas Instruments are to co-operate on a physically interchangeable standard for wireless IoT sensor nodes and have started an industry body. Based on the 22x30mm M.2 (also known as NGFF – next-generation form-factor) physical shape, developed for computer expansion boards, it is to be know as M2.COM and will combine wireless technology, a microcontroller ...