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Skyworks Launches Zigbee/Thread/Bluetooth Front-End Module

Sep 4, 2017

Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched the SKY66403-11, its newest 2.4GHz fully integrated RF front-end module (FEM), designed to support ZigBee, Thread and ...

Tags: Skyworks, Front-End Module

Residential IoT Devices Revenues Surpass $330bln

Nov 15, 2015

Through devices such as smart thermostats that allow users to remotely control household temperatures or LED lights that can be switched on and off from a smartphone, the much-hyped IoT concept has arrived in the residential setting. Major ...

Tags: thermostats, LED lights

The SilverLink Sensor Network Provides a Set of APIs to Access Meters and Other Devices

Feb 10, 2014

With all the buzz around the Internet of Things,it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the electricity grid already operates with millions of connected meters and sensors.Yet writing applications for these programmable machines is too ...

Tags: Silver Springs, Smart Grid

Google Has Purchased Nest Labs for $3.2 Billion

Jan 16, 2014

Google has purchased Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarms, for $3.2 billion. Nest Labs, founded by Apple alums, first came on the scene in 2011 with its digital learning thermostat that has since shaken up the staid ...

Tags: Google, Nest Labs, acquisition

Information Could Be Posted to a Database Accessible Over The Internet

May 21, 2013

The Internet Of Things. The last time I remember hearing that phrase, Mariah Carey had the best-selling CD. Heck, people were still buying CD’s. It was all part of the demand-driven supply chain. The idea was that every pallet, case ...

Tags: Mobile&Wireless, Processing Machinery

Some of The Top-Rated Thermostats From Our Latest Tests

Jan 25, 2013

High-definition screens, web-enabled controls, smart capabilities—you'd expect to find these features on the latest televisions and tablets. But increasingly they're also on thermostats, as manufacturers look to up the wow factor of ...

Tags: Smart Thermostats, televisions, tablets, thermostats

The Move to The Cloud,Communications Standards,Security and New Technologies to Watch

Dec 20, 2012

Our smart energy roundtable participants discuss evolutions that include the move to the cloud,communications standards,security(always a hot topic)and new technologies to watch. According to IMS Research,over 25 million smart ...

Tags: smart energy, cloud, communications standards, security