Internet of Things

IoT Engineering and Development

Learn current technologies, best practices, development tools, and use cases that are essential for IoT design, whether you're involved in home automation, Industrial IoT, Smart Cities, or any other application of IoT.

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Internet of Things (IoT) Kits and Platforms Review

shabaz

IntroductionElement14 decided to conduct a RoadTest of some of their most comprehensive Internet of Things (IoT) kits. The exercise in total included a dozen bits of hardware including the most popular single board computers (SBCs) various microcontr...
- 7 Nov 2016
Google’s Project Loon gets a new AI pilot in an effort to beam Wi-Fi to the masses

Catwell

X-Labs’ Project Loon will use AI to adjust to weather and remain in position over areas. (via Loon) Anyone who has ever had a helium-filled balloon can tell you, when you let go, it’s going to float away in the direction the wind is blowing. Thi...
- 17 Oct 2016
Home Automation Using the Sonoff TH & SV - Review

kas.lewis

IntroductionWith home automation expanding faster than ever thought and new products constantly coming out the DIY space is increasingly getting bigger as well. One of those companies joining in the DIY space is Itead Studio. About 10 months ag...
- 6 Oct 2016
MSP430F5529 Power Logger with AT&T M2X

kas.lewis

In the previous blog the issue of having too many options when choosing an IoT solution was introduced. As a way to judge how easy it it is to select a solution, a project was proposed that could be implemented using different hardware and software. ...
- 27 Sep 2016
IoT Hardware to Cloud Comparison Project: TI LaunchPad vs Sierra Wireless MangOH Green

kas.lewis

The internet of things (IoT) has become unquestionably the next biggest thing and already has blown up faster then most people could have imagined. As the IoT gains traction more companies will be seeking to to provide IoT components. This mar...
- 18 Sep 2016
Are You Ready for Bluetooth 5?

rscasny

In 2017, Bluetooth 5 will be released by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). Benefitting IoT, advancing beacon, and location-based capabilities, it will significantly increase the range, speed, and broadcast messaging capacity. Bluetooth 5 wi...
- 17 Sep 2016
Making Sense of and Planning for the Emerging Cellular Technologies

rscasny

With the recent introduction of low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies and the industry buzz around 5G, it’s important to understand where these new technologies fit in and where existing 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE networks are going. While operators in man...
- 11 Sep 2016
How Smart is Your City? Nominate the Smart City of the World of 2016!

rscasny

If there is one area where the Internet of Things is making an impact, it's in the area of Smart Cities. While no city can be labeled as totally "smart," many cities are inching forward and making select investments in order to improve ...
- 11 Sep 2016
What's The Best Way To Speed Up IoT Product Development?

rscasny

The importance of IoT to the competitiveness of large and small enterprises alike has placed enormous stress on development teams to roll out new products at record pace without incurring cost or scheduling overruns. Why do IoT product developme...
- 8 Sep 2016
Thread: The Promise of Seamless Connectivity

rscasny

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Smart and Zigbee are the most commonly talked about types of IoT wireless protocols today. But what about Thread? Beyond its advances in security, routing and fault tolerance, Thread also addresses the long-awaited pull in the market...
- 2 Sep 2016
What's the Big Deal about the Cellular IoT Narrowband Radio Technology (NB-IoT)?

rscasny

Cellular-based IoT has been going through some growing pains recently. The cellular industry once believed it would win the SuperBowl of IoT Connectivity until non-cellular low-power wide-area technology (e.g., SigFox, Lo-Ra, etc.) made an end r...
- 1 Sep 2016
Designing Bluetooth Beacons

rscasny

Bluetooth®︎ beacons enable proximity-based, contextual awareness using simply a smartphone with applications. Wireless proximity detection technology is not new, but with Bluetooth Low Energy's features, beacons can be designed for retail customers, b...
- 29 Aug 2016
Designing an NFC-enabled Bio-Patch for an IoT medical application

rscasny

Bio-patch solutions are sensors worn on the body to enable continuous and semi-continuous monitoring of physiological and psychological parameters without tethering the patient or athlete to a wired hub. Bio-patch sensor data is transmitted wirelessl...
- 23 Aug 2016
IoT means Internet of Hacks

Catwell

The Internet of Thing (IoT) is supposed to mean the convenient interconnectivity of our devices to the internet. But the security infrastructure for our smart devices has not yet caught up. We are becoming ever more vulnerable to the malicious intent...
- 23 Aug 2016
The Different Shades of MEMS Acceleration Sensing

rscasny

Acceleration, vibration, shock, tilt, and rotation—all except rotation are actually different manifestations of acceleration over different periods of time. However, as humans we don’t intuitively relate to these motion senses as variations on accele...
- 19 Aug 2016
DARPA’s AI radio challenge seeks to expand data transfer across the electromagnetic spectrum

Catwell

DARPA’s new AI radio Grant Challenge seeks to develop wireless communication that makes better use of the congested electromagnetic spectrum. The result could mean no more buffering, even if you are watching the new Star Trek film on your very old sm...
- 3 Aug 2016
Help Us Put the IoT in Innovation: Dev Tools to Build the Product

rscasny

I'd like to start by thanking all the community members who have participated in the element14 community's InnOvaTors project, including shabaz, dougw, Workshopshed , Instructorman, beakersbro, Blacksheep32, beacon_dave, peteroakes, balearicdynamics,...
- 25 Jul 2016
Like Stealer - Give prizes for likes in your Facebook fanpage

justiciero24

Hi everyone! I just want the show the project that I am working on. It is a modified candy vending machine, but instead of using coins for getting a candy or any other prize... It uses likes and checkins in your business or blog's Facebook f...
- 21 Jul 2016
Antennas for the Internet of Things

gervasi

For extreme applications, it's obvious why we need the best antenna possible. For Internet of Things (IoT) applications, antenna performance may seem unimportant. The whole idea of IoT is based on having many devices close together ...
- 15 Jul 2016
Last Call for Startupbootcamp Applications

spannerspencer

You don't need me to tell you about the epic predictions for the value of the current, and future, IoT marketplace. We all know it's a massive part of the contemporary tech industry, but just because the Internet of Things industry is booming doesn't...
- 8 Jun 2016
10 Device-to-Cloud IoT Projects You Should Know

rscasny

Projects are one of the most popular ways that element14 members contribute to the community. Projects are a good way to test your ideas, build something new, get some feedback, and have some fun. In other words, projects get you involved in our comm...
- 5 Jun 2016
IoT project using Arduino MKR1000

bodhi_94

The purpose of this project is to design a home automation system that can be operated from anywhere in the world. As the first phase of this project, System to control only the water pump of the house is designed.This prototype system consists 3 maj...
- 31 May 2016
The Basics of IoT Embedded Device Security

rscasny

At this week's Chicago IoT Meetup, Roman Budek of NXP gave a talk on understanding and implementing embedded system security. What follows are the high points of the talk: 1. What makes IoT security unique? The IoT will consists of billion...
- 29 May 2016
Tweet-powered horse lights up Kentucky Derby: Future implications?

Catwell

Johnny Weir sports this Tweet-powered horse for the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby has been a mainstay for the past 142 years, but their technology presence is now being measured in 21st century style. Crazy hats are always the rage, and Johnny W...
- 26 May 2016
NXP Smarter World Tour in EMEA, 150 IOT demos travelling all over Europe

MAb

The iconic Smarter World Tour Truck brings Internet of Things Experience to thousands of visitor with nearly 100 stops, in 16 european countries, during the course of 2016. NXP's Smarter World Tour is going on with its journey in Europe. It star...
- 25 Apr 2016