The term “smart lightning” is widely known nowadays, though the history of the technology dates back to the late 90’s. The first solutions were quite primitive. About 20 years ago light timers connected to outdoor lamps started to be used to turn them on and off at certain times, and this solution might have been called “smart”. 5 years later, with the introduction of motion sensors, lighting systems became more complex and evolved. Half a decade later, motion sensors have combined with daylight sensors to switch the light on only when it is dark.
In Part 1, we covered the history of smart lighting technologies and key milestones in the industry. Today we are going to focus on the advantages of LED, which led to explosive growth in the smart lighting ecosystem, and also take a sneak peek into the future.
If you want to keep in touch with the newest trends in embedded systems, Nuremberg Embedded World is the right place for you. In order to heighten your expectations, we want to share our impressions on the latest event.
Some people believe that artificial intelligence does not exist, while others watch Sci-Fi movies and devise survival plans for when robots rise against us. Artificial intelligence today is weak, meaning many of the tasks and operations being performed now are limited in scope, but that is continuing to change every day. The development of AI is building at a rapid pace and is poised to change how we interact with the world around us on a daily basis.
DSR Corporation announces its partnership with Nordic Semiconductor. DSR’s ZBOSS 3.0 Zigbee 3.0 software stack is part of the Nordic offering for the multiprotocol nRF53840 SoC. ZBOSS software was formally certificated by the Zigbee Alliance in September of 2018 as a Zigbee 3.0 compliant platform.
Every year we make our way to CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas for the annual consumer electronics exhibition. Imagine over 4,500 vendors presenting new ideas and technological developments spread across an entire week — it really does give a whole new meaning to the city of lights. CES presents a great opportunity to meet like-minded individuals in similar fields, or different, helping catch new ideas, contacts, and ideas – it’s wonderful here.
A bit of history — the creation of Zigbee standard required a lot of effort, time and knowledge to construct. Dotdot is an alias for ZCLIP, which stands for Zigbee Cluster Library (ZCL) over IP. It is about exposing ZCL functionality to the IP world, in contrast to classic Zigbee that is always isolated from IP networks and requires a Zigbee gateway to connect Zigbee mesh with the outer world. This would become a bridge between IoT and other networks. Different manufacturers have Zigbee Gateway solutions mostly for connectivity of Zigbee network with cloud.
Every year CES is the culmination of the latest and greatest in technology and invention. From TVs to cars, cellphones to virtual reality, industrial grade hardware to watches and players, everything is competing for consumer attention and it’s barely possible for a person to see everything displayed. CES 2016 was all about TVs, virtual reality and drones. 2017, while still following last year’s trend, moved towards the Smart Home, Smart Appliances, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The entire IoT industry was there: starting from end-to-end solutions to wireless connectivity chips and platforms. This includes the well-positioned ZigBee Alliance booth, which included the products showcase powered by DSR with an impressive 105 products from 30+ companies for both Residential and Commercial markets.
DSR is happy to announce that ARM has chosen DSR ZigBee 3.0 stack to support their new product, ARM® Cordio® radio IP. ARM® Cordio® radio IP belongs to the ARM family of 802.15.4 and Bluetooth 5 standards-based low-power wireless IP solutions. It provides a complete RF-to-Application solution for WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Networks) radios.
Not too long ago Bluetooth® SIG announced that Bluetooth® is going mesh, giving a rise to a new wave of interest to Mesh networking. Although the interest is growing rapidly, solutions available on the market keep using just the trusted star topology. But what are the real possibilities?
At the end of last year, a group of researchers from Cognosec presented their “ZigBee exploited” report at the BlackHat conference in the USA. They demonstrated a tool that allows an intruder to open your doors, shut up motion sensors off and even turn the lights off in your bedroom, of course only if these devices are controlled via ZigBee. IT and for the most part non-IT sources repeated the news many times with excessive drama effect and as a result, we had got a categorical accusation of lack of security in ZigBee and even the entire IoT. Based on the forecast that there will be 29 billion of IoT devices in the not so far 2020, “experts” convinced their readers that it is not the problem of the future but the present and that all devices are vulnerable. Now when the panic has calmed down, let’s see what happened in terms of ZigBee.
The Internet of Things (IoT) often brings us convenience, economy, fun, and security, but it’s also a source of numerous challenges for developers, installers, and maintainers. In this article, we are talking about one facet of the global IoT challenge – secure remote access.
Another CES has come and gone. The wheels have touched down, and you are likely back home. You and your team have refueled with a few well deserved, solid nights of sleep and it’s now time to reflect on what made CES 2016’ special. Let’s highlight one of the exciting moments; the ZigBee Alliance announcement of ZigBee 3.0.
