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.
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.
DSR has been a regular attendee and a recent exhibitor at CES. Every year there is a little bit of a familiar and a lot of new. With 170,000 attendees and thousands of innovative products in every possible market segment now or soon to be available for end user consumption, CES draws consumers and customers from around the globe. The world continues to evolve and CES highlights creative implementation of technology.
