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THE INTERNET OF THINGS: The third wave revolution
Thomas Staudinger, VP Vertical Segments at EBV considers the rise of the Internet of Things with the potential for the IoT of Everything and the game changing capabilities this offers
Energy (BLE) over ZigBee to ZWave, the communication interface of which the data concentrators/hubs/router must control. That is why for designs which form part of
the Internet of Things it is generally necessary to have a know-how-mix in the areas of high frequency technology, CMOS sensors, Low Power Design, microcontroller/microprocessor and data safety (security). EBV stands out in the distribution market in
particular due to its intensive support in two areas: One of these is the wireless and high frequency technologies, which play a key part in many designs. The other area is data security in which many European industry customers have so far not had to collect any specific expertise, because questions regarding security problems before the connection to the Internet of Things had not yet been raised. Standards are also an important subject in
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ith the Internet-of-Things and the move towards the “Internet of Everything”,
there are wide ranging opportunities for companies in many sectors, including consumer goods, industrial, medical and automobile electronics sectors to participate in the fast growing Internet market; and to develop totally new markets with new systems. At the beginning there was the mainframe
computer, and then the PC brought in a real revolution in our lives. In a second wave, the Internet and smart phones made completely new forms of communication possible with permanent connection to all computers worldwide. At present the Internet of Things is starting the third wave of the technical data revolution. As part of the Internet of Things, according to a Cisco Study, there will be some 50 billion connected devices by 2020. About half of these will no longer be conventional nodes; conventional nodes include devices such as mainframe computers, PCs and smartphones. The other 25 billion network nodes will be integrated into 'Things'. A device that is part of the Internet of
Things always has a microprocessor, as well as either a sensor or an actuator or both, and in addition a communication interface which produces the connection with the Internet. In
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EBV is well poised to support the development of devices for the third wave generation of the Internet of Things
addition there is a power supply. Only very few semiconductor manufacturers have the complete portfolio which is necessary to install such a device as part of the Internet of Things and thus there is a special role for distribution, for the distributor can in many cases help to bring these areas together.
WIRELESS OR ETHERNET? Often the question is raised as to whether the Internet connection should be by means of a cable connection or wireless. In particular with the popular wireless connection it is necessary to comply with many specifications in order to provide an effective low power design. The distributor can also offer valuable support here. The connection of sensors often only produces relatively small quantities of data which can generally be very well transmitted by a narrow band transmission process to a concentrator, which then has a faster data connection. There are also, as part of Industry 4.0, various new instruments which function as a hub in order to collect several narrow band sensor signals and then take them further over LAN or data mobile wireless to a server or into the cloud. On the narrow band side there are at present various transmission standards of Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low
this area because they are essential to guarantee interoperability. By the connection of previously autonomous systems the subject of data security of networked devices and data protection becomes much more important than before. In order to protect the private sphere and operating secrets, it is very important to decide suitable safety measures right at the start of the design. EBV has for some time been building up
relevant Internet of Things know-how in individual areas. The company, offers a very broad spectrum over its many market and technology segments, so developers can quickly get a suitable solution for their design requirements as part of the Internet of Things. By the connection of market and technology segments it has been possible for EBV Elektronik to offer its customers suitable expertise and support, to develop their products ready for market as part of the IoT. For IoT applications, developing companies
look for partners who can help them not only with information but also to provide the necessary support so that the expertise obtained can be converted into creating winning products that are different.
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