INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS PRODUCTS ENABLING RAPID PROTOTYPING FOR COMMERCIAL IOT DEPLOYMENTS
New to the ARM mbed IoT Device Platform program is the MAX32600MBED. This will enable mbed engineers and IoT developers to quickly develop embedded systems based on the MAX32600 microcontroller (MCU) from Maxim Integrated Products, the company explains. To make it easier and faster
to design IoT applications with differentiated silicon, Maxim has developed software libraries and development hardware for its MCUs to be prototyped through mbed. MAX32600MBED includes a MAX32600 ARM Cortex-M3 based microcontroller, prototyping area with adjacent access to precision analogue front end (AFE) connections, I/O access through Arduino- compatible connectors,
additional I/O access through 100mil x 100mil headers, USB interface, and other general-purpose I/O devices. The benefits include fast time
to market, integrated security and low power. Zach Shelby, vice president of
marketing, IoT Business, ARM, commented: “Trusted products are required for enterprises looking to take advantage of IoT deployment for efficiencies. Maxim’s offering brings secure, low power, mixed-signal microcontrollers to ease the development path to IoT products, and this will be welcomed by the growing mbed community.”
Maxim Integrated
www.maximintegrated.com
PLUG-AND-PLAY NFC CONTROLLER LAUNCHED
New from NXP Semiconductors and available from Mouser Electronics, the PN7120 NFC controller provides a plug-and-play, full NFC solution for easy integration into any OS environment. According to the company, the PN7120 helps create innovative 13.56 MHz NFC solutions and enables fast exploration of new applications and use cases for the Internet-of-Things (IoT), including a variety of appliances and consumer electronics such as home network gateways and routers, set-top-boxes (STBs), audio devices, printers, and gaming consoles. Features include full NFC forum compliancy with small form factor antenna, ultra-low power
consumption in polling loop mode, and a highly efficient integrated power management unit (PMU). It also combines a contactless NFC front-end with an embedded 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller to support NFC card emulation, reader/writer, and peer-to-peer modes. The PN7120 embeds the microcontroller core with integrated firmware supporting the NFC controller interface (NCI) 1.0 and I2
C-bus communication,
and includes integrated non-volatile memory to store data and executable code for customisation. Mouser
www.mouser.com NEW CLOUD SUITE
As a provider of software for the Internet of Things, Wind River has introduced a comprehensive cloud suite – Wind River Helix Cloud – and free cloud-connected multi-architecture operating systems: Wind River Rocket and Wind River Pulsar Linux. According to the company, Cloud suite simplifies and automates how developers create and deploy their IoT solutions, from consumer to industrial grade. With Wind River Helix Cloud,
the company delivers a family of software-as-a-service (SaaS) products providing anytime, anywhere, access to development tools, virtual labs and deployed devices. It simplifies and automates how developers build and manage their IoT technologies throughout their entire lifecycle. Wind River Rocket is a tiny-footprint
commercial-grade quality real-time operating system that is directly connected to Wind River Helix Cloud. It offers multi-architecture support, and is designed for applications running on 32-bit MCUs, such as those used in small-footprint sensor hubs, wearables, and devices comprising the IoT edge. Wind River Pulsar Linux is a small-
footprint commercial-grade quality binary Linux OS based on the Wind River Linux distribution that is directly connected to Wind River Helix Cloud. It offers multi-architecture support, and is designed to run on applications scaling from 32-bit MCUs to 64-bit CPUs.
Wind River
www.windriver.com
BUILD WIRELESS SENSOR IOT APPLICATIONS
The Grid-EYE infrared array sensor wireless board from Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems has been shortlisted for the Elektra Awards 2015 in the category of ‘Internet of Things Product Innovation Award’. By combining its Grid-EYE IR sensor technology with the nanopower PAN1740 Bluetooth smart module and software for IR detection of people and objects on one board, customers can develop
rapid prototypes and quickly build their own wireless sensor IoT applications. Alexander Hoch, Panasonic Device Solutions Business Division, said: “With
the Grid-EYE infrared array sensor wireless board we make our state-of-the-art Grid-EYE sensor along with an innovative IR people detection software (including basic API and image processing) available for the first time to the end customer. We have developed a PC software and a smartphone app to be provided to the customers to test our sensor in different ways with various applications. This paves the way for designers to use the advantages of Grid-EYE in combination with Bluetooth Technology and we are expecting to see some very innovative wireless IoT applications being developed by our customer base.”
Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems
www.panasonic.eu Green Peak / DESIGNSOLUTIONS
www.greenpeak.com DESIGN SOLUTIONS | NOVEMBER 2015 29 AN IOT SENIOR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM
Green Peak has developed the Sensara Senior Lifestyle System, a new generation IoT service application that can help people to live at home longer, securely and comfortably. This features small sensors in the home – a few motion sensors and a few open/close sensors. These automatically connect wirelessly to a gateway that is plugged into an internet router. The sensor devices are small, battery operated, and do not have to be worn. Once installed, they start to collect data about what happens in the house and this is then uploaded to an analytics engine ‘in the cloud’. Over time (usually around two weeks), the analytics engine will recognise living patterns of the person – what time they get up, how long the bathroom is used for, with what repetition the kitchen is used, at what time they take a nap, etc. When the behavioural patterns are known, exceptions can be detected and analysed – ranging from minor exceptions like skipping a meal, to not getting out of bed in the morning or even suspicious inactivity in the afternoon. The Sensara data analytics algorithm basically compares the inputs from the sensors (or the lack of inputs) with the normal behaviour of a person. Based on detection of exceptions and anomalies, it then sends a (text) message to the smart phone of a caring person, a family member or a friend.
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