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IDIoT: ID for the Internet of Things (IoT) What is the Internet of Things?
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he term was coined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton, a British pioneer in RFID networks. It is the idea of assigning attributes and operating states to things. We see this in the automobile industry where integrated RFID tags contain information such as the colour of a boot lid for a vehicle to be assembled. After these devices have been coded, the data can be updated according to the progress of production. It then can be stored in a network and the observation level can be transferred from components to modules. This process allows it to arrive at a representation of the overall system which in this case is a vehicle. The same approach can be applied to a production plant, building and your home.
This data can be helpful or even necessary for logistics (transport, warehousing and provisioning), manufacturing (handling specifications, assembly instructions, robot control),
maintenance and service (spare part identification, repair instructions,
system weaknesses and corresponding product improvements) product life cycles (product liability, product insurance, decommissioning and recycling with the aid of information about product materials), etc. – and it’s all paperless.
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M12 panel-mount and cable connectors with 10GbE X coding
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Source: Molex M12 100BaseT hybrid connector
If a data network is available, what started with RFID tags (with a working range of 2 metres) can easily be extended to the global level. Things with properties having attributes contained in RFID tags are transformed into active sensors and actuators which can independently send and receive data and trigger responses from this data. The data network is already there in the form of the ubiquitous Ethernet and it is constantly growing. Whether wired (LAN), mobile (WAN) or semi-mobile (WLAN), today you can transfer data between virtually any two points in the world with any desired bandwidth. It also helps that data in the Internet of Things does not necessarily need to be provided in real-time; in many cases periodic data exchange is sufficient.
While the Internet of Things will create vast arrays of sensors and devices connected to networks, the Internet of Things is envisioned to be much more than a collection of sensors; the intention is that it will help integrate all things into our daily life,
S12 SEPTEMBER 2015 | ELECTRONICS / ELECTRONICS
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