Why single-use-case IoT solutions are limiting

Early adopters in IoT rushed to market with clever but verticalised solutions with a single-use case. Now, as 100s of thousands of deployments saturate the market, the time to move to a more harmonious IoT ecosystem is today. Kiss the siloed data, lone connectivity and separate device management goodbye. Kaleido Intelligence and Daizy collaborate on this innovative white paper that gives us a glimpse at the future.

This paper covers a range of areas including:

• The challenges and differing implementations of common IoT standards – Understand the impacts of vendor lock-in, system proliferation, fractured management, ununified transport and data flow and a lack of application integration.
• The difference between the ideal and current IoT deployment information flow – Currently, there is little unification across data protocols and connectivity while apps and devices are often completely siloed. This is compared to the ideal state where IoT apps sit atop a layered and connected pyramid where each element is integrated.
• Where the roadblocks sit – Data overload, the device lifecycle, the pace of IoT development and evolving security needs mean that IT and OT need to reconcile under a single source of truth. 
• Exploring the application layer and AI – With a unified approach, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) can look at loads of structured and unstructured data for unseen patterns and feed them back for actions; creating new opportunities. 
• How to action multi-connectivity, multi-device systems– Moving to the ideal IoT state is easier with a willing partner, across a gradual deployment and after ensuring data interoperability. 

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LambdaTest launches AI-driven analytics for QA teams

LambdaTest has announced the launch of its analytics features empowering QA teams with deeper insights and enhanced control over test automation. The new features use AI and ML to optimise software quality and performance.

“We are thrilled to introduce these cutting-edge analytics tools to our platform,” said Mayank Bhola, the co-Founder and head of product at LambdaTest. “Our goal is to equip QA teams with the necessary insights to swiftly identify and resolve issues, ensuring higher software quality and improved performance. These features will revolutionise how our users approach test automation.”

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Mass-scale IoT is creating new tech, models and partnerships

Now at a massive scale, the IoT market could begin to contract unless we learn from visionaries like the experts at Telit Cinterion. In this illuminating piece, Florian Denzin, the Director of IoT Product Strategy explains how new tech, models and partnerships can reduce the threat landscape, get compliance processes moving faster and lay the foundation for ongoing hyperscale. This layers on nicely with insights from Analyst firm IoT Analytics who lay bare the predictions of a global number of connections that double from 2022-2027 and, at the end of its current prediction horizon, herald more than 29 billion active IoT endpoints.

This white paper includes interviews, market reviews and case studies across:

• The impact of scale on compliance and security – To get the right deployment at scale, you must consider your application’s data needs, communication time required, the specifics of your market, manufacturers’ lead times and chipset selection.
• Why partners matter – Bringing in a support partner frees you up to focus on your business and the new IoT-enabled model you’re adopting. It benefits from proven processes and roadmaps that are transitory from one partner to the other.
• Where IoT is now – In the modern day, IoT is proven, secure, robust and flexible so organisations that didn’t have the stomach to commit to large-scale projects in the past can now do so with confidence.
• How tech choice is changing – Just take the cellular space…RedCap and LTE Cat mean that organisations can better align this tech to their use case and the marketplace is widening.
• Case studies in IoT at scale – Explore how Lantech worked with Telit Cinterion to boost machine uptime and performance, increase load quality, cut shipment costs and layer in environmental impact measurement.

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HANNOVER MESSE 2025 will feature a strong presence by drive technology and fluid power

At HANNOVER MESSE 2025, the international drive technology and fluid power sector will once again demonstrate its strength and importance as the largest supplier segment of the international engineering business, under the “Motion & Drives” label. The exhibiting companies will present innovative and intelligent individual components and complete systems across all sectors.

Hannover

Traditionally, drive technology and fluid power has been represented at HANNOVER MESSE by a large number of companies from Germany and abroad, especially in odd-numbered years. This will also be the case in 2025 when manufacturers will present their latest applications and components for intelligent and sustainable production. All this, under the Motion & Drives label, will be focused in Halls 4, 5 and 6. Drive technology and fluid power plays a key role in many industries, because nothing can move without these technologies. For the strongly export-oriented industry, HANNOVER MESSE is the ideal platform for boosting global business thanks to its highly international character. Companies that have already registered include Atos, Bosch Rexroth, Cantoni, Festo, Flender, IMM Hydraulik, SEW-EURODRIVE and Schaeffler.

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What 5 smart city applications are on the rise?

In this deep dive from Berg Insight and Kore, uncover the future of smart city applications including street lighting, parking, mobility services, digital signage and waste management – all verticals showing great growth potential. And uncover why now is the time to invest in interoperable solution vendors to enable these innovations at scale.

This report explores the applications in great detail, covering:

• Why smart street lighting is popular – It’s about cutting costs. By replacing old light bulbs with new LED lamps, cities can save up to 50% usage and gain 30% more upside if lighting schedules are optimised and remotely controlled.
• The benefits of smart parking – No more circling. Advanced parking solutions in smart cities can guide drivers to available spaces anywhere and improve parking enforcement, payment and curbside management capabilities.
• Where the sharing economy is going – Bike and car sharing make mobility in urban areas available to a broader audience while reducing environmental impacts. They replace shorter car trips with more sustainable alternatives; cutting congestion.
• How digital signage helps the economy – Here smart cities can link retail media opportunities with critical display wayfinding directories, bus and train schedules and city service information for new revenue streams.
• What’s curbing waste control costs – Connected fill-level sensors and waste management software help smart cities use the real-time data generated by the hardware to better allocate their waste management resources, cutting costs.

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New Infineon PSOC Control MCU family boosts performance and efficiency

Infineon Technologies has introduced a new series of microcontrollers (MCUs) for next-generation industrial and consumer motor control as well as power conversion system applications. This includes home appliances, power tools, renewable energy products, industrial drives and lighting and computing/telecom power supplies. The new Infineon PSOC Control family, based on Arm Cortex-M33 core, delivers on-board functionality to optimise and accelerate the current measurement, waveform generation and real-time performance operations that play a critical role in target system applications.

“The new Infineon PSOC Control MCUs extend the company’s commitment to delivering performance and efficiency in next-generation motor control and power conversion applications,” said Steve Tateosian, the SVP of IoT and Industrial MCUs, IoT, wireless and compute business at Infineon Technologies. “With extensive on-board analog functionality, high performance timers, hardware math acceleration and a rich design tool ecosystem, the new device family will enable system designers to deliver innovative, energy-saving devices to both high-volume and specialised markets.”

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How antennas impact IoT end-device certifications 

Before an IoT end-product can be launched into the market, it needs to successfully go through multiple levels of complex certification approval processes to certify the product is in compliance with government regulations and industry standards; safe to use; and is interoperable with other devices on the network. Certification approval processes can be time consuming and costly, and failure to pass leads to longer product development time, higher cost, and further delay of market launch.

Antennas are one of the most essential parts of a wireless IoT device and the antenna’s performance is critical to the success of product certification approval. Having a thorough understanding of the certification approval tests on the radiation performance of the wireless device helps in selecting the right antenna to meet the required radiation performance and, ultimately, the success of product certification.

In this white paper, you will explore:

• An overview of the complexity of the multiple levels of wireless product certifications
• How antenna performance requirements are decided by the regulatory restrictions and industry standards
• Examples demonstrating how to select an antenna to meet the restrictions and requirements for product certification

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ViaSat-3 F1 enters commercial service for aviation customers over North America

Viasat has announced that ViaSat-3 F1 (VS3 F1) has entered commercial service and is now available for aviation customers operating over North America, including routes servicing Hawaii. This follows a period of testing and live trials, which took place during the first half of the calendar year (2024).

“This is exciting news for our aviation customers and the millions of passengers who use inflight Wi-Fi services powered by the Viasat network,” said Jimmy Dodd, the president of aviation segment at Viasat, “Bringing ViaSat-3 F1 into commercial service for aviation customers will significantly enhance the passenger experience available over North America, including streaming content and staying in touch with the world when flying.”

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