• Bluetooth Smart IP from ARM - what a difference a year makes . . .
    It has been year since ARM got into the Bluetooth Smart business with the acquisition of Wicentric, a software company, which was followed up by the purchase of Sunrise Micro Devices, a radio IP company...
  • Securing the embedded IoT world
    Simply put, security for Embedded   IoT devices is about protecting assets from malicious attack. Typically this protection is thought about in terms of keeping some assets, such as crypto keys, secret...
  • Bluetooth World: Wireless connected microcontrollers are changing the rules
    A journalist recently said to me: “The trouble with IoT is that it isn't making a visible difference yet.” I had to disagree, at least in part. IoT IS making a difference but a key part of that difference...
  • Will Compound Applications save IoT from falling victim to the hype cycle?
    The Internet of Things (IoT) is at the peak of the famous Gartner hype cycle. Many things reach that peak then fall off into oblivion. For many months now, I have been looking into the factors that...
  • Bluetooth mesh with Bluetooth 5 and Cordio radio IP
    The Bluetooth SIG's formal release of a new specification for mesh networking is big news in the Bluetooth world. While Bluetooth technology has been around for nearly two decades it has always focused...