This Week's Focus: IoT Technology Focus
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Utility Metering Solution Taps Semtech's
LoRa Technology

Semtech has announced that Lemonbeat, an IoT solution provider, has integrated Semtech's LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technology) into its smart metering solutions for easier reading and collection of utility usage. Lemonbeat's LoRa-connected smart meters work by using embedded LoRa-based IoT technology to connect the meter to their own purpose-built receiver units.
Using this connectivity, meters send data through multiple floors in bigger buildings or all way in to the street, where network operators conveniently collect the data without having to enter the building. Using the meters' other radio frequency, Lemonbeat Radio, meters provide customers accurate data on their energy consumption. With a third-party application, individuals can view and analyze this data, and change their habits accordingly.



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Building Automation LON-IP Standard
Earns ANSI/CTA Approval

The Consumer Technology Association(CTA) and LonMark International have announced that the ANSI/CTA-709.7 LON IP is now approved as a new American National Standard (ANS) by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The new standard focuses on the interoperability of IoT devices and provides a complete model for implementing LON IP device-to-device and device-to-application communication interoperability.
This new standard will provide multiple parties---including users, developers, vendors, integrators and specifiers of open building control systems---a mechanism to develop and deliver a higher level of interoperability using native Ethernet/IP based devices. The new standard describes the complete set of requirements for vendors to develop LON devices with native IP communications, which offers higher speed and better IT integration flexibility. As more building control networks require more data and more IoT application interfaces, this new media type for LON control networks provides all of the benefits and functionality to meet this growing demand.



Cutting-Edge Embedded Vision Solutions
Are Here
 
Clarius Mobile Health revolutionized ultrasounds. And Xilinx's technology helped get them there. The company's IoT- connected, portable ultrasound machine leveraged Xilinx's Zynq programmable System-on-Chip (SoC) solution.

Avnet connected Clarius Mobile Health to Xilinx's technology---some of which wasn't even on the shelves yet.
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Secure Cellular Router Serves Industrial and Transportation Needs
    
Digi International has announced the Digi WR54, a rugged, secure, high-performance wireless router for complex mobile and industrial environments. With dual cellular interfaces, Digi WR54 provides immediate carrier failover for near-constant uptime and continuous connectivity, especially as vehicles move throughout a city or for locations with marginal cellular coverage. Together with a hardened milspec-certified design and built-in Digi TrustFence security framework, this LTE-Advanced router is designed specifically to meet the connectivity challenges inherent in multi-location, on-the-move conditions. Example applications include rail and public transit, trucking fleets and emergency vehicles.

LTE-Advanced technologies with carrier aggregation are pushing theoretical download speeds to 300 Mbps, and the next generation of cellular radios is capable of aggregating three or more channels for capabilities up to 600 Mbps. It's expected that 5G deployments this year will push the demands for performance and edge computing even further. Digi WR54 provides an LTE-Advanced cellular module built on a platform that supports higher speeds to optimize bandwidth today while also being positioned for the future as network capabilities improve.