Man, the IoT networking news has been non-stop this week. First, on Monday, Amazon detailed plans for its Sidewalk network, which will use a proprietary Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) built into its Ring and Echo devices to provide connectivity … [Read more...]
Podcast: Amazon’s new network and cleaner air from 3M
This week’s podcast covers our thinking on Amazon’s new Sidewalk network, but not the devices the retailer launched on Thursday. As part of the network conversation, we also discussed LoRaWAN network operator Senet’s new $16 million in funding before … [Read more...]
Amazon’s Sidewalk aims to create a distributed IoT network
Amazon is coming for the world of cellular operators and providers of Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) such as Helium, Senet, and Sigfox with its Sidewalk network for connected devices. At the Silicon Labs Works With event on Thursday, Ring CEO … [Read more...]
Semtech is making LoRa into a connectivity contender
For most people and businesses, the internet of things is still limited to a home, building, or campus network. If you want your device to work outside of a pre-determined space, then you have to rely on cellular, with all of the costs it entails. … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for July 12, 2019
More on the Raspberry Pi 4: We talked about this board last week: The Pi Foundation has shoved what is a full-functioning computer onto a $50 board designed for IoT or other intensive computing tasks. This article features a discussion with Pi … [Read more...]