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A transition plan from Insteon to HomeKit (and Matter!)

June 7, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 8 Comments

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Ron left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. Ron has used various smart home technologies for 30 years; the latest platform in his home is Insteon. With Insteon effectively shutting down its cloud … [Read more...]

We need to talk about Thread

May 20, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 8 Comments

Note: This story ran in the May 13, 2022 newsletter, but because of a misunderstanding, parts of it were wrong and another part needed clarification. I have adjusted the post below to provide y'all with the most accurate and most recent … [Read more...]

Back off rodents. I bought a connected mousetrap!

March 2, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

I've often complained to Stacey that we haven't seen many truly new connected devices in a while. So I recently did some digging to see what new products I might have overlooked. And I found one. The Victor Smart-Kill Electronic Mousetrap. One tap in … [Read more...]

Get ready for the end of general purpose wireless networks

February 28, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

For decades, most devices surfed between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. If you were at home, your devices would have popped over to the cellular network for, say, calls, or if the main internet went out. Otherwise, Wi-Fi was the most likely conduit … [Read more...]

Is the Matter protocol coming to the IIoT?

February 20, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT podcast, Eddie called in with an industrial IoT, or IIoT, question. He's wondering if the new Matter protocol that will make many smart homes devices from different ecosystems work together is coming to the IIoT? The short … [Read more...]