IoT

Smart Wearable Technology 3 Innovative Wearable Device Types That Are Improving Consumer Health

As consumers consider lifestyle changes following the COVID-19 outbreak, they have prioritized monitoring and augmenting their health to pursue a healthier lifestyle. As a result, the wearable healthcare devices market is growing significantly, from an expected USD 27.29 billion by 2022 to an anticipated USD 324.65 billion by 20321. Improved reliability and speed of…

On device learning AI SoC Rohm unveils on device learning AI SoC to predict failures in real-time

ROHM Semiconductor today announced they have developed an on-device learning AI chip (SoC with on-device learning AI accelerator) for edge computer endpoints in the IoT field. The new AI chip utilizes artificial intelligence to predict failures (predictive failure detection) in electronic devices equipped…

Interface HC-SR501 PIR Sensor with ESP32 How does an HC-SR501 PIR Sensor Work & How to Interface it with ESP32?

If you are thinking about building yourself a burglar alarm or you are thinking about Automating lights in your room, then you should definitely consider using an HC-SR501 Passive Infrared Sensor or PIR sensor for your project, because as the name suggests a PIR sensor allows you to detect when a person or animal moves in or out from the range of your sensor. And you…

Matter-enabled software development kits New Wireless MCU Software Streamlines Adoption of Matter Protocol in IoT Applications

Texas Instruments has introduced the new Matter-enabled software development kits for Wi-Fi and Thread SimpleLink wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) that will streamline adoption of the Matter protocol in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Engineers can use the new software and wireless MCUs such as the CC3235SF and…

ESP RainMaker Voice Assistant Integration ESP RainMaker with ESP32 – Voice Assistant Integration

In the last tutorial, we look at the ESP Rainmaker platform and how we can use it with the ESP32 through Arduino IDE. In this part of the tutorial, we will investigate the RainMaker cloud platform a bit deeper and will try to add voice assistant functionality to it. This setup can be used to build IoT based Smart home, Voice controlled…

ESP RainMaker ESP RainMaker Getting Started with ESP32

In this tutorial, we are going to look at the ESP RainMaker. ESP RainMaker is the end-to-end platform for the ESP chips from Experessif. It is designed as a successor to Experessif’s ESP Jumpstart platform. ESP RainMaker enables customers to quickly design, build and deploy AIoT solutions based on enterprise-level cloud computing without…

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) How the IIoT Enables the Smart Factory

Global spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) should reach $1 trillion in 20221, nearly doubling the 2021 market size. Surprisingly, though, it is not technology or even web-based services leading to the adoption of connected technology. Instead, HFS Research found that industrial manufacturing exhibited the highest adoption rate (85 percent) among surveyed…

Designing a smartwatch using ESP32 Part 3 - Magnetometer and Gyroscope Designing a Smartwatch using ESP32 Part 3 - Magnetometer and Gyroscope

In the last part, Designing Smartwatch using ESP32, we have looked at how to interface the BH1750 ambient light sensor and the MAX30102 Heart rate sensor for our smartwatch project. In this part, we will be looking at how to interface some other types of sensors to our smartwatch. So, here we will be interfacing the HMC5883L/QMC5883L…

Designing Smart Watch using ESP32 Designing a Smartwatch using ESP32 Part 2 - Ambient Light and Heart Rate Sensors

In the last part, DIY Smartwatch using ESP32, we have looked at how to make some interesting watch faces for our smartwatch project. In this part, we will be looking at how to interface some sensors to our smartwatch and will be interfacing the BH1750 ambient light sensor and the MAX30102 Heart rate sensor. We will be looking at…

Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Companion IC New Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Companion IC Provides Seamless Wi-fi Connectivity and Wi-fi Based Locationing

Nordic Semiconductor has launched a new ultra-low power, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 companion IC nRF7002 that provides seamless Wi-Fi connectivity and Wi-Fi-based locationing (SSID sniffing of local Wi-Fi hubs) and is designed to be used alongside Nordic’s existing nRF52 and nRF53 Series Bluetooth Systems-on-Chip (SoCs), and nRF91 Series cellular…

Digi-Key Exclusively Stocks New u-blox XPLR-IoT-1 Kit Digi-Key Exclusively Stocks New XPLR-IoT-1 Kit from u-blox for Purchase Globally

Digi-Key Electronics has announced that the XPLR-IoT-1 explorer kit from u-blox is now available for purchase globally, exclusively from Digi-Key. The XPLR-IoT-1 kit is a ready-to-use development platform with key IoT components and services for many different use cases and applications. The kit includes GNSS, cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth…

Arduino LoRa Communication with The Things Network Interfacing HPD13A LoRa Module with Arduino to Establish Communication with The Things Network

In one of our previous projects, we interfaced SX1278(Ra-02) based LoRa module with Arduino and established communication among them. This was a very simple project and can come in handy for various applications. But what it can't do is establish communication with the internet for modern-day IoT applications. So in this project, we will be using the HPD13A which is…