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Adesto partners with Watson to predict energy analytics

Tue, Jan 15, 2019

Smart buildings can be enhanced with insights into energy management and other operational data through services running on the IBM Watson IoT platform, says Adesto at the launch of its SmartServer IoT edge server platform.

Through its recent acquisition of Echelon, Adesto has been selling its open embedded IoT platform into the building automation and energy management industry for over two decades. The SmartServer IoT edge server platform features built-in device and data management for sensors, meters, actuators and controllers in buildings, through traditional and emerging protocols including BACnet, LonWorks and Modbus.

The IBM Watson IoT platform is a managed, cloud-hosted service designed to make it simple to derive value from IoT devices. It enables organisations to capture and explore data for devices, equipment, and machines, and discover insights that can drive better decision-making. When combined with the seamless connectivity of data from Adesto’s SmartServer IoT, engineers can provide facility managers with deep insights into energy consumption and other operational aspects of a building.

“IBM Watson IoT Platform enables customers to maximize the value of their physical assets,” said Sanjay Tripathi, VP of strategy and business development, IBM IoT. “Adesto’s SmartServer IoT provides the critical connection from industrial data to our platform so that customers can perform powerful analytics on their data. We are delighted to work with Adesto to demonstrate our combined capabilities, and we look forward to making the solution available to customers in the buildings sector.”

Adesto will demonstrate this revolutionary capability for building integrators, facility managers and property owners in its booth C5234 at the AHR Expo in Atlanta, Georgia (14 to 16 January) and at Embedded World, Nuremberg, Germany (26 to 28 February, booth 4A:124).

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Integrity launches first MA for V2X ecosystems

Mon, Jan 14, 2019

Believed to be the first misbehaviour authority service (MAS) for the US V2X (vehicle to everything) ecosystem, Integrity Security Services (ISS) has announced that its MAS will begin by serving subscribers already subscribing to its all certificate management service (CMS).

All new and existing ISS CMS subscribers will be able to begin identifying vehicles for misbehaviour and removing them from their networks. Device manufacturers and all subscribers can contact Integrity for certification and to enable the device with the ISS-approved MAS OBU client and begin testing.

The ability to identify vehicles that are not sending correct V2X messages and to remove them from the connected vehicle ecosystem is an important security requirement to maintain trust in the ecosystem. ISS claims that its MAS provides this capability on a scalable and efficient national level. ISS will be publishing its misbehaviour detection criteria, reporting format and MAS APIs for OBU and RSU vendors to use with their compliant systems.

Integrity Security Services was established to provide best practice embedded security products and infrastructure solutions for protecting smart devices from cyber security attacks. End-to-end automotive solutions range from ECU cryptographic platforms to large-scale public key management systems.

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I2C interface makes low power CO2 sensor easier to implement

Mon, Jan 14, 2019

In smart environments where sensors monitor for changes so that the appropriate actions can be taken, the fastest growing examples are smart homes and smart offices where a network of sensors monitors temperature and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels to ensure the optimal conditionals are maintained with the minimum of energy expenditure, for example heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and indoor air quality (IAQ). A challenge for such systems in that the CO2 sensors need mains power to operate incurring costs for cabling and, in the case of installing in existing buildings, redecoration. Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) believes it has solved this problem with its low power, LED-based sensor technology. The sensor’s power requirements are so low that wireless monitors can be built that measure CO2 levels as well as temperature and humidity with a battery life of over 10 years. As they are wireless they can be placed wherever they are required with no need for cabling or disruption. Equally, they can be simply relocated as building usages changes.

GSS has added an I2C interface to its very low power CO2 sensor, the CozIR-LP to make the integration of the sensor into a design very easy, says GSS. The CozIR-LP is claimed to be the lowest power CO2 sensor available. It requires only 3mW – this is up to 50 times lower than typical NDIR CO2 sensors. The patented LED technology also means that the solid state sensor is very robust, adds GSS. This keeps maintenance costs to a minimum as the expected lifetime is greater than 15 years; making them particularly suitable for applications that measure low (ambient) levels of CO2 from 0 to one per cent.

GSS will be launching the new I2C-enabled CozIR-LP on booth C5366 at the AHR Expo in Atlanta, GA, USA (14 to 16 January 2019).

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Analog Devices and Momenta partner for HD maps in autonomous vehicles

Fri, Jan 11, 2019

High definition (HD) maps are a critical element of autonomous driving and must deliver accurate, real-time information to help safely guide the vehicle to its destination. Announcing a collaboration with Momenta, an autonomous driving technology company based in China, Analog Devices will develop HD maps in autonomous vehicles. Analog Devices’ inertial measurement units (IMUs) will be used to improve the mapping system and technology upgrades in Momenta’s L3 freeway ramp-to-ramp and L4 full autonomy driving mapping software.

Under poor weather conditions, or when a GPS signal is lost, an IMU delivers mapping output. Analog Devices’ IMUs will enhance Momenta’s mapping software to meet the demanding accuracy requirements of HD maps. Analog Devices points out that its IMUs exceed the value/performance ratio of higher cost alternative sensors based on fibre optic gyro or laser gyro technologies.

Momenta’s vision-based semantic HD maps are crowdsourced, highly accurate and frequently updated. They provide map update and localisation services. Momenta is also able to leverage modules mounted on taxis, trucks and buses to create a

Momenta’s team includes experts on computer vision and deep learning, including one of the authors of Faster R-CNN and ResNet, the influential deep learning network.

Analog Devices has more than 30 years of experience in MEMS inertial sensor design. Its MEMS IMUs have been applied in the avionics and smart agriculture sectors, which have similar requirements to those for autonomous driving. Analog Devices’ MEMS IMUs are capable of maintaining critical specifications such as bias, sensitivity, and cross-axis sensitivity under all conditions, including time variation, shock, vibration, and temperature conditions.

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