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The Connectivity Standards Alliance Product Security Working Group launches the IoT Device Security Specification 1.0

The Connectivity Standards Alliance ("Alliance") Product Security Working Group is pleased to announce the release of their IoT (Internet of Things) Device Security Specification 1.0, with the accompanying certification program, and Product Security Verified Mark. This groundbreaking initiative aims to establish a unified IoT cybersecurity standard and certification program, providing manufacturers with a one-stop solution to certify their devices, enabling them to comply with mu...

Z-Wave Alliance kicks off 2024 with new members, updated educational materials, and CES 2024 presence

The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organisation dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave® technology, announces a burst of updates including an exciting new member, availability of in-demand educational resources, and support for dozens of Z-Wave Alliance member companies at CES 2024. On the heels of announcing the newly elected Board of Directors, the bevy of announcements from the Z-Wave Alliance marks an explosive start to 2024. OliverIQ joins the Z-Wave Allian...

Z-Wave Alliance announces new board of directors, core initiatives, and membership events for 2024

The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organisation dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave® technology, announces the newly elected Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors, shares updates on the organization’s upcoming core initiatives and announces upcoming 2024 events. Z-Wave Alliance Directors 2024 Effective, the updated roster of roles and representatives spanning the connected home and IoT industry is as follows: Chairman of the Board – Avi R...

Arrow Electronics offers engineering support to Indian IoT solutions developers

Global technology solutions provider Arrow Electronics, Inc. announced it has provided engineering support to enable Bharat Pi, an India-based tech startup to design and build enterprise-grade IoT development boards that deliver benefits of reliability, quality, and scalability to millions of smart and connected devices. Adoption of IIoT According to the IoT device management platform analysis by Future Market Insights, the demand in India is expected to increase at a compound annual growth...

Adoption of GlobalPlatform’s IoT security evaluation standard grows with European recognition

GlobalPlatform’s Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms (SESIP) methodology has been adopted as the basis for a European Standard (EN) by the European Committee for Standardisation, CEN and CENELEC. The standard is working to help the IoT ecosystem address regulatory fragmentation and better understand, deploy and explain security. “This is all about raising the bar for IoT security,” comments Eve Atallah, GlobalPlatform SESIP Sub-Task Force Chair. “Security in I...

Trident IoT to offer silicon, product engineering and certification for connected devices

Trident IoT launches as a new technology and engineering company focused on simplifying RF development and decreasing time-to-market for connected device manufacturers. Z-Wave® technology solutions Trident IoT will be a direct supplier of Z-Wave® technology solutions as well as a manufacturer of proprietary silicon and modules. The company will also offer product design and development consulting for any RF technology, UL and ETL preparation, and U.S.-based Z-Wave device certification...

Z-Wave Alliance announces Z-Wave Source Code project is complete and available to members

The Z-Wave Alliance, the Standards Development Organisation (SDO) dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave® technology, announces the completion of the Z-Wave Source Code project, which has been published and made available on GitHub to Alliance members. The Z-Wave Source Code Project opens development of Z-Wave and enables members to contribute code to shape the future of the protocol under the supervision of the new OS Work Group (OSWG). Rich development environment The goal of...

Z-Wave Alliance CES 2022 pavilion to provide dozens of live smart home demos and experiences

The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organisation dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave® technology, will return to CES 2022 in Las Vegas to host the Z-Wave Pavilion and the Z-Wave Smart House in Tech West, Venetian Expo, booth 51715. Consuming 5,000 sq./ft of show floor space, industry pioneering Smart Home and IoT member companies will showcase the latest certified Z-Wave products, devices, and solutions across the interoperable ecosystem.  Z-Wave ecos...

The Connectivity Standards Alliance announces Matter, the secure connectivity standard for the future of the smart home

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), formerly known as the Zigbee Alliance, an organisation of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT), announces Matter – the interoperable, secure connectivity standard for the future of the smart home. The proliferation of connected objects continues to change the way one lives, works and plays. From homes to offices, factories to hospitals, connected objects enable one to...

Silicon Labs announces Z-Wave Long Range support for existing Z-Wave 700 Series products

Silicon Labs, a provider of silicon, software and solutions, announces Z-Wave Long Range (LR) support for existing Z-Wave 700 Series products. With ten-year coin cell battery operation, backward compatibility and the addition of Z-Wave LR features, Silicon Labs Z-Wave 700 Series SoCs and modules extend seamless wireless connectivity beyond the smart home. The unique benefits of Z-Wave LR make it a perfect fit for Internet of Things (IoT) applications in commercial, multi-dwelling unit (MDU), an...

Z-Wave Alliance announces the availability of Z-Wave Long Range enabling several miles range with thousands of nodes

The Z-Wave Alliance, announces that the Z-Wave Long Range (Z-Wave LR) specification is available for product development. Z-Wave LR connectivity enables new IoT applications beyond the home, without any need for repeaters, ensuring easy install and low cost. With a network size of up to 4000 nodes, Z-Wave LR provides the scalability needed in MDU and hospitality deployments. Z-Wave LR also reduces ongoing maintenance costs with up to 10 years of life on a coin cell battery. The Z-Wave LR specif...

CES 2020: Silicon Labs and Z-Wave enhance Smart Home Ecosystem with Z-Wave Specification

Silicon Labs and the Z-Wave Alliance announce plans to open the Z-Wave Specification as a ratified, multi-source wireless standard available to all silicon and stack vendors for development. With this change, semiconductor and software suppliers will be able to join the Z-Wave ecosystem, contribute to future advancements of the leading smart home standard and develop and supply sub-GHz Z-Wave radio devices and software stacks. The Z-Wave Alliance will expand to a standards development organisat...

Z-Wave Alliance to host Z-Wave Pavilion and demonstrate latest Z-Wave solutions for smart home security at ISC West 2019

The Z-Wave Alliance, a global membership organisation dedicated to advancing the popular Z-Wave wireless smart home protocol, will host the Z-Wave Pavilion at ISC West 2019 in Las Vegas, with Alliance members introducing and demonstrating their latest Z-Wave solutions. The Z-Wave Alliance offers security dealers and integrators the opportunity to interact with the latest Z-Wave technology in one central location as well as network with manufacturers that are leading the global smart home and IoT...

Messe Frankfurt New Era announces details of six pavilions for buyers to locate security products at Secutech 2019

Asia’s security industry is once again beginning to shift its attention towards Taipei, as preparations continue ahead of the 22nd edition of Secutech. As anticipation continues to build, the fair’s organisers announce details of six pavilions that will allow buyers to easily locate high quality products as well as the most relevant OEM and ODM partners for their businesses. Speaking about the benefits that the pavilions will bring, Ms Regina Tsai, Deputy General Manager of Messe Fr...

Secutech 2018 to showcase advanced safety and security solutions

Secutech 2018 opens this week as demand for advanced products and solutions in the safety and security sectors continues to grow. Renowned as an influential driving force behind the fast-changing security market, the upcoming three-day show will take place at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center from 25 – 27 April, and will welcome 427 exhibitors from 19 countries and regions. As the show opens its doors for the 2018 edition, buyers from around the world will have the opportunity to sourc...

Silicon Labs Si827x family of isolated gate drivers for fast-switching and noisy power supply systems

Silicon Labs has launched a family of isolated gate drivers that solves a critical need for cutting-edge power supply designs. Based on Silicon Labs' proven digital isolation technology, the new Si827x ISO driver family offers the highest noise immunity of any gate driver on the market. This industry-leading common mode transient immunity (CMTI) makes the Si827x drivers ideal for fast-switching and potentially noisy power supply systems. Target applications include power supplies for servers, co...

Silicon Labs' plug-and-play Wizard Gecko WGM110 Wi-Fi module solution for IoT applications

Silicon Labs has introduced a plug-and-play Wi-Fi module solution for Internet of Things (IoT) applications where exceptional RF performance, small footprint, easy application development and fast time to market are key requirements. Silicon Labs’ fully integrated Wizard Gecko WGM110 module solution combines all of the necessary elements required for robust IoT Wi-Fi connectivity including a high-performance 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n radio, integrated antenna, global certifications, an energy-fr...

Silicon Labs EFR32BG Blue Gecko wireless SoC family offers simplified Bluetooth Smart connectivity

Silicon Labs has introduced its Blue Gecko wireless SoC family offering flexible price/performance options and output power scaling up to +19.5 dBm – the highest available for the Bluetooth® Smart market. A part of Silicon Labs’ multiprotocol Wireless Gecko portfolio announced recently, the new EFR32BG Blue Gecko SoC family sets a new standard for scalability, energy efficiency, security and design simplicity for Bluetooth Smart applications. Supported by best-in-class developmen...

Silicon Labs Wireless Gecko multiprotocol SoC provides flexible IoT connectivity

Silicon Labs has introduced its Wireless Gecko portfolio of multiprotocol system-on-chip (SoC) devices, providing flexible connectivity and price/performance options for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Silicon Labs’ new Wireless Gecko SoCs integrate a powerful ARM® Cortex®-M4 core, energy-friendly Gecko technology, a 2.4 GHz radio with up to 19.5 dBm output power, and advanced hardware cryptography. Wireless Gecko SoCs speed wireless design with best-of-breed Thread and ZigBee&re...

Silicon Labs to showcase processing, sensing and connectivity innovations for IoT at Embedded World 2016

In addition to supporting live demonstrations, Silicon Labs’ IoT experts will also deliver conference presentations Silicon Labs will showcase the next wave of processing, sensing and connectivity innovations for the Internet of Things (IoT) at Embedded World 2016 in Nuremburg, Germany, Feb. 23-25, at Booth 4A-128. Addressing an array of smart, connected device applications, Silicon Labs will demonstrate multi-node Thread and ZigBee® mesh networks, Bluetooth® Sma...

Brandon Tolany appointed Silicon Labs Senior Vice President of worldwide sales

Mr. Tolany is responsible for driving Silicon Labs’ revenue growth through global sales and distribution channel development Silicon Labs recently announced that Brandon Tolany, a sales and marketing executive with 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and electronics industry, has joined the company as Senior Vice President of worldwide sales. In this key executive role, Mr. Tolany is responsible for driving Silicon Labs’ revenue growth through global sales...

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