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AWS Releases IoT ExpressLink: Cloud-Connectivity Software for Hardware Modules
Amazon recently announced the general availability of AWS IoT ExpressLink. The cloud-connectivity software supports wireless hardware modules to build IoT products that connect with cloud services.
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Ubuntu Core 22 Brings Real-Time Compute Support for IoT Industrial Applications
The latest version of Canonical OS for IoT and embedded systems, Ubuntu Core 22, introduces real-time support for applications in robotics and industry.
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AWS Releases its Digital Twin Service IoT TwinMaker into General Availability
During the recent AWS Summit in San Francisco, AWS announced the general availability of its IoT TwinMaker service – AWS IoT TwinMaker.
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Couchbase Mobile 3 Brings New C and Kotlin APIs, Simplified Administration
NoSQL database maker Couchbase has released Couchbase Mobile 3, its edge-ready mobile database, introducing a new C API to embed Couchbase Lite on embedded platforms, Kotlin support on Android, a new administration REST API, and security enhancements.
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Amazon Launches AWS IoT RoboRunner for Robot Fleet Management Applications
Amazon recently announced the preview of AWS IoT RoboRunner, a new service to help companies build and deploy robotics management applications. Developed from technology already in use at Amazon warehouses, IoT RoboRunner provides infrastructure to connect fleets of robots and automation software.
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Katharine Jarmul on Machine Learning at the Edge
At the recent QCon Plus online conference, Katharine Jarmul gave a talk on federated machine learning titled "Machine Learning at the Edge." She covered several federated ML architectures and use cases, discussed pros and cons of federated ML, and presented tips on how to decide whether federated ML is a good solution for a given problem.
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ARM Releases PlasticARM, a Plastic-Based Flexible Microchip
ARM takes another step forward towards powering a real IoT revolution: PlasticARM, its newly announced plastic based microchip, brings 18000 logic gates, 12 times more than previous models, and is the most complex flexible microchip to date.
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Node-RED 2.0 Improves Developer Experience with New Flow Debugger and Flow Linter
IoT-focused low-code programming tool Node-RED reaches version 2.0, bringing flow debugger and flow linter to help programmers find bugs in their flows.
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Putting Arduino and the ESP32 at Work for STEM Education
Launched on IndieGogo a few months ago after 2+ years in development, Crowbits is a STEM education project that leverages both the Arduino and ESP32 boards to teach logical thinking and programming. Featuring Lego-blocks compatibility and a Scratch-like interface, the project has reached its IndieGogo backing goal and is ready to ship, says Crowbits' maker Elecrow.
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Particle Launches Free Cellular IoT Device Tier
Particle has launched a free cellular tier for IoT developers to create microcontroller devices that communicate over cell networks rather than WiFi. Through this change, developers and companies can prototype and deploy up to 100 devices before needing to upgrade.
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Microsoft Announces Azure IoT Edge Modules for Linux on Windows in Public Preview
Recently Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows, also known as EFLOW. With EFLOW, customers run production Linux-based cloud-native workloads on Windows IoT.
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Canonical Releases Ubuntu Core 20 for Iot Devices and Embedded Systems
Canonical released a minimal containerised version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS specifically for IoT devices and embedded systems. Ubuntu Core is an operating system for industry and consumer devices. It is available for both x86 and ARM computers. Additional features compared to previous Core operating systems are secure boot, full drive encryption, and secure device recovery.
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New Raspberry Pico Micro-Controller Brings Versatility and Small Size Factor
The Raspberry Pi Foundation recently released the Pico, a small, inexpensive micro-controller board based on a custom-designed RP2040 chip. The RP2040 has two ARM cores clocking at 133MHz, 264KB internal SRAM, and 2MB QSPI Flash. The Pico enables a large range of applications with a wide range of flexible I/O options (I2C, SPI, PWM, 8 Programmable I/O state machines for custom peripheral support).
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Google Phases out Android Things
Google recently announced phasing out its Android Things IoT platform. New projects will not be accepted after January 5, 2021, and the Android Things console will be turned down for all projects in 2022.
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AWS Announces a New Version of AWS Iot Greengrass
Recently, AWS announced a new version of its IoT Greengrass edge runtime and cloud service during the annual re:Invent. The latest version 2.0 comes with pre-built software components, local software development tools, and new features for managing software on large fleet devices.
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Resources
[Whitepaper] Modernizing the Smart Manufacturing Industry with MQTT
Learn from this whitepaper how forward-thinking manufacturers are adopting an MQTT-based IoT messaging infrastructure to achieve greater efficiency and flexibility. Download now.
[eBook] MQTT Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide to MQTT Protocol
A comprehensive guide to MQTT IoT messaging protocol, so you can easily understand it without the need to read the entire specification. Download now.
[Case Study] Autonomic Leverages MQTT and Kafka to Connect Millions of Cars
Learn how Autonomic supercharges its API-driven cloud platform for connected vehicles using MQTT, Kafka, and microservices. Read now.
Blogs
Event Driven Microservices Architecture for IoT Solutions Using MQTT
Take an event-driven microservices architectural approach, powered by MQTT, to build a fool-proof IoT application.
MQTT Vs. HTTP for IoT
Explore the differences between the two protocols, performance, the advantages and disadvantages of each for IoT, and more.
Comparison of MQTT Support by IoT Cloud Platforms
When it comes to complete MQTT support, which IoT platform wins – HiveMQ Cloud, AWS IoT, or Azure IoT Hub?
How to Forward MQTT Messages to Azure Event Hubs
A technical guide on sending IoT data to Azure Event Hubs using a 100% MQTT-compliant message broker and Kafka Extension.
Building an Elastic High Availability MQTT Broker Cluster on AWS
A step-by-step guide to setting up a high-availabilty IoT messaging broker on AWS using a load balancer.
