Sensor industry giants join forces to accelerate IoT application deployment

At this week's Embedded World Congress in Nuremberg, Germany, several sensor and module manufacturers joined forces to unveil their new sensor platform to standardize and accelerate the deployment of sensors in the Internet of Things. Advantech and ARM, Bosch Sensors and Texas Instruments have collaborated on this IoT sensor and sensor node called the M2.COM open platform to help implement a variety of standardized IoT applications.

"Data collection will become an important challenge for the Internet of Things, and sensors, wireless technologies and embedded computing will be the three core capabilities of data collection. This is Advantech's close cooperation with partner companies on the open standards of M2.COM. The reason is.” Miller Chang, vice president of Embedded Computing Group, Advantech, said, “With such a standard, we envision M2.COM to accelerate the deployment of IoT sensor devices.”

Jeanne Forget, vice president of marketing for Bosch Sensors, which develops MEMS and other sensor technologies, said the lack of a widely adopted open platform has become a major obstacle to the development of sensor-enabled devices in the IoT market. She said: "I believe that by working with these capable partners, the M2.COM open platform will be a driving force for sensors in the IoT market."

The M2.COM sensor platform is based on a modular and standardized form factor that combines the capabilities of sensors, embedded systems and networking. Modularity makes it easier to support different applications including IoT requirements expansion; the platform supports all necessary software stacks to build IoT sensor devices.

M2.COM uses a 2230 M.2 form factor with a 75-bit host interface connector and is compact (30&TImes; 22 mm) for micro system implementation and system integration.

A standard modular form factor means that sensor manufacturers, module manufacturers, and sensor integrators no longer need to place everything on one sensor, but instead develop M2.COM and sensor carrier boards separately. Sensor manufacturers can choose different M2.COM modules for data transfer, and module manufacturers can develop another M2.COM module that supports multiple sensors. This reduces the learning curve and helps the parties focus on their areas of expertise.

Zach Shelby, vice president of marketing for ARM IoT business, said: "A standards-based industrial computing and sensor format is key to meeting the changing needs of the Internet of Things." ARM mbed or RTOS form the basis of an embedded micro-sensor operating system, supporting Integrate M2.COM-based sensors into the communication protocols and formats required for IoT cloud applications.

Pascal Gerner, director of product management at Swiss Si Rui, said: "If those things can interoperate or communicate with each other, collecting data and creating amazingly intelligent systems and devices will only push the Internet of Things forward."

Oliver Monnier, director of marketing for Texas Instruments' Wireless Connectivity Solutions, said IoT developers using the M2.COM standard can use Texas Instruments' low-power SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3200 wireless microcontrollers to make their designs faster and easier to get to market.

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