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Cloud sensing applications

How can employers help keep employees safe, especially in the hotel business?

June 14, 2020 By Randy Frank

Something is wrong, very wrong. Don’t panic. Hit the panic button. In 2018, to prevent violent assaults and sexual harassment of hotel workers, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) created the 5-Star Promise aimed at strengthening safety and security for hotel employees and guests. Also, in and since 2018, ordinances have been enacted in […]

Filed Under: Cloud sensing applications, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), GPS (Global Positioning System), Mobile, Wireless Tagged With: react mobile

How can you ensure proper air quality levels in buildings?

May 14, 2020 By Randy Frank

In the building management industry, landlords and building managers are charged with the safety and comfort of the tenants within their apartment complexes or office space. Safety includes ensuring that proper air quality levels are maintained. One of the ways to do this is by preventing a silent offender of public safety issues, carbon dioxide […]

Filed Under: Chemical Sensor, Cloud sensing applications, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) Tagged With: TandD U.S.

What does complete predictive machine maintenance look like?

September 24, 2019 By Randy Frank

At Sensor Expo 2019, Edoardo Gallizio from product marketing for MEMS & Sensors in the Americas at STMicroelectronics demonstrates a complete predictive maintenance reference design. Multiple sensors are part of the monitoring where some sensors are mounted directly on a spinning wheel to continuously measure vibration. The sensors gather the data, a microprocessor accesses the […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Cloud sensing applications, Development Tools, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Temperature, Vibration Tagged With: Amazon, STMicroelectronics

What’s missing from many smart homes today?

July 29, 2019 By Randy Frank

In the home of the future, many different types of sensors will allow the owner and authorized users to activate several functions remotely. To avoid unauthorized users from accessing these systems and even gaining entry into the home, security must be designed in. At Sensors Expo 2019 in San Jose, Steve Hanna from Infineon who […]

Filed Under: Cloud sensing applications, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Motion, Sensor security, Standards Tagged With: Infineon

How do you connect sensors to the cloud quicker?

May 14, 2019 By Randy Frank

Sensor suppliers make cloud connectivity easier and faster by offering special design kits and tools. For example, STMicroelectronics recently launched SensorTile.box, STEVAL-MKSBOX1V1, so users can easily collect and send sensor information to the cloud. With Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity to a smartphone, the multi sensor kit allows the design of wireless IoT and wearable sensor […]

Filed Under: Cloud sensing applications, Development Tools, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) Tagged With: Intel, STMicroelectronics

How can sensors make a smart ball?

October 25, 2018 By Randy Frank

At Sensor Expo 2018 in San Jose, CA, an expert from NXP Semiconductors describes the Internet of Things (IoT) smart ball demo that NXP had in its booth. Sensors in the ball provide real-time data and the system can publish the data to the cloud using IBM Bluemix Services. The data includes 3-axis measurements from […]

Filed Under: Accelerometer, Cloud sensing applications, Development Tools, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Gyroscope, Magnetic sensor, Pressure Sensor Tagged With: NXP Semiconductors

What’s new in embedded gateways for sensors?

September 13, 2018 By Randy Frank

At Sensors Expo 2018, Vishal Kakkad, director of product marketing at Lantronix explains the capabilities of the company’s Embedded Wired Ethernet IoT Gateway called the XPort Edge and software platform called MACH10 Global Device Manager. In a commercial water filtration system and a collection of data that a company would commonly want to monitor, the […]

Filed Under: Cloud sensing applications, Featured, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), Security Tagged With: Lantronix

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