Historically, building management systems were hardwired, making it challenging to update or modify these systems. The advent of LPWANs has changed the equation to simplify and extend existing systems ...

Optimizing automated equipment condition monitoring calls for a different wireless network protocol than that used with process instruments. Manufacturers of all sorts have long sought a balance ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

While at the LoRa Alliance Open House in Vancouver, Canada on June 7, I met with Jon Pearce, the VP of Platform from Everynet. Pearce taught me everything I needed to know about LoRaWAN and its ...

Connecting battery-powered sensors across large areas has been a persistent challenge for enterprise and industrial IoT deployments. Wi-Fi lacks the range and consumes too much power for long-life ...

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced its ...

“Semtech’s LoRa Technology and Senet’s network based on the LoRaWAN protocol offers a low-cost, high-tech approach to flood monitoring that wasn’t possible before. Each sensor can be deployed in ...

While wireless communications are unquestionably useful in projects, common wireless protocols such as WiFi and Bluetooth peter out after only a number of meters, which is annoying when your project ...

LoRaWAN use is growing rapidly in applications related to asset tracking. Ease of device/network deployment is a major advantage of LoRaWAN, along with its ultra-long signal range and low battery ...