New-Tech Europe Magazine | February 2018

developers to connect any device over any protocol to any cloud. As a result, the plumbing of data from edge to cloud has never been easier. The solution offers security, scale, flexibility, open APIs and extensibility as core principles, ultimately ensuring that products can be brought to market faster. In addition, Arrow Connect can seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Azure, IBM or AWS, while another option is integration with the developer’s own custom data ingestion to build a solution while the system’s multi-tenant, hierarchical SaaS platform continues to facilitate device provisioning and management. SensiEDGE and Arrow have been collaborating since September 2017, with SensiBLE becoming the first product available through the tie- up. SensiEDGE also signed up to Arrow’s recently introduced SoM programme, which includes layers for community boards, embedded vision and embedded processors. The programme is designed to help developers get their products to a production-ready state as quickly as possible and provides a choice of building blocks to accelerate development. Arrow’s latest IoT activities go beyond components sales and engineering support. Many customers often struggle – not only with hardware development but also with higher application levels. That is why Arrow started recent programs like "Sensor to Sunset” to provide mentoring to customers looking to connect sensors to the cloud. Arrow Connect cloud service helps anyone customise a dashboard and add the relevant analytics to their end-product. As for the SensiEDGE IoT products portfolio, it answers all challenges by providing hardware and firmware products, as well as development services like gateway connectivity,

Android/iOS SDK and cloud analytics. Both companies will join forces during Embedded World 2018, to demonstrate how to connect sensors to the cloud; Arrow will give away 1,000 pcs of the SensiBLE/SIMBA- PRO to help customers familiarize themselves with its cloud solution. Security assured Practicality and security are at the heart of Arrow Connect and SensiBLE. In fact, the latter is cyber protected by a hardware link layer of AES-128 encryption and decryption. Power can be supplied directly using a standard 3V coin-cell battery, a pair of AAA batteries or any other power source from 2 to 7V. All of this serves to simplify proof-of- concept for applications that include Voice to Text, activity recognition, wearable sensors, or environmental applications, for example. Explosive growth Ultimately SensiEDGE helps developers and start-ups to build proof-of-concept and launch to the market with ready modules available off-the-shelf. Although fully customizable, many customers are able to use SensiBLE in their end device as-supplied, which is very convenient as the market expects to see continued, robust growth for IoT solutions in 2018 and beyond.

Milan Yudkovich SensiEDGE Founder & CEO

By 2025, an estimated 70 billion connected devices, including lights, smart meters, thermostats and wearable electronics, will be in service. Indeed, a recent report by McKinsey estimated these devices will be responsible for contributing an estimated $11 trillion to the global economy, while Gartner predicts IoT technology will be embedded in 95% of new electronic product designs by 2020. Clearly, easy-to-use IoT SOM starter kits are set to become a vital part of the industry, so be sure to choose wisely.

Image: SensiBLE System on Module in a size of a coin.

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