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What makes IoT so hard? The sheer scale, the power consumption – and that it is wireless.

As far as technical challenges go, the Internet of Things is as tough as it gets: The scale is large: everything is huge. The power is low: there is almost none of it available. Wi...

In Internet of Things, Dec 05, 2019

What is sub-GHz wireless networking?

The Thingsquare IoT platform supports wireless IPv6 networking both in the 2.4 GHz band and in the sub-GHz band.But what does sub-GHz wireless networking mean?In this article we look ...

In Internet of Things, Nov 10, 2019

What is an IoT Prototype and Why Build One?

There are three reasons for building an early prototype of your IoT product is manifold: to test the concept with your target audience, to check that the technical requirements match ...

In Internet of Things, Nov 05, 2019

What makes IoT so hard? The range of needed skillsets is unusually wide

Successful IoT projects are engineering-heavy. Developing a successful IoT product is not a walk in the park. To make it easier to plan for IoT projects, this article lists the develo...

In Internet of Things, Sep 23, 2019

How to deploy your IoT systems faster

The physical world is filled with valuable data, and the IoT (Internet of Things) is designed to help collect it. But deploying an IoT system to get to that valuable data can be a dif...

In Internet of Things, Mar 20, 2019

How to make a wireless sensor live for years on one tiny coin cell battery

Power consumption literally is matter a life and death for battery-powered devices. Making devices last for a long time will reduce deployment costs. And being able to predict the lif...

In Internet of Things, Jul 25, 2017