Archive : 20 August 2015 год

Williams Advanced Engineering has been awarded a £17million contract to bring technologies from Formula One to General Dynamics UK's SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV).

Under the deal, Williams will develop the SCOUT SV's Core Infrastructure Distribution System featuring in the 589 vehicles due to be delivered to the British Army between 2017 and 2024. The power and data backbone will enable the distribution of power and data around the vehicle.

Williams will use its expertise in data analytics and systems integration to ensure that SCOUT SV has the most advanced electronic architecture that can provide troops with the information needed to stay safe and perform at the highest level.

Craig Wilson, Williams Advanced Engineering's managing director, said: "We have started expanding outside our traditional strength of motorsport and automotive and are pleased to announce this significant defence project. We are working closely with General Dynamics UK to make sure that SCOUT SV has an electronic architecture that is best-in-class technically and also packaged efficiently. These are core skills that the Advanced Engineering team can transfer directly from Williams' extensive experience in motorsport."

Author
Graham Pitcher

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk

Redpine Signals has launched what it claims is the world's first comprehensive IoT platform for device makers. The WyzBee platform includes a hardware platform, development environment and cloud software and services framework.

The WyzBee IoT platform is said to reduce the time it takes to develop and bring to market IoT devices by providing integrated sensing, computing, communicating, power management and cloud and application support. Redpine Signals is also providing sensor, audio, GPS and GSM/GPRS profiles to speed IoT device development.

Venkat Mattela, chief executive officer of Redpine Signals, said: "Redpine Signals doesn't just want to enable the IoT, we want to unify the IoT maker process from product development to the customised cloud and application software."

The WyzBee board is said to include Redpine's Wireless Secure MCU with multi-protocol wireless module providing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, and ZigBee connectivity, six-axis inertial sensors, an infrared receiver, a debug port, push-buttons, LEDs, USB ports, and WyzBee THING expansion connector. The WiSeMCU module runs an embedded TCP/IP networking stack with SSL/TLS/HTTPS security, as well as Wi-Fi, BT 4.1, and ZigBee stacks.

The WyzBee THING expansion headers contain other devices, with a number of peripherals including audio, GSM, GPS, capacitive touch display, rechargeable battery, and additional sensors. Application development is supported with a choice of development environments, including IAR, Keil, and CoIDE.

The platform is supported by the WyzBee IoT Cloud, a Redpine hosted cloud framework that offers customisable connectivity, analytics, and user interfaces. The RS9113 chipset integrates PUF-based hardware security block that provides for individual device entities.

A debug tool, WyzBee Workbench, is also integrated into the development environment and provides a debug analysis of data traffic between the device and the cloud.

Author
Tom Austin-Morgan

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk

Atmel says it is working with Intel to enable more secure IoT applications. As part of this approach, Atmel will support Intel's Enhanced Privacy ID (EPID) technology on its SmartConnect wireless solutions, a move which it says will improve mutual authentication of the IoT node with the cloud.

"Implementing Intel EPID offers IoT designers a seamless edge to cloud IoT platform with proven security options available with our broad IoT portfolio," said Kaivan Karimi, Atmel's general manager of wireless solutions.

Intel EPID is an ISO standard for identity and privacy that has been shipping in Intel platforms since 2011. The technology delivers a hardware root of trust and is PKI compatible. EPID allows devices to be identified and a secure communication created between them. Additionally, the group membership can be determined without revealing the identity of the specific platform, allowing for another level of security.

"With the rapidly growing IoT ecosystem, security is key," said Lori Wigle, Intel's general manager for IoT security. "Intel EPID is a proven secure technology that can provide the billions of devices in this new market with a common security foundation. By implementing Intel EPID technology, Atmel is enabling a more secure, seamless IoT platform."

Author
Graham Pitcher

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk