ON Semiconductor expands solutions for the Industrial Internet of Things, smart home and wearables

     ON Semiconductor has released a new multi-sensor shield and expanded its Internet of Things Development Kit (IDK) software to help engineers tackle a wider range of high-growth Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The new products enable customers to accelerate product development cycles and deploy IoT solutions faster for a variety of connected health and industrial wearables, smart homes, predictive maintenance, asset tracking and other industrial iot applications.

     ON Semiconductor's IDK is an intuitive, modular, node-to-cloud platform that enables rapid prototyping evaluation and IoT solution development, bringing significant value to time - and resource-constrained designers. IDK provides a variety of sensing, processing, connection, and actuation possibilities under this IoT "umbrella" by connecting to a series of shields/subcards on the Arm SoC motherboard.

     The multi-sensor shield adds a variety of inertial and environmental sensors. This, together with the recently announced Bluetooth Low Power (BLE) connection shield, enables rapid prototyping for a variety of ultra-low power smart home, industrial iot and wearable solutions.

     Software is an integral part of IDK, and with this enhanced software capability, On Semiconductor has released IDK Software version 4.0. In addition to existing support for Carriots (Altair) cloud, native support for IBM Cloud is now included. In addition, the embedded operating system running on the IDK motherboard has also been upgraded to mbed version 5.5.

     Wiren Perera, Head of IoT at ON Semiconductor, said: "ON Semiconductor continues to expand its intuitive IoT suite to help customers prototype and develop solutions for different iot verticals and deploy them faster and more cost-effectively. We understand the importance of providing a complete solution from the node to the cloud, so our new sensing capabilities complement our selection of ultra-low power connections and actuators to deliver industry-leading battery life in a new solution category. Broader cloud support, upgraded operating systems (OS), and configurable mobile applications all demonstrate our commitment to continuously enhance software capabilities to facilitate rapid product deployment."

     With a powerful combination of additional hardware and software enhancements, designers can now prototype and develop a wider range of IoT devices and solutions. On Semiconductor is developing an Android mobile app that will be able to see sensor data and control actuators through the phone via low-power BLE. The application can be dynamically customized for application and use case prototypes.