The Cyber Resilience Act and Device Makers
In an era marked by the rise of IoT devices, device makers face an escalating challenge in safeguarding their products against cyber threats. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), emerges as a regulatory game changer, fortifying cybersecurity across the European Union. But what exactly are the ramifications of the CRA for device makers, and how does […]
Mastering IoT Success: Key Strategies to Avoid Failure
Recently, Witekio CEO Samir Bounab sat down with Tom White at The IoT Podcast to discuss what it means to fail, and succeed, when developing IoT products. If you’ve not had a chance to listen/watch the episode, you can here: However, if you don’t have time to digest it all, but want to know […]
Best IoT Firmware Management Tool
Before we get started talking about which IoT firmware management tools let’s first outline what it is and why you might need it. What is an IoT firmware management tool? When you have an IoT device or product in the market, you’ll need to be able to remotely manage, monitor, and update your firmware to […]
Exploring the Top IoT Trends for 2023
As Internet of Things Software experts, we thought we’d put our knowledge to the test and talk about the upcoming IoT Trends in 2023. We’ll cover everything from key IoT tech to adopt, to the sectors we think connectivity will benefit the most. This subject isn’t new to us – in fact, you can see […]
IoT Ecosystem Security – Webinar Top Takeaways
In the first-ever Witekio – Pentest Limited webinar, we got straight to the very heart of the issue on everyone’s mind – IoT Ecosystem Security. More specifically, how to identify and secure threats on a connected device. With consumers demanding more and more connectivity and integration between devices, security threats are more likely. Therefore, at […]
IoT Connected Service Platform Builder ‘Kamea’ Launched at CES
Kamea launched worldwide after a successful three-month trial in France. Witekio, an embedded software expert and an Avnet company, has today announced the worldwide launch of its latest software accelerator at CES 2023. The accelerator, which is an IoT management platform builder for equipment manufacturers (OEMs) will help accelerate connected product and service innovation. The platform […]
Is Automated IoT Testing a game changer?
When you’re in the embedded software world, buzzwords and tech releases become linked to your memories, unlocking a specific moment in history when you talk about them (RIP Blackberry messenger ☠). Having visited a few of the big tradeshows over the past year I can safely say automated testing is one of these hot topics. […]
Choosing the Best IoT Cloud Platform
At Witekio, we believe in working with the right tools to get the job done. Because of this, we don’t limit ourselves to a particular technology or platform – we’ve worked with a broad range of open source tools, IoT cloud platforms, and hardware so we know how to put the pieces of the puzzle together in a way that best suits […]
Three Considerations when Picking a Public Cloud for IoT Device Management
For many IoT manufacturers managing a fleet of devices, ensuring that you will be able to interact with, update, secure, and troubleshoot in-the-field devices is a critical part of business operations. The ability to remotely interact with devices can improve the user experience and save companies thousands to millions of dollars on device maintenance and additional development costs. Some organizations, especially […]
AWS vs Azure: 3 keys to make your choice
There are plenty of cloud computing options for your IoT project, but two platforms have proved far more popular than the rest: Amazon Web Services’s and Microsoft Azure. The AWS and Azure cloud platforms represent a full half of the cloud computing market between them and are common choices for IoT developers seeking to add […]
Which Hardware to run Edge computing AI ?
Edge computing AI: an opportunity for data science It is not new that edge computing AI is a big deal for data science and industrial application. After all, Deloitte reports that in 2020 alone some 750 million edge AI chips would be sold, a market worth some $2.6 billion, and all capable of moving the […]
3 Key Success Factors for Your IoT Project
Witekio’s latest white paper – How to Make Sure Your IoT Project is a Success – includes everything that you need to make sure your IoT project is planned, developed, and launched smoothly, efficiently, and with the greatest chance to make a market splash. 3 Key Success Factors for Your IoT Project We outline all […]
How to Update a Deep Learning Model on STM32MP1 with FullMetalUpdate
No IoT device can be free from updates and so no IoT project can disregard the importance of delivering those updates. Whether firmware changes, security patches, or upgrades to the core embedded or application software, updates present a challenge for IoT manufacturers and users alike. Today updates to IoT devices are most commonly delivered wirelessly […]
Tips on energy optimization in IoT – Low Power IoT Devices
You said IoT Energy Efficiency ? The increasing ubiquity of IoT devices and the rise of edge computing on those devices makes energy-efficient IoT a core focus of many device makers. It is, after all, one thing to deploy devices widely but quote another to ensure that they can operate independently and with energy-efficiency, particularly for […]
Will TinyML supercharge Edge AI on MCU?
Deep learning networks are getting smaller, write Pete Warden and Daniel Situnayake. The Google Assistant team, they explain, can detect words with a model just 14 kilobytes in size, and that’s small enough to run on a microcontroller. This new world of machine learning on the edge is known as TinyML, and it is one […]
Adding Rollback to FullMetalUpdate
How we made sure your system cannot brick during an OTA update FullMetalUpdate is the first open-source and fully integrated solution for updating your IoT devices flexibly and robustly Over the Air (OTA). Yet even with control and availability, an OTA update might still fail and a device may end up bricked, not only without the update but entirely out of […]
IoT Security: The Coming Certificapocalypse
From the Internet of Things to the Internet of Trouble: IoT security certificates It all began with a couple of programmers that just wanted a cold Coke. In 1982 computer science researchers at Carnegie Mellon University finally got fed up with making their way up three flights of stairs to find a vending machine that […]
How We Built Witekio’s Connected Crane
The story of our connected crane started in October 2019. The Witekio team was commissioned by our parent company Avnet Embedded to create a demonstration for CES, the famed Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. The demonstration had to illustrate the breadth of the Avnet group’s entire IoT offer with a couple of strict technology […]
Secure Boot on NXP i.MX 7
What is Secure Boot in Embedded Systems? Or High Assurance Boot (HAB): why do you need it and what do you need to be aware of? In today’s connected world, IoT devices reach into every phase of modern life. From household appliances to automated cars, smartwatches to smartphones in your pocket, the heap of form […]
How Will 5G Impact IoT Devices?
The capacity to download a HD feature film in three seconds, mobile data streaming speeds that surpass home internet speeds, and a farewell to data limits on cell phone plans. If you’re like me then you’ve read a lot about 5G technology and the promise for consumers seems clear, but how will 5G technology impact […]
Which Over the air (OTA) update solutions for your embedded system ? The Ultimate Guide
Find your path in the jungle of OTA update solutions Welcome to the jungle of solutions for OTA update (over the air update) of IoT devices and connected systems. You might wonder why the jungle? Because there are several options available to update an IoT device. All have pros and cons and you will quickly […]
Edge computing, Edge IoT, why it matters?
Perhaps have you already heard of Edge IoT? And Edge Computing? If not, stay with me, and we’ll have a look at it together. If you have, you can head straight to the practical part in the article: “IoT Edge – Demo instead of words“. But in any case, together we will see how the connected objects […]
How A Datacenter Works, A Tour At Safe Host
In IoT (Internet of Things), we talk a lot about the Cloud. When we talk about the Cloud, we actually mean all the data stored on remote servers accessible via the web in datacenters. The term cloud is very present; we stock and process the data of all our connected objects on it. I visited […]
Blockchain Applied to IoT, Food For Thoughts
Blockchain is a bit of a buzzword right now. It’s showing up everywhere. One only need to look at the number of publications using this word in their titles. And if you’re looking for a new name for your business, don’t forget to include “blockchain” in it. For example, The Long Corporation has changed its name to Long Blockchain Corporation. Their […]
OSTREE Tutorial for your system updates
Whatever type of embedded system or IoT solutions you create today, you will need to update it tomorrow. Either because there are new security patches or simply for an improved version of your application. But a new system update could just mean one line of code was changed and ideally should not lead to a […]
Serious IoT project: Key steps to a successful Proof of Concept
What are the key steps to a successful Proof of Concept in a serious IoT project? In my first article, we addressed the four pillars for a successful serious IoT project and the first steps to implement. Let’s dig now into the Proof of Concept phase adapted to IoT/embedded projects. Write the first line of code […]
LoRaWan, a dedicated IoT network
Since the last few years, a rise of connected objects has taken place. It is even predicted that the world will have 30 billion connected devices by 2020. Developing a connected device is not easy, many smart device manufacturers face a shared technical challenge: How to make devices communicate? There are today a multitude of technological […]
Serious IoT, Beyond the Hype ! #1 How to start my BtoB IoT project?
Airbus connected factory to shorten Time To Market, Remy’s Martin connected bottle to avoid counterfeit, Schlindler’s elevator smart sensors to improve security, Cisco-IBM connected port in Colombia to enable predictive maintenance, these are some successful examples of B2B IoT creating value and business, and there are many more to come. MACKINSEY ASSESS THAT 70% OF […]
