IoT design: It takes a village

摘要

2019 will be the year of big trends - 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles (and other autonomous devices), virtual reality, and the internet of things (IoT) - that have a significant impact on the electronic components industry. Each sector will advance across application spaces thanks to the critical role that electronic components play in enabling these technologies.In January, we start with the IoT, focusing on the value chain from board-level components to development kits. IoT is already completely entrenched in our society across end-market segments, but there are still enormous challenges around the design, development, and deployment of devices and services for the IoT, with security at the top of the list in 2019.Starting from a kernel of an idea for a specific use case, it requires engineers and designers to have expertise across a range of technologies from sensors and microprocessors to RF/wireless design and connectivity, security, and even cloud services. In most cases, it's not possible to have all of the required expertise in-house.