IoT design needs system focus

by Richard Quinnell - Embedded.com, Jan. 03, 2017 – 

For good or ill, the Internet of Things (IoT) is upon us. It's still in its infancy, but the patterns are setting quickly. If we don't rethink the way IoT designs are being done, however, we could be in for a lot of trouble, especially in the industrial sector.

There is no question that the IoT is starting to take off. Wearables, sensors, predictive maintenance, production line analytics, connected cars, asset tracking, smart meters, smart homes, smart cities, and smart buildings are popping up everywhere. But all too often the design behind these devices is not all that smart. It's clever, it's innovative, but IoT designs are also all-to-often piecemeal and rushed to market. What's being created is a system of systems, without the system-level design issues getting addressed.

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