The Connected Lighting Alliance accomplishes its mission and dissolves its organization

The Connected Lighting Alliance accomplishes its mission and dissolves its organization

PISCATAWAY, NJ — (Marketwired) — 11/21/16 — The Connected Lighting Alliance (TCLA), the primary advocate of wireless lighting connectivity, announced today that is has accomplished its goal of converging the lighting industry in support of the use of open protocols for wireless lighting solutions. Having looked at a wide variety of open protocols, TCLA has now endorsed ZigBee 3.0 for consumer applications and identified the Thread Group as the organization to develop a suitable network-layer

EnOcean Adds 2.4 GHz BLE Modules to Its Product Portfolio

SALT LAKE CITY, UT and OBERHACHING, GERMANY — (Marketwired) — 10/11/16 –Technology provider EnOcean GmbH is expanding its product portfolio and will present its energy harvesting wireless module PTM 215B with NFC functionality for 2.4 GHz BLE systems launched in October 2016.The 2.4 GHz BLE module makes it possible to develop batteryless switching applications for BLE-based lighting systems on the 2.4 GHz frequency band.2.4 GHz BLE sensors to be launched in 2017.With the new 2.4 GHz BLE modul

Silicon Labs Upgrades to EEMBC Executive Board Membership

Silicon Labs Upgrades to EEMBC Executive Board Membership

EL DORADO HILLS, CA and AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwired) — 06/21/16 — The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) today announced that (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leading supplier of silicon, software and solutions for the Internet of Things, has upgraded its membership from subcommittee member to become the consortium–s newest executive board member. Previously, Silicon Labs was a member of the EEMBC low-power subcommittee, which includes working group activities in ultra-low power benchmark

Smart Lighting Simply Connected at CES 2015

Smart Lighting Simply Connected at CES 2015

PISCATAWAY, NJ — (Marketwired) — 01/05/15 — In the past years, lighting has solidified its position as cornerstone of the smart home. With Philips hue, OSRAM Lightify and GE Link, consumers experience increasing freedom of choice. The Connected Lighting Alliance (TCLA), a leading industry consortium comprising the major lighting companies, recognizes the smart lighting market is taking off. At CES 2015, the alliance will have a global premiere in showing wireless connected residential lighti

Grid2Home Certified ZigBee IP Implementation Available for Product Integration

Grid2Home Certified ZigBee IP Implementation Available for Product Integration

SAN DIEGO, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/07/13 — , a leader in Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (SEP 2.0) communication technologies, today announced that they have achieved ZigBee IP certification, a new standard that will enable the Internet of Things on low powered mesh wireless networks."The availability of the ZigBee IP standard is a major milestone in development of the Internet of Things as it leverages standard Internet protocols such as IPv6, 6LoWPAN, PANA, TCP, TLS, and UDP," said Don