Hardware Engineering
Top Benefits of Agile IoT Development
The Internet of Things (IoT) offers huge potential economic impact across sectors (especially in a post-COVID world). However, Gartner estimates that 75% of IoT projects today take twice as long as planned. The industry is in need of agile development and processes – but that’s easier said than done. How can organizations make it happen? During Connected Things…
Read MoreHow Remote Monitoring Benefits Manufacturing
Remote monitoring is a key driver transforming the manufacturing industry. Not only does remote monitoring empower cost benefits, but it also creates efficiency standards that resonate from the factory floor to the customer’s door. In this article, we’ll define remote monitoring, explain how it works, and provide examples of how manufacturers can leverage this technology…
Read More8 Tips to Move Beyond the Pilot Phase in IoT
Breaking out of the pilot phase in IoT is not a task for the faint of heart. Researchers at Deloitte report that “seventy-four percent of IoT pilots fail to scale, and those that aren’t immediately abandoned enter ‘IoT pilot purgatory.’” Yet the IoT market continues to grow, and a recent Gartner survey noted that 80% of organizations who invested…
Read MoreCan You Corner a Market Without Hurting Your Customers?
In recent years, there’s been a trend in the agricultural industry of “tractor hacking,” where American farmers hack their IIoT-powered tractors with outside firmware to be able to make quick repairs when something unexpectedly breaks. The farmers are doing this because farm equipment manufacturers have installed protocols on the tractors that prohibit “unauthorized” repairs (i.e., repairs that have…
Read MoreVery Engineers Combat COVID-19 in OpenVentilator Project
With the spread of COVID-19 pushing healthcare systems to their breaking point around the world, the need for ventilators to support critically ill patients has never been greater – yet the current demand far outweighs the global supply. In light of this, medical device company Medtronic recently released the design files for their Medtronic PB560 ventilator, originally…
Read MoreIoT QA Testing: How to Ship Quality Products
On a high-functioning development team, QA should be everyone’s responsibility. As a senior product manager at Very with 15 years of previous experience in leading quality assurance initiatives, I’d like to share why QA matters during IoT development, and some basic guidelines for shipping world-class IoT products. Why QA Matters for Your IoT Products At the highest…
Read MoreRecap: Remote Work Summit with Vizio, MIT Enterprise Forum
On April 1, 2020, Very partnered with the MIT Enterprise Forum to host a virtual summit featuring the CTO of Vizio and our own engineering leaders, titled Going Remote: How to Develop IoT Products with a Distributed Team. Watch the recording of the summit here: Moderator: Mark Thirman, Board Member, MIT Enterprise Forum Panelists: Bill Baxter, CTO, Vizio…
Read MoreHow to Use Batteries to Power IoT Devices
In August of 2019, there were 26.66 billion active IoT devices worldwide. These devices are deployed everywhere from remote areas of the world to the television in your house. With continued growth in IoT projected for the foreseeable future, it seems a logical question to ask, “How are we going to power all of these devices?”…
Read MoreHow Elixir and Nerves Are Changing the Embedded Development Landscape
Embedded software development is a challenging process. A few issues and complexities that can stall your workflow: changing contexts, slow over-the-air firmware updates, adequate security, debugging, no process for deployments, connectivity issues, and the list goes on. Perhaps the most significant challenge, however, is the constant rate of change and growth in this space. Staying…
Read MoreIoT Product Compliance Guide, Part 3: Cost & Process
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we covered why IoT product compliance matters, the different regulators and certifications in play, and which devices you need to certify for your project. Now, we’ll tackle the biggest questions: cost, and the process you’ll need to follow to be successful. The Cost of Product Certification While the price of…
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