IoT Communication Protocols
5 Best IoT Messaging Protocols
When it comes to the Internet of Things, protocols and standards are sometimes disregarded (IoT). Also...
How to publish and subscribe to an EMQX-MQTT Broker?
In this article, we will learn about “How to publish and subscribe to an EMQX-MQTT broker” using python. Before getting into the topic let us freshen up about MQTT protocol. MQTT is a lightweight Internet of Things (IoT) messaging protocol based on publish/subscribe...
How to make an Access control system using RFID technology?
What is an RFID Technology? RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. Basically, RFID based components work on Radio-frequency or Radio-waves. It is used to track or identify a particular object, for instance, books in the library, inventory in the warehouse,...
How to use a GSM/GPRS Module as an IoT device?
The convergence of physical objects and the digital world is known as IoT. IoT stands for the Internet of Things. It has been a trending field in the world of technology. In addition, the IoT describes the network of physical objects known as “things” that are...
Longwave Wireless Communication
Longwave wireless communication acts as a foundation for a Low power Wide Area Network. Mostly low energy is consumed in these types of networks. The reason is that most sensors are used for extracting data. These data are used for transmitting in long-range...
Short-range wireless communication technology and its variants
What is wireless communication? Wireless Communication is the fastest growing and most vibrant technological areas in the communication field. Wireless Communication is a method of transmitting information from one point to another, without using any connection like...
Architecture of a Bluetooth IoT Application
What is Bluetooth? To understand the architecture of Bluetooth first lets understand what actually Bluetooth is. Bluetooth is a radio-wave technology that is mainly designed to enable wireless communications over short distances. The frequency of these waves ranges...
What is Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)?- Internet of Things
Wi-Fi is a wireless information technology which stands for ' wireless fidelity '. It allows devices such as computer, laptops, smartphone, etc. to connect to the internet and exchange the data from device to device. In 1991, NCR corporation/AT&T...
ZigBee and its Importance in the Internet of Things
Over the past few years, we have moved from disconnected systems into a world completely linked to each other all in control of our fingertip. Smart home devices and similar technologies have augmented over the years. What once started with automation has now expanded...
Most Commonly Used Web Frameworks
Web Frameworks are software frameworks that are designed to help create Web apps, Web APIs and other resources. Web Frameworks help us solve two of the major hurdles of developing web apps - templates and routing. Now that we know what web frameworks are, lets get...
Communication between XBee modules
The wireless networking device, XBee is a user friendly, popular and is a technology worth knowing about. It can transmit and receive data wirelessly, and thus can be used for many IoT applications. As the popularity of the XBee module has grown massively, there are...
Bluetooth and It’s Application in IoT
Bluetooth was developed by Ericsson in 1994 uses short-wavelength UHF waves between 2402 and 2480 MHz. Widely known as the best wireless transmission technology for audio and the ubiquitous solution for hands-free calling in automobiles. Bluetooth is making waves in...
Role of WiFi in IoT
Internet of Things(IoT) applications has diverse connectivity requirements in terms of range, data throughput, energy efficiency, and device cost. WiFi is often an obvious choice in-building WiFi coverage is almost ubiquitous. It is not always an appropriate...
Difference between LoRa and LoRaWAN
One of the key areas of development of communication networks has become the concept of the Internet of things. Soon, the Internet will get connected with several billion devices. Most devices will have battery power. In this regard, one of the important...
What is Wi-Fi 6?
The demand for faster internet is growing at a rapid pace. We consume huge amounts of data by streaming high-resolution videos, playing bandwidth-consuming games, and using tons of apps every day. All this about to get much faster. Wi-Fi 6 is here. Wi-Fi 6, or IEEE...
Zigbee and its Significance in IoT Applications
What is Zigbee Technology? ZigBee is all about a wireless protocol. It is an IEEE 802.15.4-based specification for a suite of high-level communication protocols using in to create Personal Area Networks(PANs) with small, low-power digital...
How to choose between Zigbee and BLE mesh for your IoT application?
Internet of Things related products and use cases play a key role in our lives now a days. It is further proliferating at a rapid pace across industries and verticals. With all this happening, there is a need of making decentralized, short or medium range and...
Communication Protocols used for the Internet of Things
According to Gartner's statistics, nearly 20.4 billion IoT devices are connected to the internet by 2020. These devices communicate with the internet through various channels. It always depends on the application and based on that the solution is provided. In the...