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IoT designs need to start in the right direction
by Rich Nass, Embedded Computing Brand Director
Embedded Computing, Aug. 27, 2015 –
If you're following the technical exchanges on the Internet of Things (IoT), there's a good chance you're on information overload. How do you figure which components match best with your application? Which wireless medium is best, and then which vendors do you go with? How do you ensure that you're designing a product that'll still be viable five years from now?
These are all legitimate questions, and unfortunately, they don't come with simple answers. And those answers could change significantly over short periods of time as more products get introduced, more security breeches occur, and the technology simply matures. In some of the "non-traditional" embedded markets, like healthcare, industrial, and even mil/aero, the answers are even more esoteric.
I've often found that the best path, or the path with the least resistance, is that of the reference platform. You could certainly make the argument that starting with a reference platform doesn't afford you with the lowest cost option - and that sometimes is an interesting argument - but in terms of getting to market the fastest, there's rarely a better option.
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