Aplix IP Holdings Corporation today announced that it had developed the world’s first analog integrated circuit (IC) specifically designed for the Internet of Things (IoT). This analog IC will enable the creation of a single-chip solution that can connect a wide range of generic home and office appliances to the Internet.
Generic home and office appliances are made from analog electronic components such as thermostats, water detectors, heaters and motors. To connect such products to digital products and communication networks such as smartphones and the Internet, interface circuits for each set of wildly varying analog electric components must be designed and manufactured with many electric components, such as transistors, resistors, capacitors and inductors.
Aplix has been developing and manufacturing wireless modules to connect various home and office appliances to the Internet since 2010, according to a statement. More than 100 home and office appliance manufacturers are using Aplix’s wireless modules to develop products that can connect to the Internet. But interface circuits for each different product and feature had to be designed and manufactured.
Aplix has been conducting research and development of Machine-to-Machine technologies to connect home and office appliances to the Internet since 2004.
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