For questions related to standards applicable to IoT devices. Use this tag for questions about interpreting standards, selecting the most appropriate standard to follow and understanding why standards were designed as they are.
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Is CoAP still used for IoT devices?
I did a prototype project for work a few years ago that utilized the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) for communicating with an Arduino board over a mesh network, but we put the brakes on the project due to a serious lack of security in our…
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Are there any initiatives to prevent IoT obsolescence?
I've been reluctant to invest in many IoT devices, especially externally managed/subscription based devices because of issues having to deal with the closure of management services due to issues like planned obsolescence and corporate take-overs of…
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Is Wi-Fi HaLow unsuitable for IoT applications because it operates in unlicensed frequencies?
The Wi-Fi Alliance's relatively new Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) specification seems to be ideal in some characteristics for IoT devices:
Wi-Fi HaLow will enable a variety of new power-efficient use cases in the Smart Home, connected car, and digital…
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European Union Regulations for Smart Plugs
If I want my smart plug design to be a commercial product in the EU it must surely meet some requirements, regulations or directives.
I know about the CE (Conformité Européenne) marking, which is mandatory in the European Economic Area. It means, if…
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Is there a standardized RPC mechanism for MQTT?
Over on Stack Overflow there is a question about implementing request/response interaction over MQTT. As one answer notes, you can do it by publishing the request on one topic and listening for the response on another token that was included in the…
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Wiring regulations for self made electrical equipment (UK)
There are various intrusive wiring regulations in the UK. If I want to wire up a light extension I'm required to have this done by a suitably qualified person, or if I do it myself get it approved by a suitably qualified person.
Of course I'm sure…
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Is there a certificate to indicate the security level of IoT devices?
Is there any reliable certificate for IoT devices, which can be used to compare the provided security of these devices?1
Currently, the IoT landscape is completely scattered with different protocols, standards and proprietary solutions. On the…
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Standards for non-Internet-connected WiFi devices?
I'm planning to do a lot of home automation. For that I will host a private isolated WiFi network to which all my devices will be connected to. The devices will be simple lights, RGB LED strips (smd5050 and ws2812b), thermostats, fans, window…
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Common APIs in C or C++ for the IoT
What are the common or usual APIs (or libraries) in C or C++ for the IoT, in the sense of having a documentation, a set of programming interfaces? (Like e.g. POSIX is for operating systems, Qt is for GUI, etc....).
This short page motivates my…
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KNX/IP gateways with support for KNX Web Services
Introduction
KNX is a standardized, OSI-based network communications protocol for building automation. It is the successor to, and convergence of, 3 previous standards: EHS, BatiBUS and EIB.
KNX is currently the de facto standard in building…
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Will "smart" devices be required to allow import and export of data under the GDPR?
In May 2018, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation will come into force, and EU citizens will be given additional rights in regards to their data. As well as this, data controllers (organisations that collect data on users) will…
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Why does the ARM architecture dominate the IoT market?
I would like to understand why we use ARM for routers, cell phones, cameras, refrigerators, smart TVs, and everything, instead of using any other architecture like x86.
What are the advantages of using ARM for these things?
What would be the…
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MQTT JSON format for process automation industry?
W.r.t. formatting the payload content of MQTT messages one usually sticks to standards. In case the AWS IoT platform is used the format of the payload content is not pre-defined. There's just a best practice design guide. However usually one sticks…
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Why does LoRaWAN 1.1 use MAC-then-encrypt for Join-Accept messages?
In the LoRaWAN 1.1. standard it says on Page 16 "For Join-Accept frame, the MIC field is encrypted with the payload and is not a separate field".
In other scenarios the message integrity code is a separate field, so the message is encrypted, before…
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IoT Standards for data format when uploading to clouds or servers
What are some IoT Standards that provide a format or framework for representing data to be sent to cloud?
The problem often faced is:
one tends to have information from sensor nodes and edge nodes but the data pushed to cloud often times lacks…
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