Internet of Things | Analog Devices

THE BUILDING
BLOCKS OF THE
INTERNET OF THINGS

Solutions that sense, measure, interpret, connect, and analyze— these are the devices that live on the cutting edge of the IoT. We’ve been pioneering and advancing these technologies for more than half a century.

THE BUILDING
BLOCKS OF THE
INTERNET OF THINGS

The Internet of Things begins where the physical world connects to the digital.

Sensors. Converters. Processors and transceivers. These are what gather and transport the data that fuel the promise and potential of the Internet of Things. That’s where the IoT begins. And that’s where the need for intelligence, accuracy and reliability is crucial.

Components that sense, measure, interpret, connect, and analyze—these are the devices that live on the front lines of the IoT. These are the devices we’ve pioneered and advanced for more than half a century.

The Internet of Things Depends of the Intelligence of Things.

Having information is not the same as having insight. Data is most valuable when you know it is accurate and reliable. By using the best quality data, intelligence at the edge, and reliable connectivity, you can enable your cloud to deliver deep learning and insights.

That’s where our focus is.

From human biometrics to machine vibration profiles, discover how our technologies are measuring what could not be measured before. And discover how these can create new possibilities, more reliable outcomes, lower costs, and faster time to market for your IoT solutions.

What is IoT to Analog Devices?

At Analog Devices, a good IoT solution is intelligent, has integrity, and solves the toughest, most important challenges. We’re bringing intelligence to the edge of the IoT by optimizing data quality and analytics within the “things” to ensure data is relevant, accurate, and complete. We’re bringing integrity and efficiency to the IoT with reliable wireless connectivity solutions and security solutions. And we’re partnering with our customers to design solutions that solve their toughest IoT challenges in applications where outcomes really matter.

Six Cybersecurity Must-Haves to Secure The Edge

In the IoT, how do we know if we can trust the data that’s being generated and exchanged? Learn more about how trust is established for resilient and secure IoT systems.

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Technologies

You wouldn’t build a house on a weak foundation, why build your IoT solution that way? Our technologies sense, measure, and interpret in ways that add intelligence and integrity to the edge, add reliability to cloud connectivity, and improve overall integrity, impact, and efficiency of IoT solutions.

Technology Areas

Smart Mesh® Wireless Sensor Networks

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SmartMesh® wireless sensor networking products are chips and pre-certified PCB modules complete with mesh networking software, enabling sensors to communicate in tough Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) environments.

Smartmesh IP solution is highly scalable and well-suited for a wide range of applications. It delivers high reliability and low power consumption even in harsh, dynamically changing RF environments.

SmartMesh WirelessHART offers the lowest power consumption in its class and is the most widely used WirelessHART (IEC62591) standard compliant product available.

SmartMesh IP Starter Kit
The SmartMesh IP Starter Kit provides all the tools necessary for evaluating the network performance of SmartMesh IP, such as high reliability, bandwidth flexibility, and ease of installation. Provides the components needed for device integration and application development including:

• One USB Network Manager (DC2274A-A)
• One USB Access Point Mote (DC2274A-B)
• Five Evaluation / Development Motes (DC9018B-B)
• One Eterna Interface Card (DC9006A)
• One Eterna QuikEval Adapter (DC9005B)
• Additional CR2032 batteries
• Cables

Sense

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Sensing is the birthplace of data in the IoT. Our high performance sensing portfolio combines precision, power efficiency, and robustness to ensure the highest level of integrity right from the start.

• MEMS Inertial
• Optical
• Biopotential
• Impedance
• Temperature

Product Highlight: ADXL1001/ADXL1002

• Single in plane MEMS accelerometer with full-scale range of ±100g
• Delivers ultra-low noise density of 30 μg/√Hz with a sensitivy of 20mV/g

Measure

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Our robust signal conditioning technologies play a critical role in turning the most sensitive signals into useful data and useful information - solving the most challenging measurement problems faced by our partners and customers.

• Integrated AFEs
• Converters
• Amplifiers
• References
• Switches/Multiplexers
• Power management
• Energy Measurement

Product Highlight: AD8233 Electrocardiogram (ECG) Integrated AFE

• Small size enables health devices that are smaller, lighter, and easier to wear.
• Microamp-range power requirements enable extended battery life and continuous monitoring.
• Low electrical noise enables precise signal measurement.
• On-chip integration including multiple filtering and amplifiers enables ease of use.

Interpret

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The brain of the connected solution, our processors combine hardware and advanced algorithms to deliver intelligence, functionality, and localized decision making for IoT solutions.

• Ultralow power microcontrollers and processors
• Integrated precision microcontrollers and processors
• Blackfin^® low power DSP

Product Highlight: ADuCM4050

• Ultralow power ARM^® Cortex^®-M4 core MCU with floating-point unit and 512 KB of embedded flash memory
• Integrated power management SensorStrobe™ technology supports multiple digital-and-analog sensor inputs for data analysis, enabling the MCU to remain in a low power state while sensors and RF technology are still collecting data
• High performance ULPBench™ certified score of 203 points (Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium)
• Improved encryption and security, enabled by a combination of hardware and software protection mechanisms providing read protection

Connect

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Our IoT radio products ensure reliability, power efficiency, and flexibility across a number of wireless protocols and range requirements. They enable robust networks in applications where reliability and timeliness of information are critical.

• Wireless sensor networks
• Long range radio transceivers
• High data rate radio transceivers
• Integrated radio/micros

Product Highlight: ADF7030-1

• Sub-GHz integrated radio transceiver. Supports narrow-band and wideband operation across sub-GHz ISM bands, with low power operation and data rates from 0.1 kbps to 300 kbps using 2GFSK modulation. Low power operation reduces battery cost and increases product lifetime.
• Faster encryption enabled by a combination of hardware and software protection mechanisms providing read protection.

Power Management in IoT

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Because many IoT applications require wireless, remote, or mobile solutions, power management is often a primary challenge in system design. Battery life can have significant implications on cost of ownership, and can sometimes be a barrier to viability. Analog Devices takes a system-level approach to power management. What does this mean?

• Energy harvesting technology to source power from the environment
• Ultralow power products that often achieve best in class benchmark scores
• System-level power management functions built in at the component level
• Unmatched design expertise around low power systems

Product Highlight: ADP5091

• ADP5091 energy harvesting PMU
• ULP boost with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and charge management
• Supports PV harvester or TEG harvester
• Fast cold start with SIDO regulated output

Our Focus Application Areas

Smart Health

Our healthcare technologies are shaping the future of wireless vital signs monitoring (VSM) for both clinical and consumer uses. By leveraging optical and motion sensing, impedance, biopotential, and signal conditioning technologies, as well as advanced biometric algorithms, we’re pushing the boundaries of what can be measured and learned from the human body.

Smart Factories

Our technologies enable precision sensing, monitoring, control, analytics, and efficient communications in factory and process automation applications. Our solutions help designers build industry 4.0-ready systems that meet the end users’ need for more responsive, flexible, safer, and leaner manufacturing.

Smart Buildings & Smart City

We help customers build smart building and city solutions delivering secure and intelligent sensing, localized decision making, and power efficiency. Our advanced imaging and sensing platforms combine hardware, software, and connectivity, enabling users to realize the full benefits of real-time monitoring in applications such as building security, asset tracking, parking space occupancy detection, object and gesture recognition, and many more.

Smart Agriculture

We empower the high tech farm with the most precise and robust inertial measurement and geolocation technologies available. Our advanced sensor fusion designs are the eyes and ears of todays automated farming vehicles and equipment, enabling real-time autonomous decision making, greater resource efficiencies, and simplified operations.

Smart Infrastructure

Highly integrated sensing and connectivity solutions enable our customers to monitor their critical assets at the edge – whether in industrial environments, remote field locations, or in transit. From structural health and conditions monitoring to location and movement tracking, our high performance and low power solutions deliver the most accurate, reliable information at the lowest cost of maintenance.