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CES 2016, A MiCrOCOSM Of SMArT HOME iNdUSTry In early January, CES 2016 managed to lure in the world’s brightest tech companies into the sin city, Las Vegas, to present their latest technologies and innovations. From 4K home cameras, intuitive control enabled by devices like Amazon Echo to the connected kitchen from Bosch, Siemens, these technologies surely wowed the beholders wherever they went at show. In this issue, SMAhome presents the special feature of CES 2016 smart home reports. In the 25-page report, we shed lights on the next smart home gadgets and design trends. We also shared the uptake for product developers based on observation made at the show on Page 48. Despite the exciting launches, the hodgepodge of protocols, the not-so-DIY-friendly products to the reduced visitor flow in the bigger smart home area compared to the 2015 edition, smart home market challenges were epitomized by CES 2016. Limited consumer demands with too many choices, together with technological fragmentation, are delaying the mass adoption of smart home. While interoperability remains up in the air, Deutsche Telekom and many other observers believe that there are no industry-wide platforms or standards. Partnership may be the only way to survive. For developing smart home business, Deutsche Telekom has been investing its efforts since 2011. Read their smart home experience on Page 20 and comments from an array of industry veterans on the essentials of smart home market development on Page 52 and Page 73. Moving outside home, the entryway had been the blind spot of home security. And makers saw the opportunity. Products like smart locks, video doorbells and DIY outdoor cameras have been launched to help eliminate this blind spot by bringing connectivity to the entryway. SMAhome presents the latest gadgets for securing your home’s entryway on Page 9. Spring is the season for sourcing. If you are planning Asian sourcing trips, do not miss SMAhome International Conference and Exhibition 2016 to be held during April 1921 in Taipei. Quite unlike the other smart home related trade fairs around the world, the show is well-positioned to meet your distinctive professional business requirements for home security and smart home supply chains. Check out why it deserves your visit on Page 66.
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CONTENTS Issue: 12
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suppliEr iNdEx ASiAn OriginAl MAkerS Of ZigBee And Z-WAve
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talk deutSche telekOM: PArtnerShiPS Add vAlue fOr SMArt hOMe uSerS
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vivA lABS: hOW tO crAck the SMArt hOMe MArket
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icOntrOl netWOrkS: SMArt hOMe needS educAtiOn And tiMe
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ViEwpoiNt BrOAdcOM: hAving One MOre StAndArd iS nOt gOOd fOr SMArt hOMe
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dSr: SMArt hOMe PlAyerS need tO creAte ‘hABit’ tO Achieve reAl MArket reSultS
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JAScO: MeSh netWOrk iS PivOtAl in Achieving interOPerABility
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CES 2016
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BEYOND CONSUMERTECH LEVEL At CES 2016, SMAhome collects what may change smart home trends in aspects of home security, control, appliances, semiconductors, cloud platforms and software designs. The collection leads to quite a few uptakes for product developers.
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hOMe Security & SAfety – Bringing greAter PeAce Of Mind
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hOMe cOntrOl – MOre interOPerABle And interActive
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SMArt hOMe APPliAnceS – SiZZling in kitchen
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key cOMPOnentS – deSign trendS frOM SeMicOnductOr SPeciAliStS
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clOud PlAtfOrM & SOftWAre ServiceS – enABling interOPerABility And creAting vAlue
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Smart home news highlights from November 2015 to January 2016
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Thanks to smart home technology, smartphones can now be the interface for remote video monitoring and access control. Three product categories of DIY security for home entryway are introduced in this feature.
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March/April (#13)
September/October (#16)
• Spring Tech Preview • Home safety in IoT arena
• Cloud platform: openness/interoperability possible in smart home? • Ensuring privacy and security in smart home
May/June (#14) • Home appliance and smart home • Homecare/Healthcare in smart home
July/August (#15) • Sourcing Taiwan: specialists from IPC and computer peripherals • Google's weave vs. Apple Homekit
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November/December (#17) • 2017 Smart home tech preview • Lighting Control and smart home
CALL FOR PAPERS! SMAhome Editorial Team welcomes smart home professionals’ submission of technology papers or market perspectives related to the 2017 editorial features. Please contact us at smahome-pr@newera. messefrankfurt.com or visit www.mysmahome.com .
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DIY Security Home Entryway for
Smart Door lock
Smart Video Doorbell
DIY Outdoor Camera
Thanks to smart home technology, smartphones can now be the interface for remote video monitoring and access control – homeowners can unlock the door, monitor the entryway, see and talk to the visitor when someone presses the doorbell, or receive instant mobile alerts when someone approaches the entryway, even when away from home. Three product categories of DIY security for home entryway – smart door locks, smart video doorbells and outdoor cameras – are introduced in this feature.
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9 Eye-catching Smart Door Locks of 2015 / 2016
By Cindy Lin
Common features of smart door locks include auto unlock / lock, status display and activity log, and virtual keys that can be given out to visitors for temporary access. With auto unlock / lock, doors can unlock automatically as the user approaches (with the smartphone), and auto lock behind the user after leaving. With status display and activity log, users can better keep track of who enters and leaves the house. With virtual keys, users can more conveniently and precisely
The ubiquity of smartphones has helped usher in a new generation of door locks – smart door locks. In most cases, these locks have been designed with smartphones at the center and as the new key. However, many support alternative ways of unlocking the door in parallel to give users options, such as using a traditional key, key fob, keypad, biometrics, or even wearables to unlock the door.
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manage visitor access – not only can keys be given out remotely, they can also come into effect and expire as set by the user. Bluetooth is a popular protocol for smart locks and is adopted by leading companies like August, Yale and Kwikset. With Bluetooth, smart locks can establish point-to-point communication with users’ smartphones. However, this also means that users cannot access the lock outside of its range. While having locks operate offline is comforting for some, out of privacy reasons, others may want the option to remotely monitor and control their locks. To bring a Bluetooth smart door lock online, a gateway (or bridge) is required, which can be a dedicated device or built into related door products. For example, August Home offers two options for enabling remote access to the August Smart Lock – August Connect, a dedicated gateway, and August Doorbell Cam, a doorbell camera. Some smart door locks, such as LockState’s RemoteLock 6i, speak Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth. The advantage of using a Wi-Fi lock is that it can connect to the Internet directly through one’s Wi-
A noteworthy trend for smart door locks is that the industry is moving fast to connect these locks with other devices in the smart home to enable new scenarios and create value-added applications. This is often done through third-party integrations.
Fi router without the need for an additional gateway. But the downside is that using Wi-Fi can drain the battery too quickly. RemoteLock 6i addresses this issue by having its Wi-Fi radio go to sleep for set intervals of time called the “HeartBeat Interval”. When in sleep, the Wi-Fi radio cannot receive messages from the user, and visitors have to press the keypad to wake up the radio. A noteworthy trend for smart door locks is that the industry is moving fast to connect these locks with other devices in the smart home to enable new scenarios and create value-added applications. This is often done through third-party integrations. Popular integrations include integrations with other smart door products like doorbell cameras, with prominent ecosystems like the Nest ecosystem, with Apple’s HomeKit framework, or with rental services like Airbnb.
August Smart Lock HomeKit Enabled The HomeKit enabled version was announced in October, along with August’s platform - August Access, and a few other new products – August Smart Keypad and August Doorbell Cam. This version has all the features of the original lock, and with HomeKit compatibility, users can unlock, lock, or check the status of the lock using Siri. August has integrated with Nest Thermostat, Nest Cam and XFINITY Home app, and it is also part of Airbnb’s Host Assist program. According to Airbnb’s announcement in November, “Soon hosts can connect their Airbnb accounts with partners, including August, Danalock, Igloohome, Kevo, Keycafe, Lockstate, Miwa, Nest, and Yale Locks to easily coordinate guest entry without the need to wait for guests, hide keys, or manually schedule and send virtual keys.”
Yale Linus Announced in October, Yale Linus is a lock developed through the Works with Nest program. Unlike August, which only replaces the interior part of existing deadbolt, Yale Linus offers a complete replacement. The lock works with Nest Protect, Nest Learning Thermostat, and Nest Cam. For example, when Nest Protect detects smoke or carbon monoxide, Linus issues a voice alert and an on-screen visual alert to warn the user even before they enter. www.yale2you.com/linuslock
Kwikset Signature Series Deadbolt Locks with Home Connect Showcased at CEDIA 2015, this Z-Wave enabled deadbolt features Kwikset’s SmartKey re-key technology for fast re-key within seconds and BumpGuard technology to protect lock bumping. The lock supports remote access control. www.kwikset.com
LockState RemoteLock 6i With support of up to 1000 user codes or guest codes, RemoteLock 6i is a Wi-Fi lock suitable for not just residential applications but also commercial and industrial applications. The lock is part of the Airbnb Host Assist Program.
august.com
www.lockstate.com
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gosh! SmartLock For Door www.whygosh.com
This is a non-conventional lock that does not rely on wireless connectivity at all. At the bottom of the lock is an optical scanner that can read codes displayed on the screen of a smartphone. The lock supports key sharing and scheduled guest keys.
MUL-T-LOCK ENTR ENTR uses encrypted Bluetooth smart technology and provides several means for access control. Users can unlock the door using the mobile app, Remote Control, Fingerprint Reader, or Touchpad Wall Reader. The lock also features rechargeable batteries and two charging options – Wired Charger and Wire-free Charger.
www.mul-t-lock.com
Brink’s Home Security Array Array is a digital deadbolt that can connect directly to Wi-Fi routers for Internet access, so no hubs are required. The deadbolt is powered by a combination of a proprietary battery and an onboard photovoltaic panel that, according to the company, can harvest light energy even in dim light. Users can use their smartphone, tablet, or a traditional metal key to unlock the door. To be released in late 2016, Array will be compatible with HomeKit, Works with Nest products and other smart home systems.
IKILOCK www.ikilock.com
IKILOCK, along with IKICENTER and IKIPLUG, make up the three home security and connected home products the French startup IKICLOCK will be unveiling at CES 2016. IKICENTER is the heart of the IKILOCK system. With IKICENTER, it allows users to remotely lock/unlock the IKILOCK. IKILOCK replaces the interior part of the lock so the user’s traditional key still works. According to the company, IKILOCK is not just another Bluetooth smart lock, and it instead relies on several protocols to deliver reliable and secure door management. When the user unlocks IKILOCK using the app on their smartphone, the request is sent to IKILOCK’s remote server via the phone’s 4G network for example. After the Wi-Fi connected IKICENTER receives the request from the remote server, it orders IKILOCK to unlock using ISM 6LoWPAN technology. “This protocol (ISM 6LoWPAN) allows us to implement stronger authentication processes than Bluetooth, and has a longer range,” says the company. Other features supported by IKILOCK include unlimited virtual keys and live status updates.
BriLong BLE Smart Lock The BLE Smart Lock uses LockSens technology for automatic door unlock when an authorized user comes into proximity of the lock with their smartphone. When paired with the Brainchild WiFi Video Doorbell, the lock can also be accessed remotely. iOS and Android BriLong apps are available for users to lock/unlock the door. E-Keys with customizable settings such as duration and number of uses can be created and given out to visitors. With the web portal, user can manage lock settings and E-Keys.
www.mybrinkshome.com
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www.brainchild.com.tw
Exploration
9 Must-See Smart Video Doorbells of 2015 / 2016
By Cindy Lin
While smart video doorbells can operate as standalone devices, they can also integrate with other security devices for the entry area, such as smart door locks. But it doesn’t end there. New integrations with products, services or platforms beyond home security are also happening. Nest and IFTTT integrations are two examples.
Smart video doorbells are becoming the next popular home security gadget to get for upgrading the entry area for homes. Not only do smart video doorbells bring connectivity to the door, they are also an attractive alternative to traditional intercom systems because they are easier to install and less costly in comparison. In 2015, well-recognized smart home brands like Vivint and August released their own smart video doorbells. Meanwhile, existing brands like Ring and SkyBell continued to push for upgrades by improving performance, adding new features, and enabling integrations. SkyBell HD - the third generation of the SkyBell video doorbell – offers an upgrade in video quality with the new 1080p camera and has many innovative features that are worth mentioning. With full-color night vision and a temperature and humidity sensor, SkyBell HD is a rare breed in doorbells. While temperature and humidity sensors have been increasingly embedded in smart home cameras and hubs, they have not really made it to doorbells. This year, new smart video doorbells were unveiled at CES 2016 by companies like smanos and the French startup Fenotek, adding new members to the smart video doorbell landscape. Although smart video doorbells share the common theme of supporting remote video monitoring, two-way talk, and possibly access control (when connected with a smart lock) from mobile devices, they can be highly versatile in design
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and color. Going wireless is trendy to make installation simpler, with Wi-Fi being one of the most adopted wireless standards. However, smart video doorbells like the August Doorbell Cam and SkyBell HD also support Bluetooth on top of Wi-Fi. Bluetooth can be used for communication between devices. Similar to smart door locks, many doorbell cameras are integrating with Nest. Integrations with other connected devices at home such as smart door locks and lights are also popular, which allow companies to extend their services to encompass access control and home automation. Integration with smart door locks is an obvious choice as homeowners would naturally want the option to unlock the door after seeing / speaking with the visitor. ring has a program called “Ring Plus” that lets Ring Video Doorbell connect with partners like Wink, Kevo, LockState and Kisi. One way for companies to implement integration is through IFTTT (If this then that). Products or services can join the IFTTT and become an IFTTT channel, and users can create “recipes” to connect two channels, so that when an event (“if”) occurs on one channel, an action (“that”) can be triggered on another channel. Ring announced IFTTT integration in December 2015, adding a new member to its Ring Plus family. With IFTTT, users can for example have their Philips Hue turn on when the Ring Video Doorbell detects motion.
August Doorbell Cam Wireless: BLE & Wi-Fi August Doorbell Cam is equipped with an HD camera and requires Wi-Fi connection and a Bluetooth Smart Ready phone. Users can receive alerts when someone rings the bell or when motion is detected, and the audio and video of each visit is recorded. What is important to note is that if used in conjunction with the August Smart Lock, users can remotely control and monitor the status of the lock, so the doorbell cam also serves as the gateway for connecting the lock to the Internet. However, if the user just wants to connect their lock to the Internet, they can buy the August Connect, a dedicated gateway that costs much less ($79) than the doorbell cam ($199). august.com
SkyBell HD
Fenotek Hi Wireless: Wi-Fi
fenotek.com
Hi) by Fenotek is a futuristic looking doorbell with unique features to match its look. Besides HD camera and motion sensor, it has an alarm that will sound when someone tries to steal it or when activated from user’s smartphone for emergencies. What sets it apart is that it uses i-Beacon identification for activating personalized scenarios, and users have the option to charge the device using solar power. Last but not the least, Hi) is designed, developed, and manufactured in France! The device made its debut at CES 2016.
Yale Real Living Look Door Viewer www.yalelock.com
Wireless: Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi + Z-Wave Released during CEDIA 2015, the Look Door Viewer is a one-of-its-kind device that replaces traditional peepholes with two parts – a doorbell camera on the exterior side of the door, and a LCD monitor on the interior side. Homeowners can see the visitor either on the monitor or on a smartphone (with Wi-Fi connection). They can also see and speak with the visitor from the smartphone. Photos are automatically taken when someone pushes the doorbell or when motion is detected within 6.5 feet. Unlike many others, this device runs on four AA batteries. Z-Wave version is available.
Wireless: Wi-Fi Released in October 2015, SkyBell HD has some unique features as mentioned previously. With Nest integration, user’s Nest Cam can be activated (or deactivated) from the SkyBell HD app while talking to the visitor. IFTTT is also supported – according to SkyBell, SkyBell HD now connects with Nest Protect, Amazon Echo, Philips Hue, SmartThings, Scout Alarm, Life360 and personal email via IFTTT.
www.skybell.com
Zmodo Greet
www.zmodo.com
Wireless: Wi-Fi Zmodo Greet is a 720p HD camera with 105 angle of view and 4x ditigal zoom. The biggest highlight of Greet is that it has 8GB of memory. According to the company, this translates to up to 6 months of clips from motion and missed calls. With built-in storage, customers just pay a one-time fee for the device with storage. A redesigned version of Greet - Greet 2.0 - was announced by Zmodo at CES 2016. Important new features include an improved camera with a wider-angle lens and simultaneous two-way talk.
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Vivint Doorbell Camera
www.vivint.com
Wireless: Wi-Fi Featuring a 180-degree view and night vision, Vivint Doorbell Camera is the latest item to join Vivint’s smart home system, Vivint Sky. At the heart of Vivint Sky is Vivint SkyControl panel, which is placed inside the home, and the Vivint Doorbell Camera communicates with the panel using Wi-Fi. Through Vivint Sky’s integration with third party products like door locks, garage door openers and more, users have the option to remotely unlock their door or open the garage door for example. “Our system works with other Z-Wave locks, such as those from Yale, and we optimize for all models of Kwikset locks,” says Vivint. Vivint Doorbell Camera supports live video streaming to both the mobile device and the panel, auto audio video capture of every visit and video sharing. Vivint currently offers three packages, and Vivint Doorbell Camera is one of options available for two of the packages.
smanos Smart Video Doorbell DB-20 www.smanos.com
Wireless: Wi-Fi Introduced at CES 2016, the Smart Video Doorbell is a new member to smanos’ smart home ecosystem built around K1, a wireless Smart Hub developed by smanos. The doorbell features 1080p video quality, 180-degree view angle and free cloud video storage.
TECOM Cloud Video Doorphone Wireless: Wi-Fi
BriLong P to P Wi-Fi Video Doorbell www.brainchild.com.tw
Wireless: Wi-Fi Although this Wi-Fi video doorbell is yet to embrace third party integrations, it has almost all the features one would expect in a smart video doorbell, such as two-way talk, mobile access with iOS and Android apps including support for P2P live video streaming, motion triggered video recording and night vision. The built-in HD camera records videos up to 1080p and in H.264 format. These videos are saved to the onboard microSD card and can be uploaded to Google Drive automatically. The video doorbell is weatherproof and IP65 rated.
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The Wi-Fi enabled Cloud Video Doorphone supports two-way talk using the app on a smart device. When motion is detected by the built-in PIR sensor, the doorbell can automatically take snapshots and/or record videos (up to 720p), and alert the user via push notifications. The snapshots and videos are saved to the user’s smartphone in either H.264 or M-JPEG format, and the company plans to provide cloud storage in the future. TECOM provides ODM services for the Cloud Video Doorphone, which comes in a bundle that also includes an app and cloud services (provided by cloud servers running on AWS). According to the company, the device can be customized to work with other connected devices like door locks, yard lights, garage doors and others. A Z-Wave + Wi-Fi version of the doorphone is available. www.tecom.com.tw/en
7 Pioneering DIY Outdoor Cameras of 2015 / 2016
By Cindy Lin
There is no doubt that home surveillance camera has been one of the highlights for the smart home in recent years. Up until now, the majority of smart home cameras on the market have been for indoor use, and options for similarly equipped outdoor home cameras have seemed limited in comparison. By similarly equipped we are referring to features like easy installation and setup, motion detection, remote viewing of live or recorded videos from a smartphone or a tablet, instant mobile/email alerts, and local or cloud storage. Popular home cameras like Piper nv, Netatmo Welcome and Withings Home all made their debut at CES last year, and they are all indoor cameras. Nevertheless, more smart home cameras for outdoor use have started to surface since last year.
In April of 2015, FLIR released a multi-purpose Wi-Fi camera for indoor, outdoor and sports use called FLIR FX. Later in November, Zmodo announced a n e w home camera line, which includes Zmodo Replay – a four-camera kit with two indoor and two outdoor cameras. And during the recently held CES 2016, Ring released Stick Up Cam, a wire-free outdoor camera featuring two-way talk, and Netatmo released Presence, an outdoor camera that can tell whether it detected a person, a car or an animal. Both Zmodo and Ring have a smart doorbell in their product lineup, and Ring specifically states that the Stick Up Cam is designed to supplement Ring Video Doorbell. Generally speaking, outdoor cameras mainly differ from indoor ones in having weatherproof capabilities and longer detection ranges. For cameras to be installed outside, they have to withstand exposure to rain, sunlight and dirt. Outdoor cameras also need to see out further. Netatmo Presence features a detection range of up to 20m / 65ft. Outdoor installations of cameras that require wiring or chords can be a real hassle. Luckily, there have been more wireless and wire-free outdoor home cameras released to the market to make installation simpler. Some cameras, like Zmodo’s outdoor camera, use wireless communication, but they have to be plugged in for power. Others, although in the minority, are completely without wires. Arlo by NETGEAR released in
2014 is a classic example. Ring’s Stick Up Cam is one of the latest to join the cohort – it is Wi-Fi connected and operates on a rechargeable battery that will last 6 to 12 months on one charge with regular usage. As more activities take place outside of home than inside, motion detection has to be more precise and smarter to prevent false alerts. Dividing the field of view into “zones” and allowing users to choose which zones to look for activities, all from within the app, is a popular technique for selective detection of meaningful events. Cameras like Stick Up Cam, FLIR FX and Edimax’ IC-9110W all use this technique. For FLIR FX and Stick Up Cam, users can further customize sensitivity. Although it doesn’t support face recognition like Netatmo Welcome does, the company’s newest addition Presence uses Smart-Sight technology that leverages deep learning algorithm to detect people, cars and animals so users can quickly grasp the situation.
Generally speaking, outdoor cameras mainly differ from indoor ones in having weatherproof capabilities and longer detection ranges. For cameras to be installed outside, they have to withstand exposure to rain, sunlight and dirt.
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Features at a Glance Product
Protocol
Video
Field of View
Night Vision
Weatherproof
Two-Way Talk Storage
FLIR FX Outdoor
Wi-Fi
1080p
160°
IR LEDs & IR cut filter Up to 65 feet
IP66
Yes
Cloud – three monthly plans, including the free FLIR CLOUD BASIC
Ring Stick Up Cam
Wi-Fi
720p
80°
IR LEDs
IP54
Yes
Cloud – monthly plan or annual plan
Netatmo Presence
Wi-Fi
1080p
100°
IR LEDs Up to 50 feet / 15 meters
IP66
No
Local – microSD card up to 32GB Option to store in personal server using FTP
SwannOne SoundView Outdoor Camera
Wi-Fi
720p
76°
IR LEDs
Weather resistant
No
Cloud – two plans for 7 or 30 days (rolling)
Zmodo Replay – Outdoor camera
Wi-Fi
720p
81°
Automatic IR-cut Up to 50 feet
IP65
No
Local – 1TB hard drive
Edimax IC-9110W
Ethernet & WiFi
720p
139°
IR LEDs & automatic ICR
IP66
No
Local – microSD/SDHC card up to 64GB
TRANWO GigaAir SMH101 – Camera
Wi-Fi
720p
60°
ICR filter auto switch Up to 10 meters
IP66
No
Local – microSD card up to 128GB (located on the indoor monitor)
FLIR FX
Ring Stick Up Cam
The versatility in use is definitely a highlight for FLIR FX. The outdoor model has a weatherproof housing locked around the camera, where the housing also provides 4 extra high-powered IR LEDs for clear night vision. Besides its versatility, the camera also has rich features to top things off. It supports live streaming to a smartphone or tablet, even without an Internet connection. Videos can be recorded to an onboard microSD card or to the FLIR cloud. With FLIR’s cloud-based RapidRecap capability, users can quickly review hours of footage. It also supports 2-way audio and temperature and humidity monitoring, which are features rare to find in outdoor cameras for the smart home.
Just released at CES 2016, Ring’s Stick Up Cam adds to the ring family, which previously included the Video Doorbell and the Chime. According to Ring, Stick Up Cam complements the Ring Video Doorbell, and uers can keep an eye on their back or side door in addition to their front door. “We expect users to put Cam on their side or back door - in places that their Ring Video Doorbell doesn’t cover. Stick Up Cam extends the ring of security from the front door to the entire home,” says Ring. The camera also features two-way talk with built-in speakers and microphone. Video recordings are saved in the cloud, and users can view and download up to 6 months of activity. The recordings can be shared with others such as friends, families or authorities. The camera shares the same app and cloud storage plan as the Ring Video Doorbell.
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Netatmo Presence
Zmodo Replay
www.netatmo.com
Presence elegantly combines a floodlight with an outdoor security camera. The camera’s ability to distinguish between a car, a person and an animal also sets it apart from its competitors. What is also appealing is that it offers free video storage so users don’t have to subscribe to storage plans or pay recurring fees. Users can store the videos on the onboard microSD card, or they can take the option to store them in their personal server using FTP.
SwannOne SoundView Outdoor Camera With the built-in microphone, the SwannOne SoundView Outdoor Camera can listen for glass door and window breakage and alert the user of the incident. Optional plans are available for expanding the camera’s listening capabilities, so that sounds of smoke, carbon monoxide alarms, car alarms and gun shots can also be detected. The camera can be used as a standalone security system, or it can join the SwannOne connected home system when combined with the SwannOne Smart Hub and other accessories. The company offers optional pay-as-you-go service plans including centralized professional monitoring, home automation and cloud video storage. www.swann.com
The HD outdoor camera included in the system has an extended Wi-Fi range thanks to its long range Wi-Fi antenna. www.zmodo.com While some cameras only record when motion is detected or when the user manually hits the record button, this camera records continuously for up to 50 days to the included 1TB hard drive. With smart recording, it claims to save up to 80% of hard drive storage. No monthly fees are required.
Edimax IC-9110W www.edimax.com
IC-9110W is a HD camera with a diagonal viewing angle of 139 degrees. It comes with an indoor Wi-Fi unit to make placement of the camera more flexible. The camera is physically connected to the indoor Wi-Fi unit through through the wall with a unit cable developed by Edimax, and recordings are saved to the microSD card (up to 64GB) on the indoor Wi-Fi unit. The camera features an anti-cut bracket system to prevent the cable from being damaged. The viewer software supports simultaneous access of up to 16 cameras, offering the possibility of expansion for homeowners.
TRANWO GigaAir SMH101 www.tranwo.com
Designed for outdoor surveillance, GigaAir SMH101 consists of a control panel, a wireless outdoor camera and alarm accessories including intruder alarms and a smoke alarm. Featuring a 7-inch or 10.1-inch touch screen display, the control panel can also act as a smart home gateway. The control panel communicates with the wireless outdoor camera using Wi-Fi, and the rest - PIR sensor, window/door sensor, siren, smoke detector and remote control - using proprietary RF technology. The control panel can support up to 4 cameras. The camera can pre-record 5 to 15 seconds prior to detected motions, and it also supports scheduled recording and playback while recording. Up to 128GB of recordings from the camera can be saved onto the microSD card located in the control panel.
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Deutsche Telekom:
Partnerships Add Value for Smart Home Users
By Veronica Chen/ Cindy Lin
Europe’s leading telco, Deutsche Telekom, has been in the smart home business for more than five years since 2011. SMAhome has had the pleasure to speak with Thomas Knops, head of Connected Home Marketing and Sales at Deutsche Telekom AG to share the company’s five-year observations and strategies to create growth in the connected home.
How many years has Deutsche Telekom been involved in smart home?
How can companies benefit from using the QIVICON platform or the Connected Home platform?
Deutsche Telekom founded an alliance of companies from different markets in 2011, under the name of QIVICON. The companies collaborate on a cross-vendor, wireless-based home automation solution that has been available in the German market since fall 2013. Deutsche Telekom also now offers its Connected Home platform as a white-label solution, which has an interoperable, expandable and scalable architecture that enables companies from multiple industries to develop connected home products and services and integrate them into a larger ecosystem.
Both QIVICON in Germany and our internationally available Connected Home platform are open and technologically expandable systems that enable companies to develop new solutions or services, extend existing products and adapt to new market potential and target groups. The partnership opportunities we offer with QIVICON and the Connected Home platform as part of our smart home business allow companies of all sizes, including major telcos and start-ups, to cooperate with other strong companies. Already, we have more than 35 partners on board that are each benefiting from cooperation on product development or on new and additional sales channels, to name just two of the many possibilities. Other benefits include a constant opportunity to open up additional sales potential in addition to existing business. For example, access new target groups, extend existing customer relationships with up- and cross-selling opportunities or use of applications and related services to create new bundles.
How is the QIVICON platform leveraged for different markets? Our strategy is to use QIVICON internationally where it makes sense. In some international markets, we will not use the QIVICON brand right from the beginning. QIVICON is the name of the platform, but if there is only one company starting to offer something based on the platform, it is not necessary to use QIVICON to communicate with the customer. However, as more companies join the platform, we will be more than happy to start using the QIVICON brand.
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Not only do these (OEM/ ODM) companies represent only one product, they represent hundreds of customers. Thomas Knops, head of Connected Home Marketing and Sales, Deutsche Telekom AG
Do you suggest Asian manufacturers to join QIVICON? There is not one answer, and the company needs to decide if they want to utilize the platform. If the company already has a footprint in Germany or Europe, then it makes sense for them to launch products on their own because they already have some experience. They have everything in place, like the sales channels and the logistics. But if it’s a new company, not necessarily one that has been seen in Europe, they might need support in different areas. In my opinion, it makes absolute sense to utilize a platform because first of all the platform helps you
collaborate with other brands. Utility companies like Vattenfall in Germany, Entega and others already use the QIVICON platform to sell certain product bundles. Some Asian manufacturers might want to utilize the sales channel of different other companies, for instance utility companies. They can also collaborate with Deutsche Telekom or others who have already a good history in the market and all the sales channels ready. So it makes perfect sense to contribute and participate in the QIVICON platform in Germany or talk to us and use the white label platform. The manufacturer can also utilize the platform to hook the product to an existing application, for instance to include their product in a mobile app, and the manufacturer will be included in this application. It works because it is one platform, and customers don’t care in the end how it works. In terms of scaling the business, we are now starting to internationalize, so if you’re a part of this, you can expand to other countries. Joining the QIVICON provides additional business opportunities. For example, D-Link is part of QIVICON. Its products are incorporated in the application of Deutsche Telekom, and they will be sold via Deutsche Telekom. That is the QIVICON side of it, but D-Link is also doing their own business.
What are the biggest challenges Deutsche Telekom faces? One of the greatest challenges facing any firms seeking to enter the connected home market is the lack of common standards and architectures for connectivity itself, as well as a lack of openness in terms of the APIs between platforms. Today, many proprietary and incompatible wireless protocols exist, which is a major obstacle to mass market adoption of connected home services.
Connected home installed base and penetration EU and NA (North America) 2013–19
Source: Berg Insight: Smart Homes and Home Automation, 2014; Note: Smart home installed base excl. overlap
Data will become the essential element of the connected service offering
Currently, there are many mutually incompatible solutions, both at the connectivity and the platform level. Based on this situation, Deutsche Telekom assumes there will be no market-dominating technical standards and the many standards will coexist for years to come.
What are the key findings in your new market analysis smart home professionals should know? How can they utilize these findings? Deutsche Telekom’s new market analysis report “How to create growth from the connected home” by Strategy Analytics sets out the principal opportunities and business models for this burgeoning sector. The report details several areas of opportunity, such as home automation and energy management, that could be exploited by a range of players – telcos, utilities, retailers, insurers, warranty providers, home assistance providers, and appliance and consumer hardware manufacturers. In total, it finds that the Western European connected home market will be worth up to €12 billion annually by 2019, covering almost 50 million homes. A great deal of this revenue will be from market growth, but much of the change in the coming January/February 2016 mySMAhome.com 21
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Internet of Things (IoT) appliance monitoring schemes for their homes revolution will be will need much development, and potentially about value shifting partnerships with other key brands. from one sector to another. One of the How do you see the roles Apple and many insights Google play in the smart home? Deutsche Telekom gives in the report is the examples of revenue that companies We believe that ecosystems, such as generating services in will need to Alphabet’s Google (incl. Brillo/Weave) and smart home. move from selling Nest, Apple’s HomeKit and Amazon’s Echo will mainly consumer play a significant role in the global connected home hardware to a services market. approach, which The Android platform is a prime example of an will impact business open environment that has triumphed because it models, margins and allowed others to build on its products. The Android routes to market. platform has enabled other companies – manufacturers as There are many ways of entering well as app developers – to build their own solutions for the market. the market but innovation is likely to Something similar will also happen in the connected home market to help be increasingly important, no matter spur the creation of new products and extend the usefulness of old ones. what the approach. An underpinning In turn, that will give consumers more reasons to buy connected home theme for all players is the launch of products, growing the market. services for the connected home – In terms of interoperability, there are no industry-wide platforms or standards, for example, the value to consumers and Deutsche Telekom believes that many companies will not survive without of buying into subscription-based partnering.
Deutsche Telekom’s smart home experience and 10 observations • Deutsche Telekom’s experience: D eutsche Telekom is working with many leading consumer brands, including Samsung, Sonos, Miele, Philips, Osram, eQ-3 and others, supporting their individual initiatives by providing an open platform, which integrates multiple devices from different manufacturers and enables consumers to create their own scenarios.
• Deutsche Telekom’s observations: 1. For many in the industry, security and safety are often seen as the ‘low hanging fruit’ or entry strategy into the connected home market – and the means by which to capture value in the short to medium term. 2. Smart thermostats are the first step on the journey to enabling a broader vision of energy efficient homes that will also see innovative new value added services, and in the future on-site generation and storage. 3. To date, most devices in this category are silo-based, single use cases, yet all our insight suggests that consumers will increasingly demand ‘cross-functional’ use cases that can create scenarios for multiple devices, i.e. IFTTT (If This Then That) functionality. 4. T echnical support represents a means whereby both telcos and retailers can deepen and strengthen their relationship with customers by proactively resolving customers issues and extending the range of services that they provide.
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5. Connected home insurance is a major development which is set to have a profound implication on the industry. 6. There is a clear market need for ambient assisted living (AAL) technology – or telecare – in Europe and the Western world. That is often a complex health and social service landscape – with boundaries between ‘health’ and ‘social’ aspects of monitoring often blurred. 7. There is rarely a conversation on the subject of the connected home or IoT that does not simultaneously include data analytics: often it is seen as synonymous with one of the prime drivers, both of manufacturers and service providers to capture sensor data. 8. D espite the many advantages, analytics raises concerns. Consumers want their data to be respected and know how it is being used. If companies are not transparent, then there is a risk consumers reject the connected home and all the benefits that it brings. 9. As in all markets, the adoption of innovative business models is one of the principal means of creating new value – the connected home is no different. 10. The models that we expect to be deployed will need to support the development of multiple capabilities, many of which will often rely on a number of third party firms, from financing, maintenance, connectivity, prognostics, insurance and installation companies.
What can users expect from Deutsche Telekom for 2016? We’re likely to witness an explosion in smart home technology, which goes beyond personal and mediabased devices to include everything from boilers, radiator valves and smart meters to previously inanimate objects, such as furniture and children’s toys. As such, we will also see major changes in many industries as visionary companies as well as start-ups take advantage of the opportunities available within the smart home space, by offering new value propositions, based on new value chain designs and business models. This is where Deutsche Telekom’s open Connected Home platform comes in. One of the key developments we foresee – and
that Deutsche Telekom is promoting - is the move from connected devices to connected services. Home insurance could become one of the most innovative areas of a future smart home market. There is an opportunity for smart security services to provide a reduction in premium cost for consumers – insurers may even offer monitoring devices for free to reduce liability. For the insurance sector, the amount of insight smart homes can completely change the business model. Valuable data on occupancy, water leaks, water usage and other risk areas can be analyzed. For example, a smart home may be able to pick the potential for a water leak up before it happens, leading to significant savings. The provision of insurance ties into other home services such as fulfilling warranties, providing assistance and performing remote diagnostics. By monitoring smart home devices, providers should be able to prevent serious break-downs by recommending replacement before they fail. This keeps consumers happy, lowers the potential for insurance claims and offers retailers/ manufacturers the potential for further after-sales. We will be seeking out for more partners across multiple industries; promoting our Connected Home platform as a business enabler for telcos, retailers, utilities and insurers; and we will be working closely with developers to create and integrate more devices that answer consumer needs.
All-In-One Wireless Alarm System with Surveillance and IoT Devices
BARVOTECH INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
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VIVA LABS:
HOW TO CRACK THE SMART HOME MARKET
In the real world (market), smart home has very little happening. Henrik Holen, managing director of Viva Labs, shares some insights on how to make a leap.
What is hurdling smart home adoption? The more connected, the smarter a home is. The more sensors, cameras and actuators you install in a home, the easier it is for the software behind them to do incredible things, things you only thought happened in the movies. Unfortunately, until you get to a certain point, your smart home can feel a bit dumb. This is the biggest hurdle for smart home adoption. The challenge is that while a smart home now costs a fraction of what it cost just a few years ago, a fully connected apartment will still set you back a few grand. Not a lot, but since the value of a smart home can be unclear before you’ve lived in one, it’s more than most are willing to risk. For many the smart home is a nebulous concept, hard to pin down and thought of as a box of toys for enthusiastic nerds or a money sink for wealthy home owner. In fact, it can be hard to define an easy-to-grasp value proposition for a «smart home», which is why so few choose to invest in one when they build or refurbish a home. Of course, this changes when we deconstruct the smart home, reducing it to its parts. Smart thermostats like the Nest or Ecobee, alarm systems like Vivint, home monitoring like the Withings Home, and remote control like Wemo are useful and easy to understand, and individual offerings have been successful in the
mass market. What we’re lacking is a way to build our smart homes piecemeal without having to tie it together with code snippets and IFTTT. We need Iron Man’s Jarvis to start out as a door lock.
What are possible solutions to the hurdles? At Viva, we’ve identified three traits that successful, future proof solutions should have. By embodying these traits, an offering will be well-placed to meet consumer needs, both now and in the future. Henrik Holen, Managing Director, 1. Sell smart products, not smart homes Viva Labs To avoid the problem of high up-front investments, the broad smart home should be divided into smart products, limited in scope and with a clear user benefit. These should emulate an appliance in simplicity, and require an easy, one-time setup and simple usability from then on. Using a smart door lock as example, we see that it offers the clear benefits of better access control, keyless entry, and increased security by automatically locking itself. Most can be self-installed by the home owner, and works without complicated integrations or programming. 2. Be a physical footprint for a digital service The product being sold should have a physical presence and should, in its disconnected state, work identically to any product it replaces. However, the true value should comes from its connection to a digital service. A smart door lock, of course, works like a regular door lock when disconnected, at most requiring switching from a key to a pin code. The true usefulness of a smart lock comes into play when the digital service is connected and it can automatically open when you approach the door, let you remotely open the door for the delivery man, and give your AirBnB guest a virtual key instead of an actual one. 3. Provide value alone, be better together The products we provide need to offer value by themselves, usefulness at a low cost, but they also need to be designed to work better together, without requiring the user to invest time and effort into it. Once the smart door lock gets connected to your home security system, it can let you grant access to the kitchen for the food home delivery but notify you if they enter your bedroom, work as a signal to turn your thermostat off when you lock it, and let the camera take a video snippet whenever the door is unlocked. It is clear that connecting everything to one central service is powerful, but this process will never get started if we have to connect everything first. By reducing the smart home to easily understandable products, we can take the first steps towards a fully smart home.
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CES 2016
BEYOND CONSUMERTECH LEVEL AT CES 2016, SMAHOME COLLECTS WHAT MAY CHANGE SMART HOME TRENDS IN ASPECTS OF HOME SECURITY, CONTROL, APPLIANCES, SEMICONDUCTORS, CLOUD PLATFORMS AND SOFTWARE DESIGN. THE COLLECTION LEADS TO THE UPTAKE FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPERS.
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Home Security & Safety –
Bringing Greater
Peace of Mind By Weili Lin
Home security and safety are the two largest smart homes categories at CES this year. There are upgraded versions of cameras, alarm sensors, smart locks, video door bells and safety sensors for fire and flood alarms. Among them, network cameras and smart locks are two popular product lines at the show.
Home Cameras witH Feature upgrades Regarding home cameras, mainstream features include support for HD720P video resolution and a field of view of around 120 degrees or less. At CES this year, new-generation cameras with features like battery-powered, wire-free, 180-degree viewing angle, and higher-resolution up to 4K QHD are the highlighted features for the new products launched at the show. With the introduction of H.265 format, home monitoring cameras supporting 4K video resolution are expected to become prevalent. Camera eye-catchers include Swann’s new 4K Ultra HD Security System, D-Link DCS-2630L, smanos UFO Panoramic WiFi FHD camera PT-180, Blink, Amaryllo iCamPRO Deluxe and Vivint’s Ping. Swann’s new 4K Ultra HD Security System includes four 4K and 8 megapixel HD
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cameras with IR cut filters to capture sharp images at night up to 100 feet. D-Link introduced DCS-2630L, a Full HD 180-degree Wi-Fi camera, supporting de-warping technology to maximize the video quality with less distortion. smanos showcased its new Wi-Fi FHD camera, featuring fish-eye lens and 360-degree coverage. The camera provides 360-degree birds’ eye view, an autocorrected 180-degree panoramic view and a 90-degree quad views simultaneously, and two-way conversation at HiFi audio quality. Blink and Amaryllo iCamPRO Deluxe won 2016 CES Innovation Award. Blink is a compact wire-free 720P HD camera for indoor home monitoring, supporting motion detection and upcoming temperature alerts. iCamPRO Deluxe is a home security robot with a FHD camera and light bulb base, featuring patented technologies in 360-degree auto-tracking and face detection. It supports E26/E27 socket for one-minute quick setup. Vivint’s Ping camera features two-way talk camera with one-touch callout. It supports cloudbased Smart Clips service to provide ondemand access to 20-second recorded clips.
n Home cameras are upgrading to 4K UHD and many are targeting nursery solutions.
n Entry control is a highlighted zone among home security sectors.
In addition to upgrades in functionality, several camera makers are highlighting the full compatibility with multiple communication standards. Oco2 camera supports dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz), and BLE 4.0 for integration to other smart home devices. Swann’s security DVR can be functioned as a smart home gateway, which supports up to four protocols, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee and Z-Wave. Beyond hardware enhancements, leading brands are shifting the product portfolios to vertical solutions for better market positions. Smart nursery applications are a good example. Recognized as a camera leader, Binatone launches homecare cameras Baby Connect 7 and Baby Connect 5 under the Motorola brand. The cameras come with a 7-inch and 5-inch multi-point touch display respectively and PTZ camera. Equipped with smart analytics, the system supports indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, noise and activity monitoring and analysis. Besides, the cameras feature two-way audio communication, baby care timer, baby sleep movement and smile detection. The company tries to differentiate itself from other competitors to cope with severe competitions in the home camera market.
Better entry Control The smart video doorbell is a growing and promising category, with lots of new innovations at the show. Some smart lock companies like August and Yale launched new video doorbells to strengthen the lineup of access control. August launched Doorbell Cam; Yale introduced Look Door Viewer, which comes
with a smart door bell and 4.3-inch LCD monitor. Innovating old-fashioned locks is not just about replacing the hardware parts, but also putting more smarts into them through leveraging cloud platforms and software. HomeKit compatibility has been a popular term for smart home devices. With the introduction of Weave, Google’s common language for Brillo in mid-2015, we’ve seen new solutions joining Google’s ecosystem this year. One of the prime examples is Yale’s deadbolts that support Google’s Brillo and interconnectivity with Weave-enabled devices from different categories and brands. Locks supporting Weave can easily talk to other connected devices and support scenario setting, such as unlocking the door, turning on lights and music when users arrive home. Other than locks, there is also another array of camera specialists who have noticed the needs for video monitoring in door entry areas, bringing to the market new products like Ring’s Stick Up Cam and Brinno’s low-power Wi-Fi camera. The award-winning Netatmo Presence is an outdoor home monitoring camera, which features integration of a floodlight to light up the way at night and also deters any unwanted visitors. Those cameras feature weather-assistance for the outdoor application, and wire-free design for easy installation outside the house. Wearables can be considered as a new kind of home control device for onthe-go convenience. For example, Yale’s Bluetooth smart lock can be controlled wirelessly with a smartphone or Samsung’s smartwatch; Kevo Convert from Kwikset supports Android Wear devices like Moto360 smart watch. Compatible with Apple HomeKit, Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt and Kwikset’s Premis enable users to control their smart locks via Apple Watch or Siri voice control. Users can create integrated scenes with Premis, such as lighting or heating the rooms when the front door is open. If you don’t have a smart watch, you can also control your smart lock with Yale’s userfriendly design. With Yale’s “Twist and Go” technology,
More and more professional security makers are eying on the smart home market for better chances.
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n Home security and safety are the two largest smart homes categories at CES this year.
users can unlock the deadbolt by twisting the smartphone from the vertical position to the 90-degree when approaching the door. It is estimated that over 70 percent of homeowners enter their home through the garage door. Therefore, smart garage door openers are gaining attention as well. Chamberlain Group works with Nest and has integrated Nest Cam video in Chamberlain and LiftMaster MyQ apps. Users can see live video from their mobile devices when the garage door opens or closes, along with timelapse video clips and event history. Working the Nest thermostat, users can set Home mode or Away mode to turn on and off the heating or cooling when they arrive or leave home.
sensors For Home saFety According to studies, floods are the number one natural disaster in the United States, and water damage causes $9.1 billion in homeowner property losses every year. Burst pipes, leaky toilets, broken water lines and other water-related issues cost American homeowners more than $2,000 for each repair, according to HomeAdvisor. There are new offerings of smart water control for flood and leak warnings, for protection from potential home damages, and to address the concerns with resource conservation. At CES, plenty of sensor makers offered solutions to address these needs. Nortek Security & Control has expanded its GoControl lineup from the alarms to water safety sensors. The company launched Z-Wave irrigation controller, water flow and flood detectors. Piper launched its Z-Wave water sensor to detect the presence or absence of water, detecting as little as 0.03% of an inch of water. Through connection to Piper through Z-Wave, the sensor can be set to trigger security rules. First Alert, a leading CO and smoke alarm sensor provider, provides HomeKit compatible Wi-Fi Environment Monitor that monitors both high and low levels of carbon monoxide (CO), along with humidity and temperature. The company will introduce
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a FHD 1080P camera with built-in multisensors that detects CO, humidity and temperature. The camera features noncontact measuring of people’s respiration, used as a nursery camera. Leeo Smart Alert is a Wi-Fi plug-in alarm monitoring device that connects to smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. It will alert users via the smartphone when triggered. It can also track temperature and humidity levels in the room. Coming from the professional security background, Tyco Security Products showcase its connected home solutions in its debut appearance at the 2016 CES show with a new glass break sensor With the white noise rejection mechanism, the sensor can avoid false alarm through measuring atmosphere pressure within the room and smart algorithms. Stepping into the smart home market, the security veteran comments simple and intuitive data analysis is amust-have when consumers choose intrusion devices for the smart home. A simple and easy to digest data analysis capability, either native to the intrusion device or through integration with a larger system, can give home owners an accurate snapshot of what is happening in the home right from a smartphone.
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What’s New – Home Security & Safety Products Amped Wireless APOLLO PRO LRC200 Amped Wireless Country: USA www.ampedwireless.com
• 720p HD (1280x720) video resolution • Two-way audio • 110-degree field of view • Users can set up, view, listen, talk, control and edit all of their APOLLO Cams through the mobile app • Cloud based recording • The APOLLO mobile app delivers instant notifications to users when the cameras detect sound or motion • Infrared LEDs for long-range night vision • High-gain 3.5 dBi antenna and high-power Wi-Fi amplifier
Binatone BabyConnect 7 Binatone Global Country: Hong Kong SAR www.hubbleconnected.com
• 7-inch multi-point touch display with pinch and zoom • Wi-Fi connectivity for remote viewing; 2.4GHz FHSS for local viewing • Indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, noise and activity monitoring and analytics • Baby care timer for feeding and sleeping • Two-way audio communication • HD (1024x600) video streaming • Infrared night vision
Blink
Blink Country: USA www.BlinkforHome.com
• Compact HD 720p Blink camera: about the size of a deck of cards • Wire-free, powered by two AA lithium batteries, battery life of 1 year+ • When armed, any detected motion triggers the recording of a short video clip • Receives a push notification or email alert with a link to the video attached • Free cloud storage • Night vision: LED illuminator, proprietary technology of low-light capability • Temperature alerts: built-in temperature sensor to monitor the temperature in the home, and customize Blink to alert users if it gets too hot or cold • Optional 105db alarm unit to help ward off intruders
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D-Link DCS-2630L D-Link Country: Taiwan www.dlink.com
• Audio-detection alerts • PIR motion detection • 16 ft night vision with infrared LEDs and IR-cut filter • 1080p Full HD video streaming • Simultaneous H.264/MJPEG format video compression • 180-degree field of view, coupled with de-warping technology • Built-in microphone and speaker, 2-way audio • 802.11ac wireless connectivity • Allows one week of continuous video recordings at 1080p resolution
Oco2
Oco Country: USA getoco.com
• Full HD live video and 130 degree wide-angle view • Hybrid video storage offers 32GB SD card and cloud storage • Dual-band (2.4 and 5 GHz) and simple smart home integration with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to connect to over 200 smart home devices in two clicks • Self-learning motion and noise detection system • Two-way talk • Magnetic base for positioning the camera in a variety of angles
SimpliSafe Camera SimpliSafe Country: USA www.simplisafe.com
• Stainless steel privacy shutter • SimpliSafe app designed for controlling the shutter anytime and adjust auto-settings • Heat signature motion detection: the built-in PIR detector uses heat signature technology to isolate the unique movement pattern of human bodies • Night vision • Supports Wi-Fi technology • Auto-adjusts bitrate and resolution to ensure the smooth video streaming • 720p HD video recording • Two-way audio • 120-degree diagonal view
smanos PT-180 smanos Country: the Netherlands www.smanos.com
• Full HD 1080p camera • Video compression: H.264/MJPEG • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n connectivity with WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption • Supports multiple display modes: birds eye, panoramic and normal views • Supports microSD card up to 64GB for onsite storage • Single-day time-lapse video • Two-way communication at HiFi audio quality • Motion detection: sends a push notification when motion is detected • Saves or share snapshots or video clips via a smartphone • Night vision: auto IR-cut filter
Vivint Ping Vivint Country: USA www.vivint.com
• Two-way talk camera with one-touch callout • Personalized notifications to the mobile device • The cloud-based Vivint Smart Clips service gives the user on-demand access to 20-second recorded clips • 45 days recorded footage at no charge • Advanced video analytics • 1080p video, 140-degree HD view • Infrared LEDs for day or night vision • Integrated with the Vivint Sky smart home platform • Functions as a security camera and will begin capturing video if an intruder triggers an alarm • The alarm alerts the 24/7 Vivint monitoring center to respond within seconds
MivaTek HD Camera MivaTek Country: Taiwan www.home8systems.com
• Video monitoring for home and office • Continuous video recording • Motion detection • Takes snapshots and records live videos when events are triggered • Self-configuring and easy installation • Built-in omni-directional microphone and speaker • Automatic night-vision mode • Wide field of view horizontally and vertically
Swann TrueSmart HD Security System Swann Country: Australia www.swann.com
• Features four 1080p (2.1 Megapixels) HD cameras • 1TB hard drive for 80 days recording • 4 or 8 channel viewing: views 8 cameras, 4 in quad mode, or one at a time • IP67 weather proof rating, aluminum casing, cable threaded through stand • SwannOne is a gateway to connect to wireless devices from other smart brands such as Nest, Kwikset, Yale, Chamberlain, Samsung, SmartThings and more • Supports HDMI and VGA ports • Supports 3G or 4G-enabled smartphones and tablets, compatible with iOS and Android OS • Free SwannView Link app
Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt Schlage, an Allegion Company Country: USA www.schlage.com
• Schlage Sense app for Apple Watch • Supports Android devices and additional connected home products and ecosystems • Compatible with Apple HomeKit • Apple HomeKit technology provides advanced security between the Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt and an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch • Bluetooth-enabled • End-to-end encryption and authentication • Allows consumers to talk to unlock their Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt using Siri voice control • Paired with an Apple TV in the home, remote capabilities are also possible
Yale Real Living Assure Lock Yale Country: USA www.yaleresidential.com
• The app allows users to unlock doors, send keys to others and control • “Twist and Go” technology: users can hold the phone vertically when approaching the door and twist it 90 degrees to unlock the deadbolt • Capacitive touchscreen and a four- to eight-digit code for opening the door • The lock’s Bluetooth module can be supplemented with another module, such as Z-Wave and ZigBee
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Kwikset Premis Kwikset Country: USA www.kwikset.com
• Apple HomeKit-compatible smart door lock • Compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch with iOS 9 or higher, and Apple Watch running watchOS 2.0 and higher • Features the latest version of the Kwikset patented SmartKey security • Patent-pending SecureScreen technology helps prevent the problem of “smudge” attacks associated with touchscreen locks • Polished capacitive touchscreen design and white LED display that provides crisp, high-definition illumination • Easy DIY installation in minutes with no hard wiring required – a Phillips head screwdriver, four AA batteries and a ruler are all that’s needed to install the deadbolt
First Alert Onelink Wi-Fi Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm First Alert Country: USA www.firstalert.com
• Apple HomeKit compatible • Notifies users via their iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Apple Watch in the event of a smoke or CO emergency • Supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth • Equipped with the 10-year sealed battery • When one Onelink alarm goes off, all connected alarms will sound as one • Siri voice commands: allows users to check the status of their detectors • Utilizes photoelectric broad-based technology in conjunction with First Alert’s patented smoke entry system, detecting both smoldering and fast-flaming fires
Delta Faucet Delta Leak Detection Delta Faucet Country: USA www.deltafaucet.com
• A one-touch button syncs the device to your smartphone and home Wi-Fi • The conductor ring detects water dripping over or pooling under the device and sends an alert to the smartphone • Independently connected to the home’s Wi-Fi without using a hub • Easy installation—simply places each detector under or near the home’s major water sources such as washing machines, water heaters, toilets and sinks • Energy saving with its proprietary low-power software • Powered by three AAA batteries and lasts approximately two years • Multiple alerts: in addition to alerts being sent directly to the smartphone, audible alerts and an LED light at the source help the user to find the leak
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Nortek Security & Control GoControl Smart Flood Detector Nortek Security & Control Country: USA www.nortekcontrol.com
• Receives an alert when water, or an unusually high level of moisture has been detected • Designed to be placed in hard-to-reach areas such as under a sink or dish washer • A CR123 battery can power the flood sensor for upwards of two years • The dual-position sensor can be mounted vertically on a wall or horizontally on the floor
Roost Smart Battery Roost Country: USA www.getroost.com
• Supports IFTTT, and can trigger actions of smart home devices upon a Roost alarm trigger - Smart locks on a user’s door can be opened to allow for an easy exit, or easy entry for the fire department - A smart camera in a user’s home can be activated so they can see what is going on from a smart phone or other remote device • If the Roost Smart Battery sounds, Philips Hue smart lights can be turned on • Transforms existing smoke or carbon monoxide alarm into a smart home device • Sends notifications to the user’s smartphone when the smoke alarm sounds • Five years of battery life • Easy installation in less than 5 minutes, and no tools or wireless hubs needed
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Home Control -
More Interoperable and Interactive By Weili Lin
When it comes to smart home control, there are always off-andon discussions about the unchanged condition through all ages – using buttons, dials and switches to operate appliances or home devices. With the evolution of speech recognition technology, voice command services such as Google Now, Amazon Alexa and Apple’s Siri are becoming more widely available. CES this year has revealed the trend that an age of “human voice as the remote controller at home” is coming soon.
control their Z-Wave enabled devices such as door locks, alarm panels, TVs, and music systems with different gestures. Users can set up rules and scenes. Swiping down at bedtime could trigger a ‘Good Night’ scene that turns off the lights, lowers the blinds, locks the front door, and arms the alarm.
IntuItIve Control
More Integrated, easIer Control
With smart home technology making progress, the demand for more intuitive control has risen. Currently, voice or gesture are being used as means for more intuitive control. Amazon Echo is a popular voice command device at CES 2016. Consumers of Vivint and Ooma can connect Amazon Echo to their smart home solution by using the Amazon Alexa app to enable voice control over connected devices like door locks, thermostat, lights, cameras and garage doors. SMK Electronics and Savant both launched voice controllable remotes. SMK Voice Navigator supports voice command powered by Bluetooth LE technology. The voice-activated remote from Savant supports scene setting. The connected lights will turn everything off when the user says “Good night.” Other than voice command, the startup NEEO introduced an intelligent remote controller that features hand recognition technology for easy control of TV, lighting, heating and other connected home devices. With looks similar to a TV remote controller but with more sophistication in design, the NEEO remote recognizes the user when they pick it up and displays the user’s favorite content instantly. The remote supports major home automation standards, including Bluetooth LE (Low Energy), Wi-Fi, 6LowPAN, Z-Wave, ready for Threadand ZigBee. Also, it features full control for Apple TV, Sonos, Nest, Philips Hue and cable boxes from Cablevision, Verizon and Comcast. Fibaro launched Swipe, a wireless gesture control pad. User can
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Manufacturers seek broader partnerships to bring simplicity to customers and increase the interoperability as well to expand the global presence. Compared to CES 2015, we see more and more complete solutions are designed to control all the connected devices via one single platform this year. Bosch demonstrated its smart-home system for the first time at the show, including smart home controller, a smart thermostat, and a contact for doors and windows to provide convenience and safety. When the door or window is open, the system can automatically turn down the heating in the relevant room, in line with the user’s preference settings. The Vinli Home Connect platform brings compatible connected home platforms together into one interface, including Icontrol Networks, Nest, and Samsung SmartThings and with the connected car. The connected car is considered as an extension of the smart home, or so-called the second home. When the homeowner
n The Amazon Echo can control a Vivint smart home system. <Photo courtesy of Vivint>
gets close to home, the house begins to wake up by adjusting the temperature, turning on the lights turn on, and opening the shades. There is a more cost effective way to automate your home without buying all the interoperable devices from one single company. Naran also released Microbot Push to transform the analog buttons and switches into the smart devices by connecting them to the Internet. Users can push any button wirelessly via the smartphone or its companion hub Prota Box. Home gateways are getting smarter, with more integrated functions and added radio frequency support. Eye-catchers include Almond 3 and LG Smart ThinQ Hub. The LG Smart ThinQ Hub is a multi-functional gateway that connects to smart sensors and connected appliances in the home via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and ZigBee connectivity. It further supports AllJoyn communication language so it can work with Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, ADT, Icontrol and Nest devices. The system can report status to the WebOS 3.0 TV and smart mobile devices, control the entire home environment from one single location. With the built-in 3.5-inch color LCD display and speaker, users can operate everything like home appliances, heating,
n LG IoT ecosystem <Photo courtesy of LG>
n Microbot Push is a smart physical robotic finger that transforms analog buttons into an Internet-connected smart device. <Photo courtesy of Naran>
cooling, and lights from one single device. It also has SmartThinQ sensors to attach to the non-SmartThinQ devices for communicating with the gateway. Securifiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Almond 3 is an all-in-one smart home hub and touchscreen router with a built-in programmable siren. It supports most popular wireless communication standards like Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-Wave and Bluetooth. Bluetooth devices have been limited by transmission range and the number of connected devices. Cassia Networks unveils Cassia Hub that is among the first BLE routers to connect 22 devices with extended Bluetooth operation range up to 1,000 feet, more than 30 times the standard operating range.
n Cross-platform Vinli Home Connect system brings home and car into one interface, compatible with Icontrol Networks, Nest, and Samsung SmartThings. <Photo courtesy of Vinli>
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What’s New – Home Control Products Bosch Smart Home System
Naran MicroBot Push
• Consists of a smart home controller, smart thermostat, and a door and window contact • The controller connects the components with each other and to the internet • Allows to interconnect the heating, lighting, smoke alarms, and appliances in a home via one single platform • Uses the mobile app on a smartphone or tablet to control and monitor the connected devices • Event-triggered automation: the connected devices respond to certain events or actions
• Transforms analog buttons into internet-connected tools • A wireless robotic finger that can push any buttons just like a human finger • Custom-designed motor combined with high-precision gears which can push just about any button with up to 1.6kg force • Equipped with the large capacity rechargeable battery with one year of battery life • Pushes remotely with the smartphone over Bluetooth • Works with Prota Box, the device can be pushed with the smartphone, tablet or computer over Wi-Fi, and creates automation rules
Bosch Group / Robert Bosch GmbH Country: Germany www.bosch.com
Fibaro Swipe Fibar Group Country: Poland www.fibaro.com
Naran Country: Korea prota.info/microbots
NEEO
NEEO Country: Switzerland neeo.com
• Touchless gesture control over connected home devices • Recognizes six simple gestures—up, down, left, right, circle to the left, circle to the right • Uses Z-Wave wireless technology • Detects gesture through a variety of materials, such as countertops and drywall, or concealed behind wallpaper • Employs electric field technology analysis to eliminate the need to use device’s switches • Creates ‘scenes’ from lighting to shade control to trigger actions
• Hand recognition technology in the remote • Antennae for Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, 6LowPAN, Z-Wave, ready for Thread, ZigBee • 360-degree infrared coverage • Controls TVs, Sonos, Apple TV, Roku, Philips Hue and cable boxes from Cablevision, Verizon, Comcast • SOS function ensures users to always find their remote • Supports users’ own devices in Learning Mode • Lasts weeks on a single charge • The remote features high resolution, retina quality touch display
LG SmartThinQ Hub
LUCIS NuBryte Touchpoint
• IoT gateway hub, supporting AllJoyn platform • Supporting Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee • 3.5-inch color LCD display, stainless metal body • Status notification of appliances and sensors • 20W premium speaker • Schedule notification (Google Calendar), streaming music service (Iheart radio), Weather (Accuweather)
• Built-in security camera: 120° wide viewing angle • Digital dimmer: fits into standard single or double gang housings • High definition 16:9 touch screen display panel • Built-in intercom • Real-time security video feed • Subscription-free service/cloud storage
LG Electronics Country: Korea www.lg.com
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LUCIS Technologies Country: USA www.nubryte.com
Nexia One Touch
She Home Automation System
• One Touch’s backlit screen displays up to 15 different programmable commands • A “Bedtime” button locks doors, closes the garage door, turns on the porch lights and turns down the thermostat • A “Home” button turns off motion-activated alarms, resets the thermostat and raises the blinds as the user arrive home • An “Away” button enables motionactivated cameras, alarms and text alerts when no one’s home • An easy-to-program controller manages individual devices from opening the garage door to dimming the family room lights with a single touch of a button
• Integrated temperature, humidity, air purity and light sensors • Energy management: adjusts temperature by controlling heaters and ACs automatically in seldom used or unused guest rooms or when users leave the house • Users can track and record events, and show the history of all alarms • Tracks over 18 air parameters, and notifies users by sending tex or email alerts if any of those parameters fall out of the safe standard range • Equipped with 3G module, Wi-Fi, IR and RF transmitters. When the power goes out, She will continue to last up to 5 hours on battery power
Ingersoll Rand Country: Ireland www.nexiahome.com
Savant Remote Savant Country: USA www.savant.com
• Easily controls cable boxes, Sonos, Apple TV, Roku and connected lights • Voice commands • Paired with Savant Lamp Control to create instant ambiance in the room with a tap • Easy installation with Savant Instant setup • Supports 802.11 b/g/n at 2.4GHz, 5GHz
Securifi Almond 3 Securifi Country: Taiwan www.securifi.com
• Functons as a smart home hub, wireless router and built-in siren • Wireless connectivity: 802.11b/g/n 300 Mbps, 802.11a/ac/n 867 Mbps, ZigBee • Supports Z-Wave and Bluetooth devices via external USB dongles • Operation range: Long-range Wi-Fi covers up to 5000 sq. ft. using powerful amplifiers • Equipped with 2.8-inch touchscreen display • Built-in programmable siren, can also be used as a doorbell • Wi-Fi triggers can auto-arm and disarm the system when authorized smartphones connect to or disconnect from the router • Local control for better privacy and cloud-free access
Allterco Country: Bulgaria www.getshe.com
TP-Link SR20 Smart Home Router TP-Link Country: China www.tp-link.com
• Supports ZigBee, Z-Wave, and Wi-Fi 802.11ac • Users can control smart home devices, set triggers, schedule tasks, and check in on their home while away using the Kasa app • AC1900 class Wi-Fi performance on 5GHz (up to 1300Mbps) and 2.4GHz (up to 600Mbps) bands • Four Gigabit Ethernet Ports for lightning-fast wired connections • Intuitive and responsive 4.3-inch touchscreen • Built-in SD storage slot • Advanced security encryption to protect data
Vinli Home Connect Vinli Country: USA www.vin.li
• Compatible with Icontrol Networks, Nest and Samsung SmartThings • Controls and monitors temperature, smart lighting devices, home security systems with one mobile app • Powered by Vinli’s always-on 4G / LTEpowered connected car • Actions are prompted when a vehicle in user’s family network crosses a specified boundary, such as the driveway or subdivision
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Smart Home Appliances –
Sizzling in Kitchen By Weili Lin
Compared to service providers of telecommunication, utility, security monitoring and MSOs, the home appliance makers are no less powerful in pushing the smart home market forward with their savvy solutions. The makers add value to home appliances by putting smarts into them to enhance home safety and convenience. Introduced in 2015, Apple TV can also act as a new type of home gateway for controlling HomeKit-compatible connected home devices. Smart home appliances can bring users peace of mind. For example, users will be notified if the oven is not turned off when they are away.
ConneCted KitChen Kitchen is the main battlefield and a starting place for home appliance makers’ entry into the smart home. Samsung, LG, Bosch, Whirlpool and Panasonic all launched innovative smart kitchen
MasterCard introduces Groceries, a new app which enables consumers to order groceries directly from Samsung's new Family Hub refrigerator.
solutions at CES this year. Among the appliances, smart refrigerator having built-in network cameras inside and LCD display outside for real-time update of the items in stock is a major highlight. The Samsung Family Hub Refrigerator features a 21.5-inch LCD for home users to communicate with family members. They can leave sticky notes, share calendar or post photos for example. With three cameras inside, the refrigerator will take a photo of the shelf every time the door closes. The home user will always stay in the know just by opening the app or glancing at the LCD display. The users can even enjoy favorite television programs on the Family Hub screen using Screen Mirroring with the Samsung Smart TV while preparing food in the kitchen. Bosch showcased connected refrigerator, dryer, washing machine and coffee maker at CES 2016. The Bosch’s smart fridge is equipped with two HD cameras inside. Users can zoom in to see what’s at the back corner. The smart washing machine will provide suggestions for washing cycles and the appropriate program based the materials and cleanliness of the clothes. Whirlpool introduced Smart Kitchen Suite that includes Smart French Door Refrigerator, Smart Dishwasher and Smart Front Control Range. The suite works with Nest and supports remote control of home appliances and alert notifications. Consumers will receive alerts when preheat and cook times are complete. With the Nest Thermostat connected to its smart oven, the consumers would receive an alert through the Whirlpool mobile app if their oven is on when no one is home.
tV as the home Center With smart TVs pairing with security systems like sensors, cameras and smart locks, users can see their visitors at the front door on their smart TVs when thethe doorbell is pressed, or receive alerts when the alarm is triggered. Also, the smart TVs can work with home security systems, sensors, lights and entertainment devices
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n Getting allies is one of home appliance makers’ development strategies in smart home. n Samsung Smart TVs will be compatible with SmartThings, being able to connect with, control, and monitor more than 200 other compatible devices.
like wireless speakers via Wi-Fi, BLE and ZigBee. LG Smart TV with webOS 3.0 is designed as a central hub for controlling home appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners or washing machines that are connected to the Internet. Through the IoTV app, homeowners will be able to adjust the brightness of the lights in the room or change the temperature setting of the air conditioner with just a touch of the button. The TV can display the status of various smart appliances at home. For greater ease of use and more intuitive control, Hisense has introduced voice control technology into their platform compatible devices.
ConneCting to the Cloud There are emerging business models for smart home appliances. When the devices are connected to the cloud, the service providers would know the filter status of the air conditioners and notify the users so they can decide if they want to order new filters. The grocers could send notifications or advertisements to home users when they are running out of foods. Whirlpool’s smart appliances support Amazon Dash Replenishment. The Whirlpool mobile app is synced with user’s Amazon account. When supplies like dish detergent and affresh washer cleaner are running low, users can re-order through Amazon Dash Replenishment. With the Whirlpool Smart French
Door Refrigerator, home users can use smart notifications on their app to be alerted of a power or Wi-Fi outage, and receive reminders to change the air and water filters. Chinese home appliance companies export approximately half of their products to the United States, Europe and Japan,seeking business growth from the overseas market. They partner with cloud platform providers to achieve the sales growth. For example, Changhong uses the IoT cloud platform from Ayla Networks to solve the challenges they encounter when exporting products overseas, such as adaptability to local market laws and regulations, docking with the local cloud, insight into the local user experience and habits, better understanding of the capabilities, and costs of operating cloud services. Panasonic defines the smart home as one that has lighting, heating, cameras, motion sensors, and smart appliances all tied into one. The company launched a new smart home platform ÔRA on which the connnected devices can talk to one another regardless of operating systems.
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Key Components Design Trends from Semiconductor Specialists By Weili Lin
Semiconductor companies are enablers and accelerators for the growth of the IoT industry. Connectivity and video monitoring ICs are thriving segments in the smart home space. Taking an agnostic approach to wireless technologies, the vendors who provide connectivity ICs prefer tosupport multiple wireless communication protocols for better interoperability among connected devices. We’ve seen lots of new solutions supporting ZigBee 3.0, BLE Mesh and Thread launched in early 2016. Besides, low-power consumption and voice control are two key features for the new announcements.
Thread Works WiTh ZigBee Thread has its first stand at CES this year. The group itself rattled the market by introducing product certification program to the market in 2015. At CES 2016, the 227 active member partners currently under its belt made a buzz with Thread enabled products. According to the group, Thread is a wireless network stack based on open standards, and no licenses or royalty fees is required for developers to use the software stack. Furthermore, the ZigBee Alliance and the Thread Group established a liaison agreement in April 2015 for bringing ZigBee’s widely deployed applications library to the newly developed Thread networking protocol. The cooperation helps to streamline product development, improves interoperability and enhances consumer’s experience. NXP offers smart home development and evaluation solutions. Its reference designs for lighting products support Thread, ZigBee 3.0, BLE and NFC technologies. The company provides a turnkey solution incorporating NFC technology for tap and connect commissioning, used for occupancy and motion sensors, smart plugs, smoke detectors and various nodes from global partners. GreenPeak Technologies GP712 is the industry’s first radio communication controller to support ZigBee and Thread in a single device with fully independent channel selection – at the cost of a single protocol solution. It simultaneously supports up to three
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network protocols in a concurrent and transparent way on different channels and allows interoperability between ZigBee PRO, ZigBee RF4CE and Thread.
LoWer poWer & CpU ConsUmpTion Bluetooth Low Energy (Blutooth Smart) is one of the popular low-power technologies that meet the growing requirements of battery-operated or low-power products in the smart home industry. Atmel launched a low-power BLE 4.1 SoC, Smart BTLC1000, which features power saving at least 30 percent in dynamic mode compared to available solutions, taking less than 4mA in RX and less than 3mA in TX at 0dbm. The chip's allimportant sleep current is 1.1uA and the receiver has -95dBm sensitivity. MediaTek introduced low-power MT7697 SoC, applied for applications such as home appliances, home automation, smart gadgets, IoT bridges and cloud connectivity. The chipset supports BLE for the shortrange communication among connected devices, and Wi-Fi for long-range and better Internet access. MT7697D, the dualband Wi-Fi version of the chipset, supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Realtek RTL8762A is a BLE 4.2 SoC that includes an ARM Cortex-M0, 2Mbit eFlash, Voice ADC, and IR Tx/Rx. It also supports the OTA/UART/SPI interface. It can be applied for Bluetooth remotes for controlling TV, STB, air conditioner, and other smart appliances. It requires no directional pointing of the controller device. Featuring Bluetooth Voice, it supports voice control over a toy car, or smart lights. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI) has launched a new Bluetooth Smart 4.2 Systemon-Chip (SoC) family—CSR102x family. It can be used in wireless remote controls, simple smart watches, home automation solutions and beacons, where balancing performance, battery life and cost is critical. Supporting voice command capabilities and ultra-low power consumption, the solution can be applied for remote controls with always-on voice and CSRmesh support for home automation manufacturers looking to create whole home systems.
Based upon the Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 processor, QTI introduced a smart home reference platform, The solution provides computing, voice recognition, audio, display, camera, connectivity, and control capabilities for smart home control hubs, speakers, home appliances, multimedia devices like TVs and set-top boxes. It offers a prototype hardware design available to OEMs. Broadcom's BCM4908 includes the 1.8GHz 64Bit quad-core ARM CPU and Broadcom's Runner network packet processor to deliver more than 5 Gbps of system data throughput without taxing the CPU. The BCM4908 enables OEMs and service providers to deliver the extra CPU power needed for smart home and Internet of Things applications while unleashing the higher Internet speeds coming into the home.
googLe BriLLo CompaTiBLe Apple and Google have created two major ecosystems, where connected devices in the ecosystem can be interoperable with each other. Several semiconductor companies introduced HomeKit- and Brillo-compatible solutions at CES. Realtek Semiconductor demonstrated two solutions, Ameba (RTL8711A) and iCOM (RTL8871AM), for Apple HomeKit devices and Linux-based Google IoT gateway respectively. Marvell is among the first semiconductor companies to have launched a Brillo-compatible solution with its Andromeda Box IoT platform, for IoT gateways and smart home devices. Brillo is an Android-based operating system with native support for Weave communication protocol. Besides, Marvell announced low-power Avastar 88W8977 combo IC, supporting Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2
(with future Bluetooth 5.0 features). By leveraging 28nm technology and Marvell’s advanced radio architecture, the SoC improves power consumption efficiency, ideal for wearables, wireless audio and smart home security cameras which demand low power to extend battery life. Moreover, it supports 802.11mc and BLE Angle based Location for indoor navigation.
Video soLUTions The video monitoring application has been a thriving field. Ambarella introduced the S3L SoC family that brings the low bit rate benefits of H.265 to both cloud-based home monitoring and mainstream professional cameras. The company sees increasing demand for analytics for smarter cameras, H.265 technology for lower bitrates, improved low light, HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging, smart zoom capability and wide-angle lens support. Besides, the company views the video doorbell camera as a new category with features like 180-degree wide-angle viewing and image de-warping. The company mentions another class of cameras called “sensing” cameras, which capture video purely for analyzing and extracting data from the image. The company expects that sensing cameras will support a number of home applications and those typically require very low power, analytics and good imaging in challenging lighting conditions.
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What’s New – Key Components Ambarella S3L Ambarella Country: USA www.ambarella.com
• H.265 (HEVC) and H.264 (AVC) encoding up to 5Mp30 video • Multiple and simultaneous H.265 and H.264 streams with independent resolution, frame rate and quality configurations • Image Sensor Pipeline (ISP) with SLVDS/MIPI/HiSPi supporting up to 14-Megapixel resolution • Line-interleaved, multi-exposure High Dynamic Range (HDR) • Motion-compensated 3D noise reduction with de-ghosting to enhance low-light performance • Hardware-accelerated de-warping for 180-degree fisheye lenses • 1-GHz ARM Cortex-A9 CPU
Atmel Smart BTLC1000 Atmel Country: USA www.atmel.com
• Link controller System on a Chip with Integrated ARM Cortex-M0 MCU, Transceiver, Modem, MAC, PA, TR Switch, and Power Management Unit (PMU) • BLE4.1 compliant SoC and protocol stack • Lowest power consumption in industry for BLE • Smallest BLE 4.1 SoC, available in WLCSP (2.26x2.14mm) or QFN ( 32p 4x4 mm) • Optimized system cost: High level of integration on chip reduces external Bill of Materials significantly • Wide operating Voltage range: 1.8 – 4.3V • Host Interface: SPI or UART
Marvell 88W8977 Marvell Country: USA www.marvell.com
• Lowest power 28nm connectivity solution • 1x1, 11n Dual Band Wi-Fi + BT4.2/BLE + Future BT5.0 features • SDIO & UART as host interfaces • 802.11mc and BLE Location • 41% smaller solution size • Integrated PA, LNA and Switch for 2.4GHz & 5GHz • Up to 31% reduction in Rx current consumption • 72uA lowest power “BLE-snooze” mode • “Eco-mode” for 10dBm Tx Power Use Case • Separate power & memory banks for sleep modes
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Snapdragon 212 Smart Home Reference Platform Qualcomm Country: USA www.qualcomm.com
• Quad-core 1.3GHz ARM7 CPU, Qualcomm Adreno 304 GPU, and Qualcomm Hexagon DSP • Hi-Fi Smart Audio • Fluence Pro voice input technology • Keyword voice wakeup • 8MP camera with up to 1080P video playback • Provides computing, voice recognition, audio, display, camera, connectivity, and control capabilities for home control hubs and smart speakers, extending to home appliances and multimedia devices like TVs and set-top boxes
MediaTek MT7697 MediaTek Country: Taiwan www.mediatek.com
• Supports Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4GHz and 5GHz) • Low-power SoC for home appliances, home automation, smart gadgets, wearables, IoT bridges and cloud connectivity • Embeds a power amplifier with TX Power up to 10 decibelmilliwatts (dBm) • Supports up to 160 bytes of maximum transmission units (ATT_ MTU) on iOS devices
Realtek RTL8762A Realtek Country: Taiwan www.realtek.com
• Supports Bluetooth LE (BLE) 4.2 • QFN32 5mmx5mm SoC • Includes ARM Cortex-M0, 2Mbit eFlash, Voice ADC, and IR Tx/Rx • Supports the OTA/UART/SPI interface • Requires no directional pointing of the controller device • Applied for remote control of TV, STB, air conditioner, and other smart appliances. Offers Bluetooth Voice, which can be used to voice control a remote Toy Car, or to voice control a room’s Mesh Lighting
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Cloud Platform & Software Services
Enabling Interoperability and Creating Value By Weili Lin
Interoperability remains up in the air. Solid cloud platforms provide a feasible way to unify the fragmented smart home landscape. Unified smart home solutions provide consumers convenience; fragmented smart home market provides business opportunities for players. The platform providers try to monetize by creating value for their customers and speeding up time to market.
Software and cloud platform providers are developing solutions to enable interoperability among devices, regardless of what protocols their customers are using. They are protocol- and device-agnostic, and seek partnerships for cloud-to-cloud interoperation because they believe cooperation can enlarge the ecosystems of connected products and expand distribution channels. Manufacturers of connected products and service providers benefit from cost savings and time to market. They can expand their distribution channels to include additional retailers or service providers; the retailers and service providers can quickly add connected products to their portfolios. To accelerate time to market and ensure compatibility, they offer reference designs for hardware companies. Zonoff creates hardware reference designs for hubs and gateway devices, enabling consumer electronics companies and OEMs to accelerate the manufacture process and ensure those hubs can communicate with any IoT device. They also work with semiconductor companies like Atmel, Marvell, NXP and Sigma Designs, and offer reference applications. For example, Zonoff provides Z1 Software Suite to chip vendors who can demonstrate their reference smart home solutions to the
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market with the software. David Friedman, CEO and cofounder of Ayla Networks mentioned that manufacturers realized the IoT is not a technology issue but rather a transformational process for all aspects of their businesses. Zonoff and Ayla Networks established IoT cloud-tocloud partnership to accelerate the transformation for manufacturers, retailers, service providers, and other players in the marketplace.
Interoperable on Common platform CentraLite Systems introduced Jilia, a cloud-based IoT framework that allows developers to create IoT connectivity between smart devices using a single API framework. It is challenging and costly to build a cloud-based infrastructure to link a large number of connected devices. Jilia provides an affordable way via a single API. Jilia is brand- , platform- , and protocol-agnostic, so that connected devices and apps developed with Jilia can communicate with all other devices via any existing protocol like ZigBee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Thread. To allow products from different brands to sync seamlessly, DSR has developed IoTicity portfolio, which acts as a platform to provide cloud and gateway management as well as iOS and Android
apps for controlling and monitoring smart devices. The company’s ZBOSS 3.0 supports IEEE 802.15.4 chipsets that operate at either the global 2.4 GHz frequency standard or regional sub 1GHz frequencies. The Icontrol Developer Program provides a common platform for device makers, app developers, and service creators to create interoperable devices and services. Developers will benefit from a streamlined integration process and increased flexibility while maintaining controls over any cloud-based, ZigBee, Wi-Fi or Z-Wave device and Icontrol-powered solutions.
How to Create Value Selling additional services like video monitoring and cloud storage has been a popular way to generate new revenue streams. ADT Canopy was launched as a Security-as-a-Service solution at CES this year to strengthen its presence in the consumer market, to be available this spring. It is a flexible month-to-month and contract-free 24/7 professional monitoring services to popular wearable devices, connected hubs, life safety products and point devices. By working with hardware suppliers like LG, Samsung SmartThings and Wink, users can access ADT Canopy directly through those vendors’ mobile app for the services. ADT Canopy will offer three services – Panic for immediate emergency response, Intrusion for intruder alert, and Life Safety for fire, smoke and CO2 detection and notification. Users can have instant access to emergency assistance with in-app panic buttons. Data analytics service becomes a noteworthy ways for monetization, enabling more effective product development and resource allocation. Zonoff Insight and Arrayent Connect Platform provide big data analytics to help their customers to understand consumers’ behaviors and interests. Zonoff Insights can identify marketing and up-sell opportunities, enable better risk management, and reveal geographic distribution of products and channels. Arrayent Connect Platform is designed to create
unified connection capabilities among end devices, software and the cloud. The platform provides target marketing and advertising based on consumer’s usage patterns and products. Also, the platform helps customers to find new market opportunities by analyzing consumer buying behaviors and product usage patterns. With the platform, companies can understand customer demands for new features and product updates. Creating great user experience could be essential. The end users don’t really care about the brand and manufacturer of a door lock; what they care about is the experience that door lock provides. PlumChoice’s indicated that the end users are more likely to purchase the smart home products when they can imagine themselves benefiting from that solution. The company's strategy is to help companies reduce the number of returns that are coming back to retails due to lack of understanding of those particular solutions, and minimizes no-fault-found returns. Those can help the companies create unique user experiences and brand equity. The company helps their partners to provide unique customer engagement, particularly around pre-sale and sales engagement, and tells them how to bring these products to market in a manner that the end user can understand the value.
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What’s New – Software & Cloud Services ADT Canopy
CentraLite Jilia
• Security-as-a-Service solution • Flexible month-to-month, contract-free service • Provides 24/7 professional monitoring services to wearables, connected hub and cloud platforms, life safety products, point devices • ADT Canopy Developer Program: Canopy partners can access a fully featured developer’s portal, enabling them to learn about and create proof of concept integrations with Canopy on their own. • Three service structures: - Panic: Provides immediate emergency response, initiated by a customer action in a fixed or mobile location - Intrusion: Rapidly alerts emergency responders to fire, smoke and CO2 initiated by equipment sensors and alarm signals - Life Safety: Rapidly alerts emergency responders to intruders, initiated by equipment sensors and alarm signals
• A cloud-based IoT framework that allows developers to create IoT connectivity between smart devices • A Hypermedia API for control, and provides real-time two-way feedback through the use of standard WebSockets • Allows developers to focus on a single development approach, regardless of the protocol used • Supports ZigBee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Thread, or any existing wireless protocol • Jilia’s cloud can connect the apps and other 3rd party services to the developer’s hardware devices • Features cloud-based rules, data warehousing, cloud-to-cloud integrations, analytics, and reporting
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Arrayent Connect Platform Arrayent Country: USA www.arrayent.com
• Provides an end-to-end solution from device agents to cloud services to mobile app SDKs to IoT-enable products and devices through smartphone and web apps • Arrayent Insights expresses data at various layers via dashboards, batch exports data, event streaming and data connectors • Arrayent Mobile App Framework features API Abstraction for error trapping/reporting, systems logging, user registration, session management, analytics and smart caching • Arrayent Connect Agent supports a variety of computing platforms, from 8-bit microcontrollers to Linux-based 32-bit processors; Supports any LAN protocol, including Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, and proprietary protocols • Device Virtualization: Hosts virtual devices and manages application code in the cloud to help optimize overall product cost and extensibility • Manages and sends alerts for email, SMS and smartphone push notifications
Panasonic ÔRA Panasonic Country: Japan www.panasonic.com
• Connects over 100 endpoints like home appliances, entertainment devices and security cameras to the Internet • An open software platform • Lifestyle learning with geo presence • Supports mobile app for remote control
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CentraLite Systems Country: USA jilia.io
DSR ZBOSS DSR Corporation Country: USA www.dsrcorp.com
• Full-featured ZigBee PRO stack: extensive support for protocols, available as binary • Cross-platform: supports multiple IEEE 802.15.4 chips, operating systems, processors, and OS-less platforms • Interfaces with ZigBee chipsets from GreenPeak, Ubec, Texas Instruments and others • Certified by ZigBee ZCP and rigorously tested for interoperability in the field • Network simulator support — simplifies the development process for ZigBee-based applications • 2.4 GHz and Sub-1 GHz radio support
Zonoff Z1 Software Suite Zonoff Country: USA zonoff.com
• Includes zControl, zCloud, zCommunicate, Zonoff Development Kit (ZDK) • zControl: an embedded software solution that turns all types of on-premise devices (hubs, wiring panels, end point devices, security panels, smart routers, set-top boxes into gateways • zCloud: provides remote access and device management for end-users and gives clients the ability to communicate with their customers • zCommunicate: a user interface framework that can be quickly customized with a client’s brand and deployed to mobile devices, tablets and the web using iOS and Android operating systems • Provides support portals, web apps, billing and other integrations • Zonoff Development Kit (ZDK): an open device SDK that allows device manufacturers to easily join the Zonoff ecosystem
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Uptake for Product Developers SMAhome’s
By Veronica Chen
True to its moniker, CES 2016 was indeed a hallmark of the world’s largest consumer electronics show that housed all kinds of innovative launches and technological marvels. Shifting the show focuses from mobile devices, CES presents itself a better observation desk for innovative solutions in virtual reality, gaming, connected vehicles, drones, and IoT-related gadgets. Meanwhile, smart home was absolutely one of the highlights. Having interviewed dozens of smart home related exhibitors at the mammoth showground, SMAhome has summarized five uptakes that may influence smart home developments and we believe product developers should know.
1. Professional security sPecialists eye smart home As home security has ranked the top reason why users are interested in smart home, professional security makers are eyeing this market as an untapped business opportunity. American leading security brands such as Honeywell, Tyco, Swann, First Alert, and so forth have all booked big show spaces at CES to demonstrate their new offerings. Compared to other suppliers from different professional backgrounds, these professional security specialists have their edges in the security technology design of their smart home offerings, because they have the multiple field experiences learned from many security projects. However, smart home is all about solutions, which consist of cross-brand devices, software, and even cloud services syncing together. Security pros who are used to closed-type system should watch out the current inclination to the openness in smart home. And the aesthetic design of products should not be overlooked.
2. far from being “Diy-frienDly” SMAhome is seeing a major part of smart home exhibits at
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CES this year still needing professional installation or integration services. Furthermore, when asked exhibitors what was their best sales channel, more than half of the respondents reflected that the retail sector did not perform as well as they had anticipated, while the revenue generated from professional channels or projects came out the most. It is obvious that the majority of real smart home businesses currently still rely on professional projects of builders, construction companies or house renovators. “Not-so-DIY-friendly” may hamper the adoption rate of smart home in the afterbuilder market, because it can levy extra costs of ownership to users. Yet, it should be noted that home appliance brands are launching their connected home ecosystems such as Bosch,
Siemens, Whirlpool, Panasonic’s ORA, LG’s SmartThinq, Samsung’s SmartThing and ChangHong’s IPP. With their ongoing market promotions and new business partnerships with service providers in home insurance, utility or MSOs, the transition into a “consumer technology-oriented” smart home can be faster than we expect.
3. ‘Working With nest’ is the hyPe Thanks to the release of Nest Weave last October, “working with Nest” was hugely prevalent during CES this year. While Nest Weave enables direct device-to-device communication across networks in the home, including Wi-Fi and Thread, developers now have an end-to-end solution that enables them to work with Nest, and can use only parts of the program that meet their needs. According to Nest, Nest Weave solves many issues associated with connecting products in the home, including the ability to connect power-constrained devices as well as devices that require low latency and redundancy. More than 11,000 developers have accessed Nest’s APIs to connect with Nest products through the cloud – and 1 in 8 Nest homes are using a “Works with Nest” integration. For OEMs and
other Asian makers that are interested in the US market but suffer from integration difficulties, this program may serve as a solution.
4. sensitive to Data value Rather than highlighting the technology, there is an array of smart home exhibitors shifting the focus on data collected by connected sensors or other devices, and smart applications such as behavior pattern recognition built by the data analyses of the self-learning algorithm on the IoT platform. The sensitivity to data value is turning smart home from a bunch of “nice-to-have” products into a “must-have” life helper. Not only giving the home owner the accurate info of what is happening, the solution can also provide a precaution to possible incidents or any abnormal situations. Another scene setting pace at CES were Icontrol, Arrayent, DSR, Alya and many other IoT or M2M platform designers who displayed their novelties in front of end customers. By collaborating different-background partners’ mini stands together in the booth, platform designers not only showed the
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extensibility of their ecosystem to potential OEM platform adopters, device makers and key component providers, but also helped educate the market about IoT platform values for data collection and analyses and infinite application possibilities. The direct consumer promotion is much in the same way of “Intel inside,” educating both retail sales associates and consumers about the value of Intel microprocessors, and to explain them the differences between the microprocessors" - without the technical jargon.
5. consensus on DisruPtive stanDarDs The rule of innovation has been delivering a faith in the power of an “open standard”, a technology protocol that is not controlled by a single player in the ecosystem but is the result of a — more or less — open process involving any interested party. And there’s a lot to be said for openness. Sadly, not all open standards spur innovation, and not all innovative standards are open. Without surprises, smart home protocols and groups including ZigBee, Z-Wave, Thread, ULE, and Allseen Alliance were having their joint booths at CES 2016 to emphasize their leading status in the market. When commenting on the market, these representatives all expressed similar perspectives – too many smart home protocols that give hurdles to market development. At CES this year, there were still no indication on who the
winner is, but the emergence of standards has begun to surface, as exemplified by the cooperation between ZigBee 3.0 and EnOcean. In addition to technical convergence, the standard cooperation brings benefits to members of both parties to extend the product application and thus business opportunities. If you were at Central Hall, LVCC during CES, you would see newcomers from the accessory industry launching new product lines that are smart home related. VOXX Accessories Corporation’s Project Nursery and Xtreme’s Simple Home are some of the examples. Instead of ZigBee or Z-Wave, these newcomers have deployed 2.4GHz, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in their new smart home lineups. According to them, the common standards have been widely accepted by mass users, who cares about the easy setup, manage and reasonable cost no matter what technologies are used inside the products.
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Contrary to thread, homekit is a relatively Closed eCosystem Thread is at the forefront of IP-based mesh networking. Thread is an IPv6 networking protocol built on open standards for low-power 802.15.4 mesh networks that can easily and securely connect hundreds sujata neidig of devices to each other Vice President of Marketing, Thread and directly to the cloud. Group We address solutions to the networking layer, which means our service does not require a hub to function between devices. The value with having a smart home is to have all these devices communicate with each other without having the user do everything themselves. Thread-enabled devices will simplify product development and increase interoperability, encouraging the Thread ecosystem and the connected home to flourish. Contrary to Thread, HomeKit is a relatively closed ecosystem. There are already millions of Nest thermostats working under an early version of Thread, and it can be added to any existing 802.15.4 wireless device already on the market with just a software update. Under this agreement, we are bringing the industry’s most advanced, low-power networking layer experience to a complete end-to-end solution using ZigBee’s consolidated ZigBee Common Applications Library.
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keeping Compatible as the First priority roadmap Our goal with ZigBee 3.0 is to provide a unifying IoT standard that simplifies product development while reducing industry fragmentation and unlocking new market growth opportunities. This agreement with the EnOcean Alliance is a first important step down that path. A jointly developed specification for the ZigBee 3.0 ecosystem will mark Walters bring the promise of interoperable self-powered IoT Vice President of Strategic Development, solutions to more markets and applications, meeting ZigBee Alliance growing demand for plug-and-play solutions that can deliver seamless, ultra-low-power battery-less communication. The ZigBee Alliance has always believed that true interoperability comes from standardization at all levels of the network, especially the application level which most closely touches the users.
adding 2.4 ghz and sub-1 ghz FrequenCy to Create more appliCations The globally available 2.4 GHz frequency is the key to the consumer market. We are working with the ZigBee Alliance to define the technical specifications for worldwide energy harvesting wireless solutions based on this worldwide standard. This will give our members access to new regions and additional fields of applications to grow their graham marin business for self-powered innovations. It perfectly Chairman & CEO, adds to the EnOcean Alliance’s established market EnOcean Alliance of smart buildings in the sub-1 GHz frequency, which will continue to be a major focus for us, bringing field-proven and interoperable energy harvesting solutions to new areas of use. This is a significant win for the complete wireless community.
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People have been talking about the early stages of the smart home for 30 years. Now, the market has more potential than ever before because of improvements with Internet connectivity and ubiquity of mobile devices. One rob ranck of the challenges faced by the President, HomePlug Alliance industry is trying to achieve interoperability while supporting multiple standards. HomePlug has worked with alliances such as Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-Sun Alliance and ZigBee Alliance to enable wired and wireless devices to communicate with one another. Also, many HomePlug devices include Wi-Fi connectivity, and HomePlug AV2 is starting to be integrated into routers. This provides a convenience for consumers and helps provide wholehome connectivity. HomePlug's market in the United States and Europe is well-established, and we see rapid growth in China.
We see a growing demand by customers for professional installation services because of the increasing complexity of connecting more products that support different protocols and platforms. Not all customers want to setup their smart home systems themselves because they are time constraint and may not have the skills or tools to complete the installation bill ali Senior Vice President of for optimized performance. However, manufacturers Sales and Marketing, will continue to position their products as DIY (doInstallerNet it-yourself) in the hopes of attracting more customers and to drive broader adoption with a better price point. From InstallerNet’s perspective, we expect strong growth of smart home and security products to continue in the near term and installation services will be an important part of facilitating product and service adoption. Many companies are focusing their strategy on the security features of smart devices as one of their key value proposition and we anticipate the competition to accelerate given the appeal of RMR (recurring monthly revenue). The home automation categories including energy management, safety and convenience will also contribute to the overall growth. However, confusion among consumers still hinders the significant market growth that many had projected. We believe exponential growth will occur when more customers segments identify smart home solutions that can create value by enabling their lifestyle and the purchase path to those solutions are simplified to make quick informed decisions.
Cloud-to-Cloud interoperability aCCelerates market groWth The United States and China are two of the largest markets for the IoT. As a capital of worldwide home appliance manufacturing, China plays a central role in the IoT marketplace, with giant Chinese home appliance rachel zhang manufacturers exporting in Marketing Director for Great China, Ayla volume. Increasingly, Chinese Networks manufacturers are relying on IoT cloud platform technology from U.S. technology companies to launch new connected products faster that are secure, scalable and stable. Manufacturers worldwide are realizing that connected IoT products can lead to better products through faster iterations, more accurate market targeting and improved inventory/supply chain management—ultimately generating higher revenues. As the IoT evolves, it’s essential that cloud platform providers forge partnerships to create cloud-to-cloud interoperability, which strengthens and enlarges the whole ecosystem and will accelerate the market globally.
more Cooperation, more business opportunities There should be multiple standards, and healthy competition. We partner with software and hardware companies to create a broader platform. We want to make sure that both software and hardware work in harmony, improving time to market and helping our customers build better solutions. It is essential to reduce cost and complexity in order to improve the lives of consumers. kevin garton From our perspective, there is no ‘killer’ application – Chief Marketing everything is so specific and personalized, creating lots of Officer, Zonoff capabilities is crucial. The smart home industry will take off significantly over the next six to eighteen months. We believe that smart home technology will continue to improve and it will become much simpler to use multiple products and services together in that time. We see lots of opportunities with service providers like cable, ISP, telco, and home security companies as well as retailers. They have established subscribers and are selling services on a regular basis. Those models are most effective for mass marketplace adoption. Professional installers can deliver better consumer experience than the DIY segment as some DIY products still require lots of effort and knowledge to be installed. And there are business models that offer installation services of those products sold through retail or e-commerce channels.
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great user experienCe Creates great business opportunity
“selling” smart home values
Nearly 70 percent of returned devices are in perfectly good working order. I think the early adopters who are tech-savvy can do DIY installation of smart home devices on their own; but 90 percent of the end consumers still require assistance to ensure that it’s installed properly. We can assist them remotely in what we call a do-it-for-me or do-it-with-me engagement, or even send a professional installer to their home for the steve thompson installation. The end user doesn’t really care about the brand Vice President, Business Development, of a door lock or who manufactures it. What they care about PlumChoice is the experience that door lock provides. The end users are more likely to purchase the smart home products when they can imagine themselves benefiting from that solution. For example, when a solution is associated with a particular use case and solves a particualr need, it helps end users imagine the benefits of the connected home and be more likely to purchase. From my perspective, consumers are most interested in smart home solutions for security and energy management. Next, I believe the connected health will be a unique opportunity. Insurance companies can also be a big driver. They can benefit from the decreased potential damage caused by floods or fire when they provide smart home solutions to the consumers who can benefit from reduced premiums.
There is a lot about smart home and sophistication designs, but it is just technology or a bunch of connected devices. General people want smart applications Cees links taking care of their CEO and Founder, GreenPeak family, which is our Technologies most valued asset in our daily life. Without making the smart home solution into a control system or a privacy intrusion system, let’s start the solution with the awareness creating the connection with your precious family members.
sensor data strengthens seCurity and liFe saFety oFFerings Because sensors are placed throughout the home, this provides Tyco with tim myers ability to Director of Product Marketing, Tyco collect Security Products critical, security enhancing data, which further ultimately gives us the information we need to strengthen our security and life safety offerings. So whether it is smoke detectors, glass-break sensors, or other environmental devices, of which a few of these were released at CES, these have the ability to gather and send critical information to the cloud for diagnostics and analysis.
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as Flexible as possible in driver layer In the IoT arena, there are two fundamental layers, the driver and application. Semiconductor companies like michael hurlston Executive Vice President Broadcom play of Worldwide Sales, the key role that Broadcom Corporation supplies the best possible technology solution to makers. The application layer is dominated by software designing companies. On the driver layer, Broadcom wants to be as flexible as possible, so that OEMs do not need to have heavy technical backups or efforts. As such, makers can shorten their time to market, which is very critical in the current IoT competition.
Customers usually preFer proFessionally installed systems Home security has provided Vivint a strong platform to enter and lead the smart home market. More than 80 percent of our new customers are choosing smart home devices, the Colby Winegar highest in the industry, and Senior Director of Innovation, Vivint Smart the trend continues to grow Home every year. Although the DIY segment looks exciting, customers usually prefer professionally installed systems. Once we see other DIY products gain substantial traction, we will approach them to bring them into our platform. This allows them to be professionally installed by our service professionals. Market studies have shown that DIY devices are mostly purchased by first-time adopters, whereas those wishing to extend their existing services to a more comprehensive smart home solution tend to go for installer-based options. We set ourselves apart from DIY providers by managing the entire customer lifecycle from sales and service to 24-7 monitoring and support. At Vivint, we do this because we have always placed our emphasis on a streamlined customer experience to help drive consumer demand and mass adoption in the connected home.
diFFerent markets Coexist in harmony
teChnologiCal innovation invigorates the industry
The smart home market is still at a very early stage. It’s essential to make chipsets with lower complexity and cost for IoT products, as well as to build up closer industrial cooperation. We work with service providers, and many of them are looking to get into the smart home space. manas saksena Senior Director, Product We also work on the OEM sides. We Marketing, Marvell observed that the OEM manufacturers now can have direct relationship with the consumers, for building better products. Our strategy is to alliance with leading players like Google and Amazon to drive the market, instead of being in the center. At smart home, the mobile platform is the key. So we think Apple and Google are important players. We found almost every customers support Apple and Google at the same time. We are the first semiconductor company to support Apple’s HomeKit and Google’s Weave. We also see there are different types of markets—DIY and service provider markets. Both will stay.
We see increasing demand for analytics for smarter cameras, H.265 technology for lower bitrates, as well as continued interest in improved low light, HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging, smart zoom capability and wide-angle lens support. We believe that the H.265 Jerome gigot format will be mainstream in the coming Director of Marketing, Ambarella years, and adopted later this year or next year for consumer security. Batterypowered models and integrated IoT solutions such as doorbell cameras and cameras integrated into light fittings are driving the market. Battery-powered cameras are already among the best-selling models. Customers like the ability to place cameras in locations where it is difficult to run power cables to them, for example in high places or outdoors. We see the video doorbell camera emerging as a new category with features like 180-degree wide-angle viewing and image de-warping. The security market traditionally follows trends in consumer electronics. Today, 4K is standard in televisions and many smartphones. We believe consumers will soon expect 4K in home security cameras.
multiple Wireless teChnologies Coexist At Atmel, we recognize that end applications for the secure, smart, connected home will require the co-existence of diverse wireless connectivity protocols. Home applications, whether lighting, security, AV, smart lock, heating, or air quality control, come with diverse protocols—Wi-Fi, reza kazerounian Bluetooth, ZigBee, TCP/IP, Thread, HomeKit, SVP and GM of IoT, MCU and Wireless Open Interconnect Consortium, and many Solutions, Atmel more. Atmel caters to this multifaceted approach. Moreover, Atmel recognizes that because power consumption and transmission range vary among the protocols, no one protocol can provide adequate functionality for all applications. In this rapidly changing environment, we continue to provide solutions for industry requirements. With the numerous standards consortiums—from Open Interconnect Consortium to ZigBee Alliance, Wireless Power Consortium to ZigBee Alliance, Bluetooth SIG and many more—we continue to stay on top of industry developments and will align our solutions to the standards or multi-protocol standards that will ultimately coexist. The future as we see it will involve more and more products with multiple wireless radios, all integrated into a single chip that requires minimal power consumption. The secure, smart, connected home is plainly moving away from wired solutions and becoming more dependent on wireless connectivity.
bosCh uniFies smart home With single platForm Bosch is active on all three levels of the IoT: sensors, software, and services. We're more than just a solutions provider for the internet of things – we're a fundamental enabler of it. We have connected devices in every product category: from ovens and refrigerators to washing machines, heating and security systems. Featuring one platform, one app, and one user interface, our new Smart Home System connects all compatible home-related devices, including those of other manufacturers. We're inviting other companies to collaborate on our platform. For example, we've joined forces with Philips to create connected, self-learning lighting. And last year, we launched mozaiq operations, a joint venture with ABB and Cisco. Our goal here is to establish a B2B software platform for the smart home, which will be open to suppliers from widely differing sectors. Ultimately, we believe that no company will be able to create the connected world alone.
dr. volkmar denner Chairman of the Board of Management, Bosch Group
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By Weili Lin
SMAhome has had the pleasure to talk with Greg Roberts, VP of Marketing of Icontrol Networks to share his viewpoints on 2016 smart home trends about the technology and market development.
What is the mostly wanted among smart home in North America so far? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found that DIY (Do-ItYourself) vs. DIFM (Do-it-for-me) are two different audiences, so it depends on who you are targeting. According to our 2015 State of the Smart Home Report, those aged 45 and younger are more likely to prefer DIY and are likely to spend between $2,000 and $3,000 to upgrade their home to a smart home. This audience prefers to shop for smart home products at a security (17%) or technology (19%) company or a home repair store (14%). Those above the age of 45 tend to like more assistance with the setup of their smart home devices and are likely to spend less than $500 to upgrade their
home to a smart home. This audience prefers to shop at a cable/telecommunications company (25%) or security company (20%).
Icontrol One targets independent dealers. What are their demands? The key for dealers is education. Not only should they be educated on the smart home but they should be able to educate their customers and position themselves as experts. Dealers should work closely with their smart home provider to stay informed on the latest technologies and features. This will help them remain a step ahead of their competition.
For security dealers, what are your suggestions? Home automation is an untapped opportunity for security dealers, and one we believe they should pursue. For the second year in a row, our 2015 State of the Smart Home Report found security remains the number one motivating factor behind smart home purchases, with nearly seven out of ten (65%) consumers hesitant to purchase a home automation system without security features. Our report also found 20% of those aged 45 and above prefer to shop for smart home products at a security company and would like more assistance with setup compared to their younger counterparts. Although those younger than 45 prefer a more DIY centric
The industry will require multiple standards to take advantage of the current marketplace and technology structure. Greg Roberts, VP of Marketing of Icontrol Networks <Source: Icontrol Networks, June 2015>
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What consumers are likely to purchase within the next 12 months: Adults aged 25-34 system, 17% still prefer to shop at a security company. If implemented correctly, security dealers have an opportunity to increase sales with home automation.
What are the big benefits of adopting Icontrol Developer Program? The Icontrol Developer Program is a global program that enables compatibility between any cloudbased, ZigBee, Wi-Fi or Z-Wave device and Icontrol-powered solutions. Icontrol-powered security and service providers can offer their customers more device options, and those options can be controlled from a single user experience without bringing technology or compatibility into the conversation. Developers will benefit from a streamlined integration process, and increased flexibility while maintaining control over the device user experience
Are you convinced voice control and multi-functional to be the two big trends in smart home? Voice-user interface to the connected home will grow. More and more people are becoming comfortable with voice applications like Siri or Google Now and devices like the Amazon Echo. Voice control for connected home is a natural interface that we think will gain some interest in 2016. There is still a lot of work to be done to make the experience intuitive, but we know there are many innovators working on furthering this technology. People want one system to perform many tasks. Think about it like your smartphone. You don’t want to use 20 apps daily, rather you’d like to have one or two that allow you to accomplish the same tasks. Simplicity and multi-functional devices will prevail as mass market adoption occurs for the smart home.
Overall consumers
Connected Home Camera Connected Thermostat
54%
37%
Connected Lighting
54%
34%
Connected Door Lock
53%
34%
Smart Home Hub
32%
Smart Home Services Connected Appliances
56%
37%
31% 25%
52% 50% 50%
<Source: Icontrol Networks, June 2015>
Are there any untapped opportunities of smart home? Yes, elder care is an untapped opportunity for the smart home. Our report found that nearly 50% of consumers would sleep better at night if their parents or grandparents had a smart home – a number significantly higher among younger generations, as well as those who identify themselves as parents. Consumer preferences and needs will determine what devices will become common. But according to our report, consumers reported they are most likely to buy a connected home camera (37%), connected thermostat (37%) and connected lighting (34%) in the next twelve months.
Do you see any other trends for the smart home industry? Two trends stand out. First, interoperability and communication standards. We don’t see one sole smart home standard, at least not in the foreseeable future. The industry will require multiple standards to take advantage of the current marketplace and technology structure. That doesn’t mean to say one standard won’t lead the way in the long term, but today, there is still a need for multiple standards in the market that work best for different use cases. Second, we will see big companies (like Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and LG) continue to “experiment” with smart home technologies by releasing different products or features that approach the space in different ways. This will lead to more awareness of smart home as a category of the bigger IoT space.
What will help smart home market to grow in a faster pace? The real smart living revolution hasn’t happened yet, and we are in the very early stages of adoption. The market’s growth depends greatly on two things: consumer understanding of what a smart home is and how they can benefit from it; and manufacturers making products that are easy to use and solve every day problems. For the first, consumer education is key. The people in the smart home industry have been “in the weeds” for a long time, and now we need to make sure we’re talking about smart home in a way that makes sense to anyone and everyone. That means reducing jargon, and highlighting the many different benefits smart home can provide. For the second, we just need time. Much like a smartphone and its apps, we will eventually see a robust, automated ecosystem that incorporates multiple connected devices and addresses multiple use cases. Just like smartphones, the products started out bulky and not visual appealing, but over time as the phones become smarter and people knew how to use them, the design become more natural. We believe this will happen with smart home as generates mainstream appeal.
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Ambarella Talks about
Home Security By Weili Lin
Trends
Ambarella is a leading SoC developer, providing low-power and high-definition (HD) compression and image processing solutions for professional and consumer applications, including security IP cameras, wearable cameras, flying cameras and automotive video processing solutions. Its camera SoCs for smart home solutions are supplied to service providers such as Comcast and AT&T, and to leading retail brands such as Nest, D-Link, Netgear, Canary, August, Samsung and more.
SMAhome team interviewed Jerome Gigot, Director of Marketing at Ambarella during CES 2016. He talked about the Company’s latest IC technology and gave his observations on the home security camera market as well as the smart home industry. Gigot focused on four major market trends, including battery-powered cameras, smarter motion detection to save storage and bandwidth, higher video resolution and lower video bitrates, as well as the trend towards more and more devices integrating cameras such as video doorbells, connected switches and lights.
What are Ambarella’s strengths? To differentiate ourselves from our competitors, we offer state-of-the-
art technologies with a focus on video quality instead of just price competition. We have introduced industry leading solutions for drones, IP-cameras and sports cameras, including pioneering 4K Ultra HD solutions. We also like to push the envelope. At this year’s CES, we demonstrated one of our customer’s VR (Virtual Reality) solutions as well as computer vision technology for automotive ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) as used in self-driving cars.
What are the major IC design trends for IP cameras and home monitoring applications? Please introduce your product development plans for 2016. We launched the S3L SoC family for security IP cameras in October 2015. S3L brings the low bit rate benefits of H.265 to both Cloud-based home monitoring and mainstream professional cameras. We expect H.265 to begin volume shipments in China in 2016, and in other geographic regions in subsequent years. We believe that the H.265 format will be mainstream in the coming years, and adopted later this year or next year for consumer security. On the home security camera side, we have S3L for the high-performance consumer monitoring cameras and S3LM for the lower-cost models. In the professional IP security camera market we have S3, which includes our 4K Ultra HD
We see increasing demand for analytics for smarter cameras and H.265 technology for lower bit rates. Ambarella video doorbell supports face recognition
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Ambarella outdoor battery operated camera module
Jerome Gigot, Director of Marketing, Ambarella
video capability. We also see increasing demand for analytics for smarter cameras, H.265 technology for lower bitrates, as well as continued interest in improved low light, HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging, smart zoom capability and wide-angle lens support. We see the video doorbell camera emerging as a new category with features like 180-degree wide-angle viewing and image de-warping. In addition to hardware, Ambarella supports a number of third-party software vendors that focus on both Cloud storage and analytics. Amongst others, these include Acer, Sighthound, and IntelliVision. For example, our SoC reference design for the video doorbell camera works with Acer’s Cloud platform with integrated face recognition. This design provides higher security and convenience; registered persons are permitted entry
without using a key or smartphone. For this design, accurate face recognition and a secure embedded system are critical. This is part of a broader trend of IP camera SoCs becoming smarter, more secure and more powerful. Analytics are key, because if you don’t have good analytics, you will end up recording hours or even days of useless videos. When we talk about Cloud services, we think about storage of recorded videos and bandwidth. We work with Tier-1 service providers and telcos to whom bandwidth savings are crucial. Our S3L SoC offers SmartHEVC, which divides the required bitrate by two and cuts the storage cost in half at the same time. SmartHEVC is Ambarella’s own advanced optimization of H.265 and is tuned for typical surveillance scenes, offering additional and significant bandwidth savings over regular H.265. It’s a very valuable proposition for our customers.
What are other benefits for adopting Ambarella’s SoC besides low bit rate? S3L also features multi-exposure HDR imaging, 180-degree fisheye lens correction, low-light capability, ultra-low power, improved bitrate and a high performance CPU for intelligent video analytics. On the imaging side, low light capability and HDR processing are key technologies that Ambarella has developed across product lines from sports to automotive to IP cameras. Our SoCs also enable de-warping of images for support of wide angle lenses, and are very low power, allowing high resolution designs with small form factors as well as battery powered designs that can be placed anywhere.
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• Seamlessly integrates with existing or new IP Cams to enhance alarm reporting • Zone selection for motion detection •Motion triggered photo capture / video recording on local SD card •P2P real-time video streaming •Supports push notifications and email alarm report •Remote home automation control •Optional 2G/3G/PSTN module •Supports backup phone calls (up to 6 numbers) & pre-recorded voice messages and SMS when the broadband Internet is down •Android and iOS apps
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Do you think the batterypowered wireless cameras will become mainstream in the home security camera market? Battery-powered models and integrated IoT solutions such as doorbell cameras and cameras integrated into light fittings are driving the market. Battery-powered cameras are already among the best-selling models. Customers like the ability to place cameras in locations where it is difficult to run power cables to them, for example in high places or outdoors.
Since the outdoor cameras are getting popular, is there any distinguishable difference between the indoor and outdoor cameras in terms of design directions? The key differences between indoor and outdoor cameras are the mechanical parts, like casing design and battery power. Outdoor cameras need to be weather and tamper proof, have HDR processing due to direct sunlight, be able to operate in high and low temperatures and have at least six months of battery life. We’ve incorporated smart analytics into our SoCs for battery powered designs. Our S3L-based cameras for battery-powered designs are asleep most of the time, and will only wake up when triggered on motion. When the image sensor detects something, the CPU quickly boots and starts to analyze what’s happening. It can filter out false alarms, caused for example, by birds or shadows. If something important is happening, the camera will turn on in less than 500ms, and, for instance, send a clip of the video to a users’ smartphone. The key advantage is that the camera can determine if the motion was relevant and if not, go back to sleep right away. This way, battery is significantly extended compared to other solutions 60 mySMAhome.com January/February 2016
n S3L is designed for the high-performance consumer monitoing camera, S3LM is designed for the lower-cost models.
that do not have the ability to run analytics locally on the SoC. If you put an IP camera outside your home, you need a pretty long range. We see Wi-Fi as the most widely adopted technology so far and therefore use Wi-Fi for wireless communication.
When can we expect to see a 4K UHD home security camera available in the market? Will Ambarella launch the solution in 2016? The security market traditionally follows trends in consumer electronics. Today, 4K is standard in televisions and many smartphones. We believe consumers will soon expect 4K in home security cameras. We have been shipping 4K into the professional IP camera market for about two years now and recently announced our S3L and S3Lm 4K solutions for home monitoring. We may see the first 4K home monitoring cameras next year. The benefits of adopting 4K video technology include wider field of view, much better zoom capabilities, more accurate analytics and more advanced motion detection. While using a 4K home security camera can be challenging because of its high bandwidth, we think users can record locally with 4K video quality, and stream videos in 1080P resolution only. Also, using Ambarella’s H.265 video compression technology provides up to twice the video compression of Ambarella’s H.264 encoding technology, and delivers high video quality at very low bit rates. This improvement results in cost savings from reduced storage requirements and the ability to stream higher quality video over bandwidth-restricted networks. With our H.265, Ambarella-based designs can stream 4K video in under 2 Megabits per second, which is very low, though still a bit higher than transmitting in 1080P.
Which applications are the most promising like energy management, climate control, safety, security, access control and appliances? Will Ambarella enter these fields in addition to the IP camera and home monitoring applications? To date, our focus has been on video cameras, i.e. cameras that capture video to be watched later by humans. However there is also another class of cameras we call “sensing” cameras, which capture video purely for analyzing and extracting data from the image. For example, at the ISC West security show in April 2015, we demonstrated a camera for retail shops that could count people and provide feedback to the retailers about where people spent their time. In the future, we expect that sensing cameras will support a number of home applications and those typically require very low power, analytics and good imaging in challenging lighting conditions.
Index
Asian Original Makers of Zigbee and Z-Wave According to SMAhome 2016/2017 Smart Home Sourcing Guide , while a majority of Asian makers adopt Wi-Fi and Bluetooth inside their products, 36% use Zigbee and 22% are happy with Z-Wave. It should be noted that most of these Asian makers adopt more than one protocols for their products. Request your Free Copy of SMAhome 2016/2017 Smart Home Sourcing Guide for the full list of Asian makers. Email to smahome-pr@newera.messefrankfurt.com.
Company
Company URL
Specialized Item
Protocol Adopted
Country
AEONSTAR TECHNOLOGY CORP.
www.globalsources.com/ aeonstar.co
Sensor, Intrusion Alarm, Door related Products, Home Security Kit, Integrated Energy Management Kit
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
AFIDUS LTD.
afidus.com
Camera, Intrusion Alarm, Home Security Kit
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
ALFA NETWORK INC.
www.alfa.com.tw
Camera, Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit Zigbee, Wi-Fi, HomePlug
Taiwan
AMROAD TECHNOLOGIES INC.
www.amroad.com.tw
Door related Products, Gateway/Hub, Software
Zigbee, HomeGrid, SIP
Taiwan
APACER TECHNOLOGY INC.
www.apacer.com/global
Software
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HomePlug
Taiwan
AVERTRONICS INC.
www.avertronics.com
Sensor, Lighting
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
BILLION ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
www.billion.com; www.smartgrid.com.tw
Gateway/Hub, Lighting, Integrated Energy Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Proprietary Standard Management Kit
Taiwan
BINTRONIC ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
www.bintronic.com
Door related Products, Lighting, Shading
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
www.cap-homey.com
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Lighting
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, EnOcean
Taiwan
CLIMAX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.climax.com.tw
Camera, Sensor, Intrusion Alarm, Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit, Thermostat, Lighting, Smartplug, Integrated Energy Management Kit, Healthcare Products
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, ULE/DECT
Taiwan
DES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
www.des.com.tw
Camera, Door related Products, Gateway/ Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Hub
Taiwan
EDIMAX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.edimax.com
Camera, Software, Smartplug
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
EVERDAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.everday.com
Sensor, Home Security Kit
Zigbee, Z-Wave
Taiwan
EVERSPRING
www.everspring.com
Intrusion Alarm, Home Security Kit, Software
Zigbee, Z-Wave, ULE/DECT, u-net
Taiwan
FULL ENTERPRISE CORP.
www.fullcorp.com
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Integrated Energy Management Kit
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
GEMTEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.gemteks.com
Camera, Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Home Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Security Kit, Software, Lighting, Smartplug
Taiwan
GLOBALTOP TECHNOLOGY INC.
www.gtop-tech.com
Parts&Components
Taiwan
GOODWAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.goodway.com.tw
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit HomePlug, HomeGrid
Taiwan
HI SHARP
www.hisharp.com.tw
Camera, Sensor, Home Security Kit
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
ICP DAS CO., LTD.
www.icpdas.com
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Integrated Energy Management Kit
Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Ethernet
Taiwan
Zigbee
CAP-TECH INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
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Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Company
Company URL
Specialized Item
Protocol Adopted
Country
INNOCOMM MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
www.innocomm.com
Camera, Sensor, Gateway/Hub
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
www.insnergy.com
Sensor, Software, Smartplug
Zigbee, Wi-Fi, modbus
Taiwan
KINGDOM COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATED LTD.
www.kca.com.tw
Camera, Door related Products, Software Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
KSH INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
www.tcpipweb.com
Gateway/Hub, Integrated Energy Management Kit, Parts&Components
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
LIH CHERN METALLIC ENT CO., LTD.
www.lcm.com.tw
Door related Products, Home Security Kit, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Software
Taiwan
METALLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
www.metalligence.com
Gateway/Hub, Software, Integrated Energy Management Kit
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
METANOIA COMMUNICATION CORP
www.metanoia-comm.com
Gateway/Hub
Zigbee, Wi-Fi, G.hn
Taiwan
MITRASTAR TECHNOLOGY CORP.
www.mitrastar.com
Gateway/Hub
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
MIVATEK
www.mivatek.com
Camera, Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Software, Zigbee, Wi-Fi Smartplug, Healthcare Products
USA
NANJING IOT SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. (WULIAN www.wulian.cc/english CO., LTD.)
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Lighting
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
China
NETVOX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.netvox.com.tw
Gateway/Hub, Software, Smartplug
Zigbee
Taiwan
NIETZSCHE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
www.nhr.com.tw
Sensor, Home Security Kit, Smartplug
Zigbee, Home Plug
Taiwan
NXCONTROL SYSTEM CO., LTD.
www.nxcontrol.com
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Software
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
PHILIO TECH
www.philio-tech.com
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Smartplug
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
PIXORD CORPORATION
www.pixord.com
Camera, Home Security Kit, Healthcare Products
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
POWERTECH INDUSTRICAL CO., LTD.
www.power-tech.com.tw
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Smartplug
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
POWERTEK HARDWARE CO., LTD.
www.bsi-hardware.com
Door related Products, Gateway/Hub, Software
Zigbee
Taiwan
PROSCEND COMMUNICATIONS INC.
www.proscend.com
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Smartplug
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth
Taiwan
QLYNC INC.
www.qlync.com
Camera, Software, Other
Zigbee, Wi-Fi, HomePlug
Taiwan
REMOTEC TECHNOLOGY LTD.
www.remotec.com.hk; www.remoteble.com
Thermostat, Smartplug, Entertainment Products
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth
China
SAMPO CORPORATION
www.sampo.com.tw
Camera, Door related Products, Home Security Kit
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
SAPIDO TECHNOLOGY INC.
www.sapido.com.tw
Camera, Home Security Kit, Software
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
SAVEKEY TECHNOLOGY LTD.
www.save-key.com
Door related Products, Thermostat, Lighting
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
China
SHENZHEN DINSAFE INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
www.dinsafe.com
Intrusion Alarm, Home Security Kit, Software
Zigbee, Bluetooth
China
SHENZHEN HEIMAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.heimantech.com
Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit, Smartplug
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
China
SHENZHEN ORVIBO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
www.orvibo.com
Lighting, Shading, Smartplug
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
China
SHENZHEN VSTARCAM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.vstarcam.com
Camera, Gateway/Hub, Parts&Components
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
China
SHENZHEN WELLSENSE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.wellsensetech.com
Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit, Lighting Zigbee
China
SUNMORE SMART TECHNOLOGY INC.
www.sunmoretek.com
Camera, Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
TECOM CO., LTD.
www.tecom.com.tw
Camera, Door related Products, Gateway/ Zigbee, Wi-Fi Hub
Taiwan
THROUGHTEK CO., LTD.
www.throughtek.com
Software
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
TORCH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
www.pirled.com
Camera, Sensor, Lighting
Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Proprietary Standard
Taiwan
TRANSAVA INC.
www.transava.com.tw
Door related Products, Home Security Kit, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi Entertainment Products
Taiwan
TRANWO TECHNOLOGY CORP.
www.tranwo.com.tw
Camera, Sensor, Home Security Kit
Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Others, , 433MHz
Taiwan
TREND MICRO
www.trendmicro.com
Software
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
www.tashi-ute.com
Door related Products, Lighting, Healthcare Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Products
UNITECH ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Taiwan
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Index
Company
Company URL
Specialized Item
Protocol Adopted
Country
UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.
www.wss.uisco.com.tw
Sensor, Intrusion Alarm, Door related Products, Gateway/Hub, Smartplug
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
UNIVERSAL GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
www.usish.com
Software, Entertainment Products
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
VISION-ELEC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.visionsecurity.com.tw
Sensor, Intrusion Alarm, Door related Products, Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit, Lighting, Shading, Smartplug, Healthcare Products
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
XINGTEL XIAMEN GROUP CO., LTD.
www.xingtel.com
Camera, Sensor, Door related Products, Home Security Kit
Zigbee, Wi-Fi
China
XLINK IOT PLATFORM
www.xlink.cn
Gateway/Hub, Software
Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
China
YIFANG DIGITAL (HONGKONG) COMPANY LIMITED
www.yifangdigital.com
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Smartplug
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
China
www.e-scs.com.tw
Sensor, Intrusion Alarm, Door related Products
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
www.alphanetworks.com
Camera, Sensor
Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
AVADESIGN TECHNOLOGY
www.avadesign.com.tw
Door related Products, Gateway/Hub, Software
Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
BTSTAR TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
www.bt-star.cn
Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit, Software
Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
China
DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.dahuasecurity.com
Camera, Door related Products, Home Security Kit
Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
China
D-LINK
www.dlink.com
Camera, Sensor, Smartplug
Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, HomePlug
Taiwan
ELKO EP, S.R.O.
www.elkoep.com
Gateway/Hub, Thermostat, Lighting
Z-Wave, EnOcean, Proprietary Standard
Czech republic
GTA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
www.gta.com.tw
Camera, Intrusion Alarm, Home Security Kit
Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
HANK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
www.hank-tech.com
Gateway/Hub, Lighting, Smartplug
Z-Wave
China
LEADTEK RESEARCH INC.
www.leadtek.com
Camera, Sensor, Healthcare Products
Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Google Weave
Taiwan
PLANET TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
www.planet.com.tw
Camera, Door related Products, Gateway/ Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, SIP Hub
Taiwan
RAYLIOS TECHNOLOGY INC.
www.raylios.com
Software
Taiwan
SHENZHEN BEIJING OPTOELECTRONICS SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
www.magilife.com.cn
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Home Security Kit Z-Wave
China
SIGMA DESIGNS
www.sigmadesigns.com
Parts&Components, Other
Z-Wave
USA
SKYWATCH INNOVATION INC.
www.skywatch24.com
Camera, Software
Z-Wave
Taiwan
STARVEDIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
www.starvedia.com
Camera, Home Security Kit, Software
Z-Wave
Taiwan
TRONICO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
www.tronico.com.hk
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Lighting, Smartplug Z-Wave, Wi-Fi,
China
WIZMART TECHNOLOGY INC.
www.wizmart.com
Sensor, Gateway/Hub, Other
Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
ZYXEL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
www.zyxel.com
Camera, Gateway/Hub
Z-Wave, Wi-Fi
Taiwan
YU HENG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Z-Wave ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Face-to-face meeting with Zigbee and Z-Wave makers at SMAhome International Conference and Exhibition 2016 April 19-21 | Taipei, Taiwan www.secutech.com/smahome
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smahome inTernaTional conference and exhibiTion 2016
• Taipei, Taiwan • 19 — 21 April 2016, www.secutech.com • Nangang Exhibition Hall, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
The manufacTuring base for smarT home professionals worldwide Quite unlike the other smart home related trade fairs around the world, SMAhome International Conference and Exhibition 2016, to be held during April 19-21 in Taipei, Taiwan, positions itself to meet the professional business requirements distinctively for home security and smart home supply chains. SMAhome show is organized by SMAhome magazine publisher, Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media since 2015. Being profoundly experienced in show organization, the company organizes Secutech Expo, a professional security exhibition since 1998, in concurrent with SMAhome show at the interlinked exhibition hall. By holding the two shows together, Ms. Regina Tsai, Deputy General Manager of the organizer said: “Home security is expected to remain one of the strongest sectors within the entire security industry in the next five to 10 years.”
Why it iS So unique As there are many common and converging aspects between security and smart home, a big part of the original security equipment manufacturers at Secutech, such as intrusion alarm, IP camera and intercom makers, have since been working with international smart home brands or service providers. Given the nature of security markets – the project based business, these security manufacturers at Secutech such as Amroad, Competition, Unitech, Starvedia, GKB, Vision-Elec., Lilin, Vivotek, etc., are experienced
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with the technology supports and tailor-made services in the international markets. Visitors who source for manufacturing partnerships are able to find the solutions that cater to various needs of system integrators or service providers in your local markets. In addition to security makers, SMAhome beckons an array of first-time exhibitors to the show, including professional manufacturers with backgrounds in computer, multimedia, networking, and software design, such as ASUS, Acer, TrendMicro, CAP-Tech, Dexatek, Home8, Nietzsche, and among several others. In line with Taiwan’s superior IT framework, Networks and IC industries, Taiwan manufacturers are known globally for their competitive edge in production efficiency and high quality. These newcomers at SMAhome show are specialized in the integration of lighting, window covering controls, thermostats, and various sensors, such as temperature, humidity, and gas detection.
THE SYNCING OF WI-FI AND OTHER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION STANDARDS INSIDE THE SMART HOME PRODUCTS IS A KNOW-HOW THAT TAIWANESE MAKERS HAVE BEEN INVESTING THEIR EFFORTS ON.
To accomplish the integration, the new intelligent smart home technologies such as cloud management, low-cost gateway and gateway management, and iOS and Android apps are used for controlling and monitoring smart devices. Based on SMAhome’s observation, Taiwanese smart home manufacturers are able to churn out state-of-the-art wireless devices and high-value-added solutions. “A majority of existing smart home products are based on wireless communication. For the majority of products, they need to be Wi-Ficompatible. In terms of the consistency and stability of the Wi-Fi connection, Taiwan’s products are outstanding. Besides features, the syncing of Wi-Fi and other wireless communication standards inside the smart home products is a know-how that Taiwanese makers have been investing their efforts on,” commented Veronica Chen, editor-in-chief of SMAhome magazine. To date, over 150 leading manufacturers from China, Korea and Taiwan have already signed up for SMAhome Expo. Tsai added: “We are anticipating over 26,000 system integrators, dealers, distributers and industry professionals to visit the fair. With the range and high quality of participating exhibitors on offer, I am confident visitors will not only discover a wealth of solutions and products but will also find ample opportunities to establish new and invaluable industry partnerships.”
the FirSt Z-WAve gAllery dedicAted to originAl MAnuFActuring Z-Wave Alliance will organize its first gallery at SMAhome show. According to the alliance, they have selected around 10 members to demonstrate their new smart home launches at the event. “The participating companies are all with product design and manufacture management capabilities. If you are looking for quality and experienced Z-wave partners based in Taiwan and China, do come to this show and this gallery.” Meanwhile, other well-known protocol standards such as ZigBee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Homeplug should not to be overlooked, as several exhibitors have already booked their presence to launch their smart homerelated products in Taipei.
M2M PlAtForM iS the hyPe In smart home, every type of business has different software needs. SMAhome understands this, and has designed the “Smart home M2M platform & software summit 2016” as one of the conference events. The speaker lineup is comprised of open source IoT projects specialists, connected device platform suppliers, smart home software stacks developers, cloudbased video solution providers as well as other application software designers. By gathering more than 10 Taiwan and Chinabased platform designers to the event, system integrators and other types of international visitor will be able to source the IoT platform solutions that shorten time-to-market and effectively scale their engineering and management team. Ayla Networks, Tricloud, Obweb, Mivatek, Throughtek, Qlync, Raylios are some of the several host speakers at the event. They will present and discuss industry hot topics such as connectivity, interoperability, data protection and business models. “We are ready to demonstrate the best of smart home manufacturing to international professionals,” Tsai said.
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Show Calendar
2016 WorldWide exhibitions and events related to smart home a&s Smahome magazine will be distributing magazines at the checkmarked shows. amsterdam, netherlands Integrated SyStemS europe (ISe)
barcelona, spain mobIle World CongreSS
ISE is one of the world’s fastest-growing and best-attended show for professional AV and electronic systems. The organisation to 12 behind ISE - Integrated Systems Events LLC - is a joint venture between InfoComm International and CEDIA. With 50% of the show’s attendees serving both commercial and residential market sectors, ISE is uniquely positioned to offer the whole world of systems integration solutions under a single roof.
Mobile World Congress is an annual gathering for the mobile industry and related industries to 25 organised by the GSMA. It includes a world-class exhibition, an award-winning conference program, and outstanding networking opportunities for those in mobile, in an industry that supports mobile, or looking to make contacts in the mobile industry.
• +31 20 240 2424 • www.iseurope.org
• +34 93 233 20 00 • www.mobileworldcongress.com
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Light + Building is one of world’s biggest trade fair for lighting and building-services technology and presents solutions that to 18 cut the energy consumption of a building at the same time as increasing the level of comfort. At the fair, everything is represented, from LED technology, via photovoltaic and electro-mobility, to intelligent electricity usages with smart metering and smart grids.
CeBIT offers unique benefits. Boasting an IT show and a conference program for professionals, to 18 CeBIT defines the latest IT trends, presents talks by high-caliber speakers and forward-looking panel discussions, and showcases product innovations from all over the world.
• +49 69 75 75 - 5471 • light-building.messefrankfurt.com
• +49 511 89 - 33155 • www.cebit.de
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Organised by the HKTDC and held at the HKCEC, the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) presents all kinds of to 16 electronics products and services such as wearables, 3D printing, IoT, unmanned tech, audio-visual products, branded electronics, ecofriendly products, i-World, packaging & design, navigation systems, new inventions, telecommunications products and testing, inspection & certification services.
Connect EXPO is one of Australia’s fastest growing business technology event. It consists to 20 of a large scale tradeshow with themed technology zones combined with a multi-streamed conference program. The event is backed by the Victorian Government and attracted over 4500 attendees in 2015.
• +852 1830 668 • www.hktdc.com/fair/hkelectronicsfairse-en
• +61 2 8908 8555 • connectexpo.com.au
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taipei, taiWan Smahome InternatIonal ConFerenCe and eXhIbItIon SMAhome International Exhibition and Conference is the world’s only B2B trade fair to 21 dedicated to home security, home control, and smart home equipment and devices. Connecting the smart home value chain, the event gives visitors the opportunity to meet original manufacturers and have a complete view of smart home industry landscape, from key components to total solutions. apr
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News
What happened Smart Home News Highlights from November 2015 to January 2016
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Johnson Controls and Tyco announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Johnson Controls, will combine with Tyco, a global fire and security provider, to build products and technology, integrated solutions and energy storage. The combined company brings together best-in-class product, technology and service capabilities across controls, fire, security, HVAC, power solutions and energy storage, to serve various end-markets including large institutions, commercial buildings, retail, industrial, small business and residential. The combination of the Tyco and Johnson Controls buildings platforms creates immediate opportunities for near-term growth through crossselling, complementary branch and channel networks, and expanded global reach for established businesses.
RFaxis, Inc. announced its collaboration with Renesas Electronics America Inc. in a module reference design solution combining Renesas’ latest RL78/G1D Bluetooth Smart microcontroller (MCU) with the RFaxis RFX2411N 2.4GHz RF front-end IC (RFeIC). The RFX2411N is a fully integrated single-die, single-chip RFeIC that incorporates all the RF functionality needed for wireless connectivity applications in the 2.4GHz band. The RFX2411N architecture consist of the power amplifier (PA), low-noise amplifier (LNA) with bypass, Transmit and Receive switching circuitry, the associated matching network, a harmonic filter and diversity switch, all integrated in a single-chip CMOS device.
Johnson Controls and tyco to Merge
rFaxis Collaborates with renesas electronics america to Support Bluetooth Smart Initiatives
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Silicon Labs acquires telegesis Silicon Labs has announced the acquisition of Telegesis, a supplier of wireless mesh networking modules based on Silicon Labs’ market-leading ZigBee technology. A privately held company founded in 1998 and based near London, Telegesis has established itself as a ZigBee expert with strong momentum in the smart energy market, providing ZigBee module solutions to many of the world’s top smart metering manufacturers.
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trend Micro and aSUS Deliver a New Level of Smart Home Security Trend Micro Incorporated collaborated with ASUS last year to embed the Trend Micro Smart Home Network solution in wireless routers. By working together, these two companies have now established a new home security benchmark. The new ASUS Smart Home Gateway comes equipped with a Trend Micro security development kit (SDK) to establish safe connections between smart devices, an app, and cloud services.
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Bosch Sets Up New Company for the Smart Home Bosch is strengthening its business in solutions for the smart home. The newly founded subsidiary Robert Bosch Smart Home GmbH will bring together the company’s smarthome activities, including related software and sensor-system expertise. In the future, the new company will offer many products and services for connected homes from a single source: for example a new solution that can report breakins and help control the heating to save energy. Bosch smarthome solutions meet the highest standards of data protection and data security. These standards are taken into account right from the start of the product development process.
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BeeWi continues execution of its international growth plan by signing one of the IT distributors. With a complete support portfolio, Tech Data represents the best possible solution to BeeWiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s U.S. entry needs. Focusing on the Smart Home with a growing line of Smart Bluetooth BLE products for home automation applications, BeeWi intends to be a major player by engaging with the best reseller/ customer support available, with Tech Data.
Clare Controls is collaborating with three leading manufacturers Honeywell, Yale, and Linear - creating native integration and resale opportunities for a selection of products providing integrators with a one-stop shop to implement these products into installed ClareHome systems. The following products are now available to Clare authorized integrators and partners for resale:Honeywell VisionPro 8000 Touchscreen Programmable Wi-Fi Thermostat/Humidistat.
BeeWi enters the U.S. market with tech Data
Clare Controls Collaborates with Honeywell, Yale, Linear to accelerate Smart Home Integration
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Zonoff and ayla Networks announce Iot Cloud-to-Cloud partnership
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eQ-3 Sets Standards for Security in Smart Homes The developer of the Homematic system, eQ-3 AG, counters safety concerns in the smart home with strong facts. All devices of the Homematic IP system use the established security standards AES128 and CCM which ensure that no unauthorized person can read or even manipulate data streams. Furthermore, even teaching-in of new devices is cryptographically secured. The new Homematic IP system for IPv6 connections takes security to a new level as the teach-in procedure for new devices is already cryptographically secured.
Zonoff, Inc., the Consumer IoT platform provider that empowers the brands to deliver smart, seamless living, and Ayla Networks, a global Internet of Things (IoT) platform for manufacturers, announced an open cloud-to-cloud partnership. The partnership will simplify the effort currently involved in enabling smart home systems and solutions to enlarge their ecosystems of connected products, while expanding the distribution channels for the manufacturers of the connected products.
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Broadband Forum Chairman: operators Need to get g.fast right Operators need to get G.fast right if they want to take advantage of the huge opportunity available to enable and deliver up-and-coming technologies to consumers, the Chairman of Broadband Forum (and General Manager Access and CPE Innovation at BT) warned. Kevin Foster said the full potential of all the innovative technology will only be enabled quickly and effectively if operators make real headway on G.fast deployments. The ITU-T's G.9701 (G.fast) specification is designed to provide gigabit broadband connection speeds (up to 1Gbps) over a single twisted pair cable in an existing copper infrastructure. It allows faster deployment of services by enabling the introduction of plug-and-play remote DPUs and G.fast CPE devices self-installed by customers at home.
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gKB aetherLink Wins taiwan excellence award 2016 An all-in-one smart home solution, AetherLink, is awarded TAIWAN EXCELLENCE 2016. AetherLink is a combination of home security and home automation. Compared with regular smart home systems which usually contains a main controller to communicate with other sensors, AetherLink has a gateway inside a camera so it can control all sensors in your house. With Z-wave technology, you can easily complete the installation and one camera can integrate with up to 232 sensors. With the flourish of IoT, AetherLink also catches up with this trend. The system integrates with home security, event photos will be uploaded to the cloud platform when thieves break into your house.
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Legrand acquires QMotion Legrand, North America announced that it has acquired QMotion. QMotion will become part of Legrand's North American Building Control Systems (BCS) business. QMotion's window shading systems will integrate easily with the intelligent lighting control and automation solutions offered by Legrand BCS. This creates a more comprehensive portfolio of advanced solutions that provide energy efficiency and lighting control for residential and light-commercial applications.
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The smart home mass adoption has been hurdled by too many standards existing in the market. Michael Hurlston, Executive Vice President, Broadcom Corporation By Veronica Chen
Broadcom: Having One More Standard is Not Good for Smart Home
According to Hurlston, in the IoT arena, there are two fundamental layers, the driver and application. Semiconductor companies like Broadcom play the key role that supplies the best possible technology solution to makers. The application layer is dominated by software designing companies. On the driver layer, Broadcom wants to be as flexible as possible, so that OEMs do not need to have heavy technical backups or efforts. As such, makers can shorten their time to market, which is very critical in the current IoT competition. At CES 2016, Broadcom Corporation announced a range of consumer As the IoT continues to evolve, more and more innovations optimized to enhance connectivity in the home. One of the applications are being developed. Software is therefore highlights at the show is the BCM4908, which includes the pioneering getting more heavyweight in smart home. “But it does 1.8GHz 64Bit quad-core ARM CPU and Broadcom's Runner network not mean that Broadcom recruits as many software packet processor to deliver more than 5 Gbps of system data throughput partners as possible,” Hurlston commented. Finding without taxing the CPU. The BCM4908 enables OEMs and service the right partner with a rich domain know-how and providers to deliver the extra CPU power needed for smart home and competitive engineering strength is more important. Internet of Things applications while unleashing the higher Internet speeds Broadcom now has its innovation office in Shanghai to coming into the home. make sure Broadcom IoT solutions sync well with its IoT partners. Hurlston sees Broadcom as an enabling Best Partner to OEMs link in the long chain of startups, application developers, “We want to be the best partner to OEMs,” Michael Hurlston said, consumer electronics manufactures, module makers and executive vice president of worldwide sales at Broadcom Corporation. cloud integrators that are coming together to build out a more nuanced IoT ecosystem. One of Broadcom’s software partners in the smart home is TriClouds. At CES, TriClouds demonstrated an integrated smart home solution, consisting of smart water leakage, doorbell, smart plug, smoke detector, IP camera and other devices for better energy saving and comfortable lifestyle. “Low power battery design and video running on Broadcom WICED makes sensors or detectors easily to be residential alarms and alerts via mobile phone for building up a safe home environment. “ said Daphne Chen, VP and co-founder of TriClouds.
Finding the right partner with a rich domain know-how and competitive engineering strength is more important.
As Open as Possible However, forming a special alliance or group to build an ecosystem is not in the Broadcom’s roadmap at this moment. “The smart home mass adoption has been hurdled by too many standards existing in the market. Users are confused and do not know how to choose,” Hurlston said. In his perspective, having one more alliance or standard is not helpful to the real market development. “What we can do is to keep our solution on the driver layer as open as possible.” Hurlston took the WICED CORE ELP Bluetooth family as an example. It supports simultaneous multi-protocols and is currently the industry's first 40nm flash memory in a communications SoC, low-power consumption and a common development platform. "In addition to enabling multi-protocol support, WICED supports more complex IoT applications for OEMs and developers, all the while consolidating our low-power solution in a small package."
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Needless to say, a majority of consumers today are unfamiliar with the smart home. And that is the problem. Anatoli Pechkov, CEO of DSR Corporation By Veronica Chen
DSR: Smart home players need to create ‘habit’ to achieve real market results As more new smart devices appear, the same stumbling blocks remain – a hodgepodge of protocols that continues to confuse consumers to no end. To date, the connected world is awash with more than half a dozen smart home systems — like Apple HomeKit, Samsung’s SmartThings, Lowe’s Iris, and AllJoyn — using a variety of wireless protocols, such as WiFi, ZigBee, and Z-Wave. To make matters more complex, that is just a partial list. DSR Corporation, a US-based software development company, understands that, and has since been working relentlessly to form corporate partnerships and developing software solutions to achieve real market results. The company has been tapped by the ZigBee® Alliance
The largest barrier is the technological fragmentation of the smart home ecosystem, in which consumers need multiple networking devices, apps and more to build and run their smart home.
to showcase the seamless interoperability between certified ZigBee home automation products of Bosch, Centralite, FeiBit, Legrand, OSRAM, Philips, Ubisys, and Xinghuoyuan Group at CES 2016. “Needless to say, a majority of consumers today are unfamiliar with the smart home. And that is the problem,” Anatoli Pechkov said, CEO of DSR Corporation. Pechkov pointed out to SMAhome that users are still in a phase where they need to acquire the habit of adopting smart devices to their home, as the same strategy was used for the rapid adoption of smartphones “The situation is reminiscence of when smart phones were first introduced to the market over a decade ago, and at a time when the percentage of touchscreen cellphones was relatively low,” he explained. “Consistency is critical if you want to make a habit stick. In other words, we need to pursue the efforts to educate users about the smart home.” What’s more, the conundrum is further restricted in that retailers aren’t doing enough to help promulgate smart home adoption. “What we are seeing today is that there is a lot of hype about the smart home, but companies are not doing enough to help market them. Another factor to consider is the price,” the CEO said, noting an example of Home Depot, whose smart home sales didn’t go down too well because their prices were set too high. In retrospect, there are still many barriers preventing mass-market smart home adoption: high device prices, limited consumer demand and long device replacement cycles. However, the largest barrier is the technological fragmentation of the smart home ecosystem, in which consumers need multiple networking devices, apps and more to build and run their smart home. Hence, the general consensus as explained by Anatoli Pechkov during an interview at CES 2016 is that mass smart home adoption will come at some undefined future date. “Companies in the connected home field will need to focus on their application field, including software, so that they can help drive the market,” he concluded.
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We firmly believes mesh network is the way to go for affordable smart home devices. We are the only company that focuses on three major protocols – Z-Wave, ZigBee and Bluetooth. Jason Trice, President and CEO at Jasco By Weili Lin
Jasco: Mesh Network is Pivotal in Achieving Interoperability Jasco Products Company, GE licensee of consumer electronic accessories, LED lighting and security products, firmly believes mesh network is the way to go for affordable smart home devices. “We are the only company that focuses on three major protocols – Z-Wave, ZigBee and Bluetooth,” said Jason Trice, President and CEO at Jasco. As a leading supplier of Z-Wave, ZigBee and Bluetooth Smart solutions, Trice said his company has the most robust line of lighting controls on the market and will continue to focus on innovating and customizing home automation solutions that simplify users’ lives and automate their homes. "We are providing a game-changing wireless solution to all of our major retail partners with affordable smart home products that
Among all the shiny new gadgets at CES 2016, the Internet of Things and the connected lifestyle seem to have taken center stage. With Internet connectivity and increased functionality a growing trend in everyday items, living in a connected world has placed a strong focus on the future of home automation.
Z-Wave enabled In-Wall Smart Motion Switch and Smart Door Sensor. The new Z-Wave Plus products bring upgraded features including 50 percent greater range, faster operation, Over The Air Updates (OTA).
simplify people's demands for a connected home. We focus primarily on lighting solutions because we believe that they offer huge potential with respect to their global market share,” he said, adding that it aims to become the expert in the field of lighting. During the four-day technology bonanza, Jasco unveiled new GE branded Bluetooth Smart Controls, the industry's first Bluetooth Smart Mesh home control ecosystem. With no Wi-Fi or hub required, it is no surprise the affordable and easyto-use Bluetooth Smart controls are seeing one of the quickest and more successful launches in mesh-networking. At the Jasco’s booth, the next generation of Z-Wave Plus home automation products were on display. Powered by the latest advancements in Z-Wave technology, the new products revealed consisted of Z-Wave Plus Smart Door Sensors, Z-Wave Plus In-Wall Smart Motion Switches and dimmers. Jasco also unveiled an expanded line of universal USB charging solutions including a new line of USB-C cables at CES 2016. This latest generation of universal chargers deliver up to 40 percent faster charging speed than other 5.0V/5W chargers on the market today. Jasco's line of GE branded USB-C cables will be available for both at home wall chargers and on-the-go car chargers and will be available in early 2016. When asked about the hodgepodge of protocols currently available on the market today, Trice indicated that there's simply been too much confusion, too many acronyms and wireless protocols and competing standards, for a smart-home system to be widely adopted. “Until we unify our standards, the industry will not capitalize on the full potential of the smart home growth. If we can consolidate a unified industry standard, the market will grow more quickly,” Trice exclaimed.
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Product
Home Camera OvisLink
AirLive Smartcube300w info@airlive.com
• Developed for smart home with a high resolution of 3MP • Microphone and speaker for two-way talk • Built-in PIR sensor • Built-in humidity and temperature sensors • Suitable for monitoring babies, seniors and green houses • Corridor mode (720P): can be installed in the aisles, staircases or hallways of homes or small home hotels • IVS (720P) option: optional virtual e-fence, people/vehicle detection, people counting (shops) • App for remote monitoring
energy management BOsch
GE
C by GE Starter Pack www.CbyGE.com
• Includes C-Sleep x 2 and C-Life x 2 • Bluetooth enabled for control with phone; no hub required • Group control • Instant dimming or brightening • C-Life provides optimal daytime light • C-Sleep creates the perfect bedroom light • C-Sleep is in sync with user’s sleep cycle with three settings – nighttime, morning and everything in between • Compatible with Wink
LutrOn
Caséta Wireless www.lutron.com
• Works with the energy-saving bulbs including dimmable LEDs, dimmable CFLs, halogens, and incandescents • Works with Lutron’s patented radio frequency (RF) Clear Connect Wireless technology • Provides ability to install the Pico remote controls anywhere and adjust to user’s perfect light level • iOS and Androidbased Lutron App
OsrAM
Ambient Sensor
LIGHTIFY
• Environment sensor including temperature, humidity, pressure and VOC (Bosch Sensortec BME 680) • Determination of CO equivalents ² • Light sensor (TI OPT3001) • Microphone (Bosch Akustica AKU342) • Accelerometer • Sensitivity level of light sensor, microphone and accelerometer adjustable • Battery life time: up to two years (4xAA), charging status is monitored • Hidden pairing and reset button • Data transmission encrypted • Smartphone App (iOS & Android) for administration and notification
• The LIGHTIFY Plug enables users to group and control electronics via the LIGHTIFY app • The LIGHTIFY Switch offers fast toggling between predefined settings via two or four buttons that react differently from a short tap versus a long press • LIGHTIFY Outdoor Flex RGBW offers flexible, colorful and convenient control of user’s outdoor lighting year round • LIGHTIFY RGBW products include a variety of form factors such as A19 for traditional lamps as well as BR30 and RT5/6 for recessed lighting
www.bosch.com
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www.osramamericas.com/lightify
PiPEr
Outdoor Smart Switch getpiper.com
• Operates at 120V 60Hz input and 1800W or 15A max output • Suggested temperature range: 32–104°F (0–40°C) • Wireless range: average distance of 100 feet within line of sight of Piper or a range extender • Enables users to wirelessly turn on and off outdoor appliances via the Piper app • Can be used to control decorative or seasonal lighting, fountains, sprinklers, pool filters and other outdoor plug-in appliances • Connects through Z-Wave to Piper and can be set to trigger security • Pairs via Piper app and is displayed under Z-Wave accessories on the app
stAck LABs
A19 Classic
sales@stacklighting.com
• Intuitive learning – powerful, secure cloud-based machine learning platform • Light sensor – embedded Ambient Light Sensor with autonomous response • Circadian lighting – auto color temperature adjustments promote health and wellbeing • Occupancy sensor – proprietary passive infrared & active RF signal processing • Energy efficient – up to 50% more efficient than LEDs with ALS enabled
P&G
Febreze Home www.febrezehome.com
• Works with Nest to automatically sync scent release with air flow from the HVAC • No more overwhelming bursts or scents that are too subtle • Creates personalized schedules for each room with more devices • Detects temperature and humidity in the room • Uses Febreze NOTICEables and Unstopables refills • Wi-Fi and Thread enabled • Learns when a room needs a burst of freshness and when it doesn't • Febreze Connect features integrated iOS and Android apps
sEnGLEd
Voice
www.sengled.com
• Dual-microphones and dual-JBL speakers within a Wi-Fi enabled LED bulb • Enables voice control of devices and voice interaction with the cloud through a partnership with Nuance • Enhanced home security by detecting certain noises and issuing alerts through a partnership with Audio Analytics
gateWay & HUB BArvOtEch
Bravo9
sales@barvotech.com
• Seamlessly integrates with existing or new IP Cams to enhance alarm reporting • Zone selection for motion detection • Motion triggered photo capture / video recording on local SD card • P2P real-time video streaming • Supports push notifications and email alarm report • Remote home automation control • Optional 2G/3G/PSTN module • Supports backup phone calls (up to 6 numbers) & pre-recorded voice messages and SMS when the broadband Internet is down • Android and iOS apps
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Product
cuJO
icOn sMArtEch
www.getcujo.com
ICON Home
CUJO
• Gateway between devices and their connection to the Internet to protect against hacks, viruses, malware and virtual intrusions • Analyzes behavior and secures all devices connected to the network – PCs, thermostats, baby monitors, and more • Plug-n-play • Mobile app to give users full control over their home Internet of Things security • Friendly notifications • Self-learning technology constantly adapts to block new threats
www.iconsmartech.com
• Offers a customizable set of features including a programmable smart thermostat, a voice reminder for family calendar events, weather alerts and a motion detector • Smart and easy to use touchscreen interface shows information important to the user, such as weather forecast and a preview of upcoming family appointments • Syncs continuously with the calendars of family members and is always updated • Supports control with smartphone
IntegrateD SyStem & KIt
GOOd WAy
Z-Wave Home Gateway www.gtrend-auto.com
• Bridges Z-Wave devices to the Internet • Light-weight CPU to cope with small data pack communication for home automation • microSD card slot for higher programming demand • Adopts the latest Z-Wave silicon chipset (ZM500 series) • User-friendly iOS and Android apps • Scene setting • ODM services available for multiple gateways / beyond gateway solutions • Multi gateway function can trigger alerts and perform actions over the gateways • SDK ready for application customization
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FuLL EntErPrisE
Starter Kit FZ-KT02 fullbiz@fullcorp.net
• Includes Door Window Sensor, IP Cam, Siren, Magic Hub + USB Dongle, PIR Motion Sensor, and Smart Plug • iOS and Android versions • Personalized scenarios • Remote control using smart mobile devices • IoT, Internet TV and Internet, unlimited triple remote control
stArvEdiA tEchnOLOGy
otHer
StarVedia IC731z Smart Home Kit sales@starvedia.com
• Consists of an IP camera with built-in smart home gateway, Z-Wave power plug and a Z-Wave 4-in-1 sensor (PIR, door/ window sensor, temperature sensor and illumination sensor) • Supports 64G microSD card, Dropbox cloud storage (2G free storage space) and NAS recording for data backup • Two-way audio with internal speaker • Wi-Fi: 802.11n with WPS support
cALiFOrniA LABs
Loop
www.joinloop.com
• Personal display for the home that aggregates all of users’ pictures and videos scattered across social media, devices and the cloud • 9” retina quality display with touch sensitive top surface • Free iOS and Android apps • 4-hour battery life • Gesture recognition • Local storage of approximately 5,000 pictures or 75 minutes of video • Unlimited streaming pictures from online sources • Encrypted backup of all pictures in the cloud
Door reLateD ELAn hOME systEMs
ELAN Intercom www.elanhomesystems.com
• Supports interconnectivity of separate ELAN systems, including those running on different networks across multiple locations • Family members can communicate with each other using mobile devices or dedicated wall mounted touch screens • Users can page to group-communicate with all intercom zones on the same network • Pages transition to an audio/video point-to-point call when answered • Pages from 3rd party video door stations can be set to chime throughout the home using existing audio and multi-room audio systems • ELAN g! mobile app allows users to answer pages and calls from any point in the network, monitor third party door station audio and video and control locks
d-Link
mydlink Smart Alarm Detector DCH-S165 us.dlink.com
• Wi-Fi based detector that monitors and identifies the sound of standard UL-certified smoke or CO alarms • Free mydlink Home app for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets • Detects smoke (T3) and CO (T4) alarms temporal sounds within 50 feet • Push notification • Do-it-yourself (DIY) setup using existing Wi-Fi network and push button WPS setup • Photoelectric and electrochemical sensing technology • Integrates with other mydlink Connected Home devices (smart plugs, sirens, cameras) to setup additional actions based on alarm trigger • Supports IFTTT
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2020
World Smart Home applianceS market ForecaSt
Global Security deviceS For tHe connected Home
$38.35 Billion
The world smart home appliances market would garner revenue of $38.35 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 16.6% during the forecast period of 2015-2020.
16.6 (CAGR)
most sought technologies: Wi-Fi, rFid, Zigbee
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among the products segment… • largest market share: smart washing machines • Fastest growth rate: air conditioners
2015
Smart Home market ForecaSt
State oF tHe connected Home market (2015) • Price, complexity, long-term contracts and guidance on setup are considerations and often barriers to adoption. • The projected time spent dealing with support-related issues represents a key stumbling block to uptake. 100%
The smart home market size is estimated to grow from USD 25.38 billion in 2015 to USD 56.18 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 17.2% between 2015 and 2020. It is driven by factors such as increased safety and security concerns, rising demands for energy saving and low carbon emission-oriented solutions.
Year Over Year Change in Smart Home Consumer Demand
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Change in Volume of Consumer Review
2021 The combination of needs from both the young and old are creating a favorable environment $7.7 for strong sustained growth Billion in the Do-It-For-Me (DIFM) interactive security and connected home space. Source: Wintergreen Research
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Software is the first hump in the consumer journey after installation, and Smart Home consumers are overall more frustrated with applications than with actual devices. While users remain less than delighted with Smart Home Apps overall, their perception is slowly improving. 1 0.8
ambient aSSiSted livinG market ForecaSt The ambient assisted living market size is estimated to grow from USD 1.20 billion in 2015 to USD 3.96 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 22.4% between 2015 and 2020. The growing aging population and rising demands for managed healthcare would drive the ambient assisted living market.
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