Syam Madanapalli, Co founder and MD, iRam Technologies. He has 16+ years of experience in developing Telecom and Networking protocols and products. He has also served as Chair of Telecom, Wireless and Networking Group and Technology Board Member, IPv6 Forum India, and as President and Program Director Ordyn Technologies. His past roles include engineering roles at Samsung, Lightsand Communications, USA and Metro Optix. He is passionate about the advancement of Technology, has released technical publications and served as a speaker at several technical forums.
Syam plans to conduct a 3 hour talk/workshop on the basics of IoT that would cover – real world applications, building blocks, designing things and IoT Networks.
Last week’s session took a classroom approach to inducting the audience in the basics of IoT, and practical tips and highlights on how to build a first IoT device. Key takeaways:
1) IoT can be understood as a system of self healing and self organizing connected things, using the internet as a medium
2) “States” and “Data” needs to be clearly synthesized into solutions and use cases
3) IoT is a huge opportunity to improve our quality of life
4) IoT is also driven by aging populations, limited resources, government initiatives, innovation, information generation, lifestyle trends, safety & security needs
5) Some hot areas of IoT applications – management of cities, grids, environment, water, retail, logistics, industrial-control/ automation, farming, healthcare and customer service
6) IoT can be seen as pervasive computing
7) Over time, the number of devices are going up as their size comes down, with similar parallels to Moore’s law
8) Many points to consider while building a device, important ones being (a) Protocols and stack to use (b) Distance and Line of sight issues (c) Peer to peer (mesh) or star connectivity (d) Three technologies to consider – IEEE 802.15.4, WiFi or 3G? (e) Home/office use – WiFi, BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and tradeoffs with costs (f) CoAP/http/Proxy – how to transport (g) How to power? Fixed or movable device? (h) How to keep cost less through low BOM, low power, low range, less data, less software and small footprint.
