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Embedded World 2026 put AI inference at every price point. TI ships a sub-$1 NPU MCU, MediaTek brings 3nm and 50 TOPS to IoT, and AMD targets 80 TOPS with a 10-year industrial lifecycle. Renesas launched a cloud platform covering MCU design through OTA fleet management. Quectel is shipping pre-audited CRA compliance documentation with its cellular modules. The baseline for a finished connected product now includes certified security, AI-assisted tooling, and long-lifecycle si

Ikea smart-home rotary dial remote control Announcement IKEA j ust announced a full smart-home reboot – A barrage of 21 new Matter -based products launching in parallel. Bulbs, sensors, remotes, plugs – all redesigned, all cheaper, all built on an open source multi-vendor interoperability standard. What is the Matter standard, and why does it matter? Matter is a universal smart-home standard designed to eliminate compatibility problems between devices from different manufa

We’re excited to announce our participation in the IoT Tech Expo at RAI Amsterdam on September 24-25! Join us as we explore product strategies and initiatives shaping the future of IoT, Industry 4.0, and Smart Hardware. Let’s connect, share insights, and drive innovation together.

Sure! Here’s a 490-character excerpt you can use as a preview or meta description: ⸻ Explore the future of connected products in our new LinkedIn group: Smart Tangibles – Things That Think, Interact, and Communicate. Join a growing community discussing the challenges, insights, and real-world use cases shaping this emerging product category. The group also supports the upcoming book Smart Tangibles (2026). Share your experience, contribute case studies, and help define what