📄️ Actuator
A component that performs a physical action in response to a command or input, such as a motor, relay, or valve.
📄️ Ambient Intelligence (AmI)
A vision of technology that aims to create environments that are sensitive, responsive, and adaptive to human needs, enabled by IoT devices, sensors, and data analytics.
📄️ Beacon
A small, wireless device that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or other radio signals to transmit information about its location or presence to nearby devices, commonly used in proximity-based applications.
📄️ Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
A wireless communication protocol that provides low-power and short-range connectivity for IoT devices.
📄️ Cyber-Physical System (CPS)
A system that integrates computation, communication, and control technologies with physical processes, bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds, commonly found in IoT and industrial applications.
📄️ Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS)
A modulation technique used in some Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies, providing long-range communication and robust signal performance for IoT devices.
📄️ Embedded System
A computer system designed for a specific function, typically with a microcontroller or microprocessor, that is integrated into a larger system or product.
📄️ Energy Harvesting
The process of capturing and converting ambient energy sources, such as solar, thermal, or kinetic energy, into electrical power for IoT devices, enabling extended battery life or self-powered operation.
📄️ Electronic Product Code (EPC)
A globally unique identifier for individual physical objects, commonly used in RFID tags and IoT applications for supply chain management and asset tracking.
📄️ Embedded SIM (eSIM)
A standardized, reprogrammable SIM card embedded within IoT devices, allowing for simplified connectivity management and remote provisioning of network access.
📄️ Firmware
The low-level software embedded in IoT devices that controls their hardware functions and provides an interface between the hardware and higher-level software.
📄️ Hardware Security Module (HSM)
A dedicated hardware device used to securely generate, store, and manage cryptographic keys, often used in IoT systems to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of sensitive data.
📄️ IoT Device
A physical object or system embedded with sensors, actuators, and communication capabilities, which can collect, process, and transmit data in an IoT network.
📄️ Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS)
Miniature devices that combine mechanical and electrical components on a microscale, often used in IoT sensors and actuators for various applications, such as motion sensing or pressure measurement.
📄️ Microcontroller
A compact, low-power integrated circuit (IC) designed for specific tasks, including executing simple programs and controlling IoT devices.
📄️ Radio Frequency (RF)
The range of electromagnetic frequencies used for wireless communication, including those used by IoT devices, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee.
📄️ Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
A wireless communication technology that uses radio waves to identify, track, and exchange information with tagged objects, often used in IoT applications for asset tracking and inventory management.
📄️ Sensor
A component that detects changes in physical properties or environmental conditions and converts them into digital signals.
📄️ System-on-Chip (SoC)
An integrated circuit that contains multiple functional components, such as processors, memory, and interfaces, on a single chip, commonly used in IoT devices for their compact size and low power consumption.
📄️ Wearables
A category of IoT devices designed to be worn or attached to the human body, such as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and medical sensors, enabling personal health monitoring and contextual awareness.