TI expands IoT cloud ecosystem

BANGALORE, INDIA: Texas Instruments (TI) is expanding its third party ecosystem of Internet of Things (IoT) cloud service providers. With 10 new members since launching in April 2014, the TI IoT cloud ecosystem supports multiple cloud options with a total of 18 companies.

Ecosystem members deliver solutions to help customers get their TI-based IoT solutions connected to the cloud quickly.

Each ecosystem member has demonstrated its cloud service offering on one or more of TI's wireless connectivity, microcontroller (MCU) and processor solutions for a wide-range of IoT applications spanning industrial, home automation, health and fitness, automotive and more.

To make code development even easier, several ecosystem members are also providing Energia support. Energia is an open-source and community-driven Wiring-based independent development environment (IDE) and framework for rapid firmware development across multiple TI MCU architectures including MSP430, TM4C, SimpleLink wireless MCUs and more.

Through easy-to-use APIs and libraries, interacting with the cloud can be done in fewer lines of code. Energia allows developers to focus more on creating their differentiated application and spend less time worrying about implementing Internet protocols or low-level drivers. With pre-packaged, built-in support for key cloud partners including IBM's IoT Foundation, Temboo, PubNub, Energia removes the need to manually download and import libraries.

Additionally, TI's Code Composer Studio v6 (CCS) now has the ability to import Energia projects/sketches. This provides a very unique migration path from rapid prototyping to development and ultimately productization. By importing into CCS, developers have access to debugging and other features of a full featured IDE.

The 18 members of the TI IoT cloud ecosystem each offer services to meet the growing needs of the IoT including integration of data into business processes, data analytics, customizable user portals and smart phone apps, and compatibility with multiple wireless technologies.