WiFi SOCs for enabling IoT in embedded systems

When designing IoT enabled embedded electronic devices/systems, it requires development efforts in both hardware and software. Design engineers look for simple to design SoC device which can get connected to popularly used interfaces such as USB, SPI, I2C, or sometimes directly to the microcontroller output port. In this article we'll try to help you out in providing some of the latest semiconductor ICs/modules for you to select as IoT hardware. The single chip solutions are available in the market for enabling home appliances and smart systems with IOT feature. The SOC chip with Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth transceivers and on-chip 32-bit arm cortex M3 or M4 based microcontroller is offered by some of the leading semiconductor companies. Below are some of the products which you can use for your IOT design. The QCA4002 and QCA4004 from Qualcomm targets home appliances applications such as washing machines, air-conditioners, and hot water readers which can be connected to Internet. In fact this chipset also can be used for home lighting, security and automation system. The speciality of QCA4004 is, it can operate in a pure hostless mode of operation. Intel Corporation has announced availability of chips for Internet of things (IoT) applications. Intel's Quark SoC X1000 and Atom processor E3800 are now tuned for Internet of Things applications such as intelligent ga...