The Future of IoT & Semiconductors: Part 4

Tyler Wojciechowicz in Blogs on October 05, 2017

About Tyler Wojciechowicz

Tyler Wojciechowicz is an Applications Engineer at Symmetry Electronics. He has his Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and eight years of hands-on experience as an Electrical Engineer. He specializes in IoT applications, microcontrollers, embedded programming, timing, sensors, and power management. In his current role, he works closely with field sales to advise on optimal part substitutions, product suggestions, and sales tools. He is adept in developing instruction manuals, reference designs, tutorials, product comparison matrices, and marketing campaigns for reputable suppliers across multiple markets.

USB-C & Bluetooth:

USB-C will be adopted into many more devices like cell phones, TVs and laptops. This will cut down tremendously on all the various cables needed to hook up your electronics. For example, you will have several USB-C cables. With these identical cables you can: charge your phone, charge your laptop, power your TV and transfer data between all of these devices, all with the same cable. HDMI, DVI, Displayport, standard power cables, will phase out. The market will be flooded with USB 2 and 3 to USB-C adapters but in a few years these will be primarily obsolete and everything will be USB-C.

Bluetooth 5 is a gamechanger and will be the primary driver between interoperability of devices. Bluetooth 5 mesh networking opens up a lot of doors for wireless communication at long distances and with low power consumption.

Learn More: Tech 101 from Symmetry Electronics: What Is Bluetooth Mesh?

Learn More: Bluetooth 5 versus Bluetooth 4.2, what’s the difference?

Learn More: Tech 101 from Symmetry Electronics: What is Bluetooth 5?

Read other blogs in this series:

The Future of IoT & Semiconductors - Part 1
The Future of IoT and Semiconductors - Part 2
The Future of IoT & Semiconductors - Part 3