Kickstarter Bets On 'Wired' Arduino-Compatible IoT Platform

L-One-L-One writes: Most IoT home projects today are based on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and friends. But this is not always the ideal solution: you end up swapping batteries frequently, which becomes annoying quite quickly. You also have to deal with signal strength issues and interferences. To address this problem, a new Kickstarter campaign called NoCAN is proposing an Arduino-compatible internet-of-things platform based on wired connections that combine networking and power in one cable. The platform uses a set of cheap Arduino-compatible nodes controlled through a Raspberry Pi. The network uses CAN-bus and offers a publish/subscribe mechanism like MQTT and over-the-network firmware updates. It can also be controlled by a smartphone or tablet. Even with such features, can it succeed in going against the all-wireless trend? We'll know in a few weeks.

Comments

CAN-bus is patented

[lkcl]

question: why is this company seeking funding based exclusively round a *patented* interface? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Power and open interface its called ethernet

[johnjones]

Use ethernet or you could go with a wireless standard like Wi-Fi for high bandwidth or Bluetooth for low power local

dont give these fools any money...

Hard wired and behind a firewall is the ONLY way

[geekprime]

Hard wired and behind a firewall is the ONLY way to use any device that interfaces to my real life.
Call me a luddite all you wish, but you can't fuck with my locks, lights, freezer or whatever else I might care to control.

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[Zero__Kelvin]

This is 100% in the spirit of the original Slashdot I assure you. The fact that you have no interest in such things suggest that you might prefer other news sources.