Silicon Labs: Talking Tech

This episode is another in a series that will cover the Year Ahead, (2021) for different markets and applications in the IoT.

In this podcast, Kyle Dando looks at the developing needs and technologies addressing these markets. In this episode Kyle talks to Sean Scannell, Segment Market Manager for Smart Door Locks.

1. Security requirements caused by government regulations (ie. NISTIR 8259A, SB-327)
2. Ease of use from CHIP, Amazon Sidewalk, and Z-Wave Long Range
3. New features for “User Approach” and Dead-bolt sensing

Re-watch hands-on training on how to build a CHIP Door lock reference design: https://www.silabs.com/support/training/connected-home-over-ip-intro

Everyday that we look at the news there is another article on something being hacked, brands being tarnished and disruption rife, but who can really help us understand whats really going on?

In this new security series we will look at some of the headlines that rocked the security world, some of the background behind the attack, some of the methods in place to address such attacks and of course any hindsight that may have made a difference.

Developers everywhere are talking about Open Source software, but with over 80 different licences, some that even require all users to make their own IP be made available, we ask, "Is it really the future of software development?"

In this podcast Kyle Dando chats with Bob Power, VP responsible for software development at Silicon Labs to uncover the 'pros and cons' of the phenomena that is transforming the software development landscape.