Industrial platforms come with a specific set of design criteria. And the term “industrial” can be quite ambiguous, running the gamut from power tools to manufacturing equipment. 

Obviously, there are different requirements within this range. 

When you’re choosing an MCU for this space, you had better understand what your specific requirements are. Making the wrong choice will likely have an impact on the efficiency of your end product, which could result in higher power consumption, less heat, and so on. To understand where a designer should start the MCU selection process, I spoke to Steve Tateosian, the Senior Vice President of Consumer, IoT, and Industrial MCUs at Infineon, on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast.

Congestion and interference of Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi® signals are a way of life as the number of devices on networks is increasing on both the 2.4- and 5-GHz bands. It’s becoming more difficult to get reliable, stable, long-range connections for devices in many applications across Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth®, which hurts the users’ experience, and potentially reduces business productivity and efficiency.

Combat end user frustration with lower power devices and more reliable Wi-Fi signals

There’s no slowing down the development of IoT devices today. From wearable medical devices and fitness trackers to smart home accessories and industrial applications, the growing number of IoT devices for AI and ML Edge applications can benefit from low-power, advanced connectivity and robust processing capabilities.

Today’s demanding IoT and multimedia applications, like smart homes, wearables, and industrial IoT devices, are often deployed in increasingly crowded wireless environments, requiring high-speed data transmission, reduced latency, and secure communication for users to achieve a seamless wireless connectivity experience.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has grown rapidly in the last 10 years across many applications. One area with significant growth is live streaming social media applications such as Facebook (Meta), YouTube, WhatsApp, TikTok, WeChat, QQ and Instagram. This rising demand stems from content creators’ desires to deliver real-time, professional-level content anywhere without professional-level experience.

In hospitals and other medical institutions, Wi-Fi networks must provide robust, secure, and reliable connectivity around-the-clock for medical devices to meet the critical demands of healthcare operations.