物联网和云计算需要创新的硬件和连接器

　　物联网和云计算需要创新的硬件和连接器

　　对于物联网成为现实，每个连接点-无论是直接硬连接或无线-需要多个物理连接器和路由传感器，电源，信号I / O，以及更多，以及互联网连接。

　　每个人都在谈论物联网，并有充分的理由。物联网将连接无数的温度，压力，流量传感器，开/关状态，以及更多的互联网和云，同时还允许通过热控制器或浏览器设置的热量，速度和运动的执行器的控制。

　　这些传感器和执行器将在家庭，办公室，商店和工厂，专为相对简单的任务，如家庭暖通空调和远程安全监控，以及在关键的应用程序，如更新工厂地面机械状态和流程。物理点，地点和机器将互相沟通，以方便反馈和控制操作，以及与人类谁可以监视和决定采取行动。

　　Just how sizable is this market？ Market research firm IHS expects the installed base for Internet-connected devices will grow from 12.1 billion devices in 2013 to 49.8 billion devices by 2025. The revenue from just one segment of the IoT market – semiconductor-based sensors – is expected to grow from $8.9 billion this year to more than $10.6 billion by 2017. Gartner Group‘s forecast is also huge， with 26 billion connected IoT devices by 2020.

　　The ubiquitous anything-to-anywhere IoT connectivity is made possible， in part， by the availability of cloud services， which provides a data raceway with a near infinite number of on/off ramps as well as associated pit stops （storage areas）。 According to Pete Smith， Sr.， Application Engineer TE Connectivity Sensor Solutions， “What’s also required…but not as obvious or publicized…is a significant amount of physical hardware -- in the form of sensors， actuators， various connectors， I/O ports， wired and wireless links， Internet gateway connections， and so on. And that’s in addition to the critical elements of the Internet backbone， gateways， servers， and routers.”