Smart IoT modules white paper
Why smart modules are the enabler for advanced, intelligent edge devices
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Smart modules are driving digital transformation across industries
Smart IoT modules bring together functions that were previously separate – such as computing, graphics processing, data storage and connectivity – into a single, unified, highly compact item of hardware. Our new white paper, made with support from Qualcomm Technologies Inc., explains the capabilities of smart modules, the applications they enable, and the various advantages they offer developers.
Smart modules can support a rich set of peripheral components – such as cameras, LCMs, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GNSS, memory and SD cards, eSIM, and embedded universal integrated circuit cards (eUICC). They offer a wide choice of interfaces, and also have integrated operating systems – often with a choice of Linux for applications in industrial IoT, or Android for commercial solutions – as well as device drivers and associated SDKs.
Smart modules are now poised to drive digital transformation in healthcare, manufacturing, public safety, retail, smart cities, smart homes, transportation, logistics and utilities. Their enablement of edge analytics and intelligence improves productivity and efficiency while enabling optimization of end-to-end delivery across countless application scenarios.
The benefits for IoT developers are clear – specifying smart modules takes away the need to design-in multiple function-specific modules and integrate these into a finished product or device. This means faster development, fewer components, and smaller packaging.
Learn more about how smart IoT modules can support use cases from smart retail checkouts to predictive maintenance, and from worker safety to industrial automation – and how Qualcomm’s purpose-built family of system-on-chips (SoCs) provide the firm foundation on which smart modules can build to enable a vast array of functionalities and interfaces.