Last updated: March 1, 2017
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Broadcom WICED Platform Offers Full Apple HomeKit Support
Last updated: March 1, 2017
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Broadcom have announced that its ‘Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices’ (WICED) software development kit now offers full HomeKit support.
[googlead]Broadcom claim to be the first company to meet Apple’s HomeKit home automation framework technical specifications for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Smart.
The WICED platform can also be used to bridge non-HomeKit devices to its network. This allows a product like a Bluetooth Smart light bulb to connect to a smart plug containing Broadcom’s WICED module, creating a bridge from the light bulb to the user’s HomeKit-supported app on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Broadcom’s WICED platform enables developers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to take advantage of the growing HomeKit ecosystem with a complete solution. By helping companies create IoT products that are HomeKit compliant, Broadcom is reducing time-to-market and improving the consumer experience by delivering home automation devices that enable a seamless connection to their home network and can be controlled from a HomeKit-supported app on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
HomeKit offers a set of common protocols making it easier for customers to control HomeKit-enabled accessories using Siri or iOS applications. HomeKit is built on a secure foundation with end-to-end encryption which provides customers a secure connection between their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and HomeKit-enabled accessory.
RELATED: The Home Kit Framework – Details on Apple’s Home Automation Protocol
Key Features:
- Support for 802.11ab/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Smart
- Bridging capability to connect endpoints that are not HomeKit-enabled
- Compact design to support multiple microcontrollers (MCUs) and systems-on-a-chip (SOCs)
- Low memory footprint
- Integrated development tools
- Reliable interoperability and integrated security
- Upgradeable over wireless connections
Broadcom’s WICED SDK and hardware module with HomeKit support are available now.
www.broadcom.com : Apple HomeKit Explained
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