The 15th edition of the KNX Awards has showcased the best in smart home and building automation, highlighting the visionary and innovative projects made possible through KNX technology. After a rigorous selection process, a panel of esteemed experts recognized 55 exceptional KNX projects from numerous submissions. Among these, 12 projects and 1 KNX Member received prestigious awards during a live online ceremony hosted by distinguished presenters. Thousands from the global KNX community joined to witness the event, where the audience played a crucial role in voting for the People’s Choice Award. Additionally, a special Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to retiring KNX President, Franz Kammerl, honoring his significant contributions to the KNX community.

14 KNX Awards Presented by Global Industry VIPs

The nominees across fourteen categories were presented by key figures in the home and building industry, who also had the honour of announcing the KNX Award winners: Kristel Osorio, Representative of KNX LATAM, Daniel Lee, President of KNX Korea, Massimo Valerii, President of KNX Italy, Luc Vercruyssen, KNX Hackathon 2023 winner and CEO of CDI Projects, Jean-Christophe Krieger, Strategy & Partnerships KNX Ecosystem and VP of KNX Association, Dan Jago, Director of Inavate and Hiddenwires Magazines, Katja Schuster, Founder of Women in KNX, Blaise Mempouo, Director of KNX-EDGE Training, José Miguel Romero Castelló, CEO of Futurasmus KNX Test Lab & Hans-Joachim Langels, Product & Marketing Manager of Siemens.

Global Innovation Celebrated at the 2024 KNX Awards

The 2024 KNX Award-winning projects span across multiple countries, including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Italy, Iraq, Malaysia, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. These projects feature extensive and innovative installations, such as the Aldi Logistics Platform Control Project or the MOD UK – Single Living Accommodation (SLA) programme. Additionally, intelligent residential buildings and educational projects, including the Porto KNX Learning platform, have been recognized for their excellence, showcasing the best in smart home solutions worldwide. The 15th edition of the KNX Awards was held on 25 September, once again celebrating the leading innovations in smart building technology. Each winner received a trophy, certificate, and a cash prize of 1,000 EUR.

KNX Awards 2024: The Winners

• Smart Home Award – Africa, America, Australia: Palm Hills Smart Villa by Twin Line Technologies (Egypt)
• Smart Building Award – Asia: Imperial Lexis Hotel, Kuala Lumpur by Seikou Systec Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
• Smart Home Award – Asia: AlDora Villa Luxury by El-Nukhba Engineering Company (Iraq)
• Smart Building Award – Asia: Imperial Lexis Hotel, Kuala Lumpur by Seikou Systec Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
• Smart Home Award – Europe: Flanders House by Domotechnology (Belgium)
• Smart Building Award – Europe: Biohort GmbH by EBG GmbH (Austria)
• Sustainability Award – Technology, innovation and sustainability: the core of btrade26 by MT Distribuzione (Italy)
• Innovation Award: MOD UK – Single Living Accommodation (SLA) programme by REDS10 (United Kingdom)
• Publicity Award: iCASA smarthome – Complete Open-Source by Bruhin Engineering Gmbh (Switzerland)
• Special Award: Aldi Logistics Platform Control Project by IKNX Engineering (Spain)
• Education & People’s Choice Award: Porto KNX by Porto Smart (Egypt)
• KNX Product Award: Iddero VERSO+IP 2 by Iddero (Spain)

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Weinzierl has announced the release of their latest innovation in home automation: the KNX TP Push Button 420.1 secure. This cutting-edge addition to the MATCH 55 push-button series integrates a bus coupling unit with a sophisticated room temperature controller, offering users enhanced control over their smart home environments.

The KNX TP Push Button 420.1 secure features an elegant design with customizable options, including one or two rockers and up to four independent button functions. It is equipped with two or four multicolor LEDs (red, blue, and magenta) to provide clear visual feedback on various device states, complemented by a multitone sound generator for audible notifications.

Designed for versatility, the push button supports a broad range of functions, such as switching, dimming, shutter control, scene and color adjustments, and sequence management. It also includes a room temperature controller capable of managing heating, cooling, and fan stages, ensuring optimal comfort throughout any space.

The device boasts 10 independent logic or time functions and supports KNX Data Security for robust protection. Its mechanical specifications include a plastic housing with a wall mounting plate of 71 x 71 mm and an installation depth of 11 mm. The push button is compatible with MATCH 55 rockers and standard frames with internal dimensions of 55 x 55 mm.

Additional features include an integrated temperature sensor, connectors for the KNX bus, and external switches/LEDs. The KNX TP Push Button 420.1 secure is powered via the KNX bus, drawing approximately 12 mA when all LEDs are active.

For more information visit website at www.weinzierl.de or contact them directly at info@weinzierl.de.

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In a groundbreaking development, Weinzierl Engineering unveils the latest innovation in home and building automation technology: the KNX IP BAOS 774.1 Secure Interface. This state-of-the-art device serves as a robust link between KNX systems and external clients, offering unparalleled accessibility and security features.

Designed to revolutionize connectivity, the KNX IP BAOS 774.1 Secure Interface facilitates seamless communication on both telegram and datapoint levels, utilizing KNXnet/IP Tunneling and KNX Application Layer protocols. With support for up to 1000 group objects, it empowers users to directly access group objects via TCP/IP, leveraging a binary protocol for swift and efficient data exchange.

Key to its functionality is the BAOS acronym, representing its core capabilities as a “Bus Access and Object Server.” This pivotal technology enables users to connect to the KNX bus from anywhere via LAN, opening doors to unprecedented convenience and control. Moreover, the interface extends its reach beyond local networks, enabling bus connection over the internet for unprecedented remote access capabilities.

Emphasizing reliability and ease of use, the device features intuitive diagnostic buttons for seamless troubleshooting, while LED indicators provide real-time feedback on operational status and communication errors on the bus. Powered directly via the KNX bus, it ensures hassle-free integration into existing systems without the need for additional power sources.

Security remains paramount, with the KNX IP BAOS 774.1 Secure Interface boasting robust support for KNX Security and BAOS Security protocols. This fortified protection ensures that sensitive data and communications remain shielded from unauthorized access, safeguarding both users and their interconnected systems.

With its ability to support up to 10 simultaneous client connections via the BAOS protocol, Weinzierl Engineering’s latest offering sets a new standard for accessibility, reliability, and security in the realm of KNX integration. Whether for residential or commercial applications, the KNX IP BAOS 774.1 Secure Interface promises to elevate the potential of KNX systems to unprecedented heights, empowering users with unparalleled control and peace of mind.

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Gira unveils its newest breakthrough in home automation,  the KNX Weather Sensor, set to transform how you experience and safeguard your living space. Teaming up seamlessly with the innovative Weather Centre, this state-of-the-art sensor delivers real-time updates on temperature, brightness, precipitation, and wind speed, empowering you to stay ahead of changing weather conditions.

Experience ultimate peace of mind as the KNX Secure standard ensures that every communication between the Weather Centre and your home devices remains impervious to third-party interference, guaranteeing the utmost protection against tampering and manipulation.

From preventing damage to blinds during storms to optimizing sun protection for a comfortable indoor climate, the KNX Weather Sensor is your trusted companion in maintaining privacy and security within your home. Get ready to embrace the future of smart home weather monitoring!

Mark your calendars for July 2024 when the KNX Weather Sensor becomes available, marking a new era in home automation technology.

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Digital transformation has been one the main strategy topics on company board meeting agendas for the last few years. The opportunity to develop digital services from cloud-based applications requires Internet protocol (IPv6) based network connections to edge devices that become the customer interface. Business of all shapes and sizes in commercial building automation have been asking for wireless IoT solutions to make this happen, KNX responded to this challenge by releasing KNX IoT Point API (KNX IoT).

The basics

To ensure backwards compatibility with the other KNX media, the KNX IoT specification in the KNX system specifications group (3_10_5 KNX IoT Point API) describes:

• A new transport layer based on IPv6, e.g. WiFi, Ethernet and Thread-based networks.

• A new communication/message protocol that allows:

• The configuration of device is talking to which device.
• The support of S-mode message
• Capable of the following communication modes
  • Point-to-Multipoint, Connectionless (Multicast)
  • Point-to-all-Points Connectionless (Broadcast)
  • Point-to-all-Points Connectionless (System Broadcast)
  • Point-to-Point, Connectionless
  • Point-to-Point, Connection-Oriented

• Using the same functional blocks as the other KNX transport layers (volume 7).

Note that the KNX devices without configuration are servers. E.g. the configuration of the devices will cause that the xxx will send 

The Technology stack

IPV6, the IPV6 means that the devices can be communicated with IPv6, regardless of the used physical layer. Hence it means that Ethernet (including PoE), WiFi and Thread is supported. Note that Thread is IPV6 based.

Discovery

To communicate over IP, one needs to know the IP address and port of the KNX device. To obtain this data, 2 different discovery mechanisms are used. 

mDNS discovery is a protocol that uses multicast DNS (mDNS) to find devices and services on the local network without knowing their IP address. It is also known as zero-configuration, Bonjour, or Avahi. It is widely implemented for smart home devices, wireless Arduino devices, printers, speakers, network storage devices, etc. It works by sending packets to every node on the network to resolve host names and query for services. It can be used with DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD) to browse and resolve services based on either the host name or the service. It only works for the .local top-level domain (TLD).

mDNS discover allows discovery by:

• Serial number
• Individual address
• Programming mode

The CoAP discovery is a special CoAP request, to discover the resources of a known host. To discover the host, a multicast request may be used, but must be supported by the server. “localhost” is the address of the device itself.

CoAP discover allows discovery by:

• Serial number
• Individual address
• Programming mode
• Discovery of a device contains a specific data point
• Discovery of a device that contains a specific functional block

Telegram transports

The next level up is communicating over IPV6 using Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP). This is the layer that transports the KNX telegrams from the sender to the destination. This is achieved by using URLs. The easiest way to look at CoAP is that it is equivalent to HTTP, implementing sending messages in with the request and response paradigm, between a Client (initiator) and Server (responder). The main difference between HTTP and CoAP is that the CoAP headers are in binary format and that CoAP works over UDP.

The verbs for issuing the messages are the same:

• GET, for retrieval of data
• POST, for partial update of data
• PUT, for full update of data
• DELETE, for deleting a resource

And OBSERVE, a new function that is similar as HTTP long poll. The Observe can be used to obtain multiple responses. For example; when the data changes a new response is send to the observe request. To have the same reliability as HTTP over TCP, the CoAP protocol implemented confirmed transfers. Hence the resending of the packets when not acknowledged is part of CoAP and therefore CoAP confirmed request are as reliable as HTTP over TCP.

The payload of a message is determined by the content type, e.g. different formats can be supported, similar as HTTP.

Payload types

The KNX IoT specification is using 2 content formats, each for a different function.

The listing of the URLs (data points/functional blocks) to interact with and the interaction with the URLs.

The Application-Link format 

This content format allows to describe hosted resources, their attributes, and other relationships between links. Based on the HTTP Link Header field defined in RFC 5988, the Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Link Format is carried as a payload and is assigned an Internet media type. A well-known URI is defined as a default entry point for requesting the links hosted by a server.

Typical response example:

<auth/at>;rt=“urn:knx:fb.at“;ct=40,

<dev>;rt=“urn:knx:fb.0“;ct=40,

<swu>;rt=“urn:knx:fb.swu“;ct=40,

<f/rts>;rt=“urn:knx:fb.321“;ct=40

Each line contains 

• The hosted URL (between <>)
• The resource type (rt), designating what it is.
• The content type, e.g. 60 for CBOR and 40 for Application-Link Format

This allows the client to interact with the device on URL basis.

Interacting with a device

The URL can be seen as a data point that can be interacted with via key value pairs. The Key value pairs are described with Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR). CBOR is a binary data serialization format loosely based on JSON. Like JSON it allows the transmission of data objects that contain name–value pairs, but in a more concise manner. This increases processing and transfer speeds at the cost of human readability. However this opens up the documentation: define the payloads in JSON to increase human readability of the specification and have the binary format on the wire. 

The data for an S-mode message it can be defined in JSON:

{ “s”: { “st”: “the st value” , “ga”: “the ga value”, “value”: “the value” } }

The JSON keys can be replaced with integer values to shrink the message even further in size:

{ 5: { 6: “the st value” , 7: “the ga value”, 1: “the value” } }

Security

OSCORE (RFC 8613) encrypts the application layer request/response messages between endpoints: not only the payload containing the value associated with a resource is encrypted, but also the request method, the identifier of the resource, and the content format of the payload. In this way, the application relevant data and semantics of the request/response can be protected in a way which is decoupled from the transport of the messages, while being lightweight in terms of overhead.

In addition to CoAP, OSCORE also uses the Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) for compact encoding and the CBOR Object Signature and Encryption (COSE) for encryption and key derivation structures – both designed for constrained device operations – and further compressed with OSCORE by omitting redundant information. OSCORE has built-in identifiers enabling end-to-end operations over multiple different paths with or without IP.

The message overhead is minimal since OSCORE protects only the relevant application layer information and the amount of data added to the size of the original CoAP message can be as low as 11-13 bytes with built-in identifiers. OSCORE has been instrumental in defining the level of overhead for lightweight communication security and outperforms state-of-the-art transport layer security.

Bringing everything together

Now all communication mechanisms are explained. KNX IoT device has a set of URLS to List which functional blocks and data points are implemented and have URLS to configure the device.

For example, there are resources (datapoints) for configuring the device. Existing concepts as Load State Machine (LSM), programming mode (PM), individual address (IA) and Group Object Table are modelled with the above-described mechanisms.

As a result, the following IETF specifications are referenced in KNX IoT Point API specification:

Summary

The advantages of KNX IoT are that the new technology is IP-based and can therefore be used over IT networks. It has been developed with guaranteed interoperability with existing KNX technology, and it uses latest underlying internet-based technologies in its specification, thereby making KNX IoT secure by design.

The specification has been designed with embedded devices in mind, and the open source stack implementing KNX IoT has been shown to be quite small, running with as little as 512kB of storage memory and 96kB of memory. 

Bruno Johnson and Wouter van der Beek are the CEO and COO respectively of Cascoda Limited. Cascoda is a communications company that manufactures secure IoT semiconductor radios and modules, and leads the development of secure IoT communications standards for smart building and smart city. Its products solve range, reliability, security, power and scalability issues for industrial and commercial IoT through patented innovations and the latest most secure standards, all integrated into inexpensive ultra-low power IoT modules.Smart City,Io

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At Light + Building 2024, KNX takes center stage with its booth (hall 12.0, B91) from March 3rd to March 8th, aiming to demonstrate the latest developments in KNX IoT products and solutions. The KNX booth featured 25 KNX members showcasing their innovations alongside more than 140 KNX Members with individual booths, emphasizing the versatility and effectiveness of KNX on a global scale.

Under the theme of IoT, Energy Management & Security, KNX unveiled a range of working KNX IoT devices at its main booth. These devices embody the latest technological advancements, focusing on human-centric lighting, digital twin modeling, and indoor air quality improvement. Additionally, new energy management applications were highlighted, promoting sustainable energy practices within smart buildings.

In line with its commitment to sustainability, KNX has designed its booth using recycled materials, reflecting its dedication to environmental responsibility. The booth is crafted for versatility and longevity, ensuring components can be reused across multiple events.

Attendees can also explore updates in ETS (Engineering Tool Software) at the KNX booth, including previews of ETS6.3 and opportunities to engage directly with developers. The KNX Championship offers participants the chance to win an ETS6 Professional license.

KNX will host presentations, conference sessions, and discussions led by industry experts, catering to both beginners and experienced professionals. The KNX Community will share insights into KNX technology, training opportunities, and the KNX NextGen education program for students.

For More Information: www. knxatlb.knx.org 

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With the DALI-2 certified DM 4 DALI KNX actuator, up to 30 DALI operating devices per channel can be easily controlled via broadcast commands. Broadcast communication requires no DALI addressing or grouping and greatly simplifies start-up and maintenance.

The highlight of this 4-channel actuator also supports the control of colour and colour temperature of devices according to DALI Device Type 8 (DT8) in a KNX building automation system. Plus, it is optimally protected by KNX Data Secure. For example, the working atmosphere in offices and conference rooms can be made more comfortable by using colder or warmer light. Also, creative accent lighting is possible, e.g. in hotels, lounges, exhibition rooms or outdoor areas. By using LED strips, you gain maximum flexibility in the colour and colour temperature design of individual lighting concepts.

The DM 4 DALI KNX actuator is for controlling electronic ballasts with DALI interface via the KNX installation bus. 

Key Features:

·        Broadcast-actuator

·        4 independent channels

·        30 DALI EBs per channel

·        Simple start-up and maintenance thanks to broadcast communication

·        Support for colour and colour temperature control (Device Type 8)

·        Complies with DALI-2 standard and offers maximum operational safety and compatibility

·        Simple start-up and programming in the ETS, without additional tools or ETS App

·        Secure communication thanks to KNX Data Secure

www.theben.de/en/dm-4-dali-knx-4940300

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Frost & Sullivan recently researched the smart home and buildings communication protocol industry and, based on its findings, recognized KNX with the 2023 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Award. KNX delivers advanced solutions for smart homes and buildings, leveraging an open and globally recognized standard that ensures seamless interoperability and compatibility between products from different manufacturers.

With over 30 years of experience, KNX promotes an open and universal standard in the industry, facilitating seamless communication between a range of building automation devices that interact with each other and offer complete control over control lighting, shutters, security systems, energy management, HVAC (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning), monitoring systems, remote access control, AV control, third party services and many more from a single ecosystem. This versatility allows professionals to build fully customized solutions that significantly optimize building performance, boost energy efficiency, and heighten the occupant experience.

The company also strengthens security in smart home and building solutions, not only because all products undergo the thorough KNX certification process, which tests their compliance; but also, thanks to the KNX Secure specifications used by more than 400 KNX-certified devices. Moreover, KNX’s strong focus on continuous innovation ensures that its protocols stay up to date with emerging technologies.

“KNX’s dedication to open standards and interoperability sets it apart from proprietary systems, fostering a strong community of developers and manufacturers and contributing to its growth and adaptability. The organization’s focus on international standardization enables it to maintain a global presence in the smart home and building industry, catering to diverse markets such as architecture, planning, construction, electrical installations, homes, buildings, offices, eCommerce, and manufacturing,” said Mia Martinez-Palacios, best practices research analyst at Frost & Sullivan.

With its customer-oriented strategy, KNX brings the latest technology to the market with a portfolio of over 8,000 certified KNX devices. By embracing emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) KNX has already released the KNX IoT technology used by its members in their newest KNX IoT devices, the company enables customers to rapidly adopt cutting-edge innovations with a wide range of benefits, including future-proof solutions, endless customization, excellent energy efficiency, and high comfort levels.

Furthermore, KNX is deeply committed to driving innovation by constantly exploring new ways to enhance the functionality and usability of its home and building automation products. As a result, the company’s creativity and forward-thinking approach have positioned KNX as a major player in the ever-evolving field of smart homes and buildings, earning it Frost & Sullivan’s 2023 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Award.

“From commercial buildings, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities to residential spaces, KNX’s technology showcases its ability to optimize energy usage, enhance occupant comfort, and promote sustainability. Whether implementing smart lighting, HVAC controls, security systems, or intelligent energy management, the KNX standard meets the diverse needs of different building types and sizes,” said Viswesh Vancheeshwar, industry principal at Frost & Sullivan.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has developed a product with innovative features and functionality that is gaining rapid acceptance in the market. The award recognizes the quality of the solution and the customer value enhancements it enables.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices awards recognize companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

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In the first of this series of articles on KNX IoT, Bruno Johnson and Wouter van der Beek explain how KNX has fast become the leading wireless IoT solution for commercial building automation.

Digital transformation has been one the main strategy topics on company board meeting agendas for the last few years. The opportunity to develop digital services from cloud-based applications requires Internet protocol (IP) based network connections to edge devices that become the customer interface. Business of all shapes and sizes in commercial building automation have been asking for wireless IoT solutions to make this happen.

The wait is finally over and the opportunity is right here, with the launch of KNX IoT Point API (KNX IoT). This is a new addition to the suite of KNX physical transmission media. The transmission medium is IPv6 (the later Internet protocol standard) thus future-proofing KNX as it can be used on IT equipment and all common IP physical transports.

KNX Association contracted Cascoda, a-UK based IoT semiconductor and communications company, which has spent 12 years building industry-leading knowledge in this area, to develop the KNX IoT Point API open-source software stack, thereby catapulting itself into the leading wireless IoT solution for commercial building automation. The new open-source software stack is based on the robust, tried and tested Thread Mesh LPWAN wireless standard. This has been extended with banking-level security and all that is required to be a perfect product market fit for KNX users.

Furthermore, KNX IoT guarantees interoperability with existing KNX wired or wireless infrastructure because it uses the same functional blocks and the same communication model as other KNX technologies. This is key as it allows KNX tooling, such as the Engineering Tool Software (ETS), to be used for the configuration of KNX installations, regardless of the transport used.

Specification:

The KNX IoT specification in the KNX system specifications group (3_10_5 KNX IoT Point API) describes:

• A new transport layer based on IPv6, e.g. Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Thread-based networks.

• A new communication/message protocol using CoAP and CBOR.

• Using the same functional blocks as the other KNX transport layers.

• Using the same S-mode message semantics as the other KNX transport layers.

• Using the same configuration data to configure which device is talking to which device.

Interoperable

Figure 1 – KNX IoT and KNX Network Interoperability

As demonstrated in the Specification section above, KNX IoT conveys the same semantic data on the transport layer as all other KNX implementations. This is the key feature of KNX IoT that guarantees interoperability between KNX IoT and the other KNX technologies, while allowing the same tools to be used for configuration of KNX installations, regardless of the permutation and combinations of transport used.

Secure

Legislators in both Europe and North America have developed standards for IoT security. For example, the European Commission (EC) has adopted new Articles in the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) which establishes a regulatory framework for placing radio equipment that can:

• Communicate over the Internet, either directly or via any other equipment.

• Process personal data, traffic data or location data.

• Enable users to transfer money, monetary value or virtual currency.

These provisions become mandatory on 1 August 2024, at which point manufacturers of radio connected devices must be compliant. KNX IoT has been designed with this and the U.S. NIST cybersecurity standards in mind.

Open source

Figure 2 – KNX IoT Point API Public Stack on GitLab

KNX IoT is backed by an open source software stack, sponsored by the KNX Association and developed by Cascoda. Over a six-month period, Cascoda developed the open source KNX IoT software stack, whilst making sure that the specification-maintained alignment. Implementations of the stack were successfully demonstrated at Light+Building 2023 show in Frankfurt. 

Thread-compatible

KNX IoT was developed in such a way that it can work with Thread. Thread is a low-power wireless mesh network-layer protocol, based on IPv6. Thread enables direct IP-based device-to-device and device-to-cloud communications. It reliably connects hundreds (or thousands) of products and includes mandatory security features. Thread networks have no single point of failure, can self-heal and reconfigure when a device is added or removed, and are simple to setup and use.

Figure 3 – Cascoda’s Thread-certified wireless modules

Cascoda has ported KNX IoT to its own secure embedded Thread-certified wireless modules, thus ensuring that KNX IoT has been written in such a way that it can be used with small, low-power, embedded devices.

Summary

The advantages of KNX IoT are that the new technology is IP-based and can therefore be used over IT networks. It has been developed with guaranteed interoperability with existing KNX technology, and it uses latest underlying internet-based technologies in its specification, thereby making KNX IoT secure by design.

The specification has been designed with embedded devices in mind, and the open source stack implementing KNX IoT has been shown to be quite small, running with as little as 512kB of storage memory and 96kB of memory. 

Cascoda will shortly be releasing a KNX IoT over Thread development kit, and later a series of reference designs for particular applications. This development kit has been designed for flexibility and allows a huge range of commercially available sensors and actuators to be used, thereby covering thousands of use cases.

(Writer Bruno Johnson and Wouter van der Beek are the CEO and COO respectively of Cascoda Limited. Cascoda is a communications company that manufactures secure IoT semiconductor radios and modules, and leads the development of secure IoT communications standards for smart building and smart city. Its products solve range, reliability, security, power and scalability issues for industrial and commercial IoT through patented innovations and the latest most secure standards, all integrated into inexpensive ultra-low power IoT modules. For more information: https://www.cascoda.com)

(Entelechy is the first buyer in India, for more information www.desiiot.com)

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Cascoda, a leading manufacturer of Internet of Things (IoT) semiconductors and systems, has announced a distribution agreement with Entelechy Systems, a Mumbai-based distributor of building automation systems. Through this arrangement, Entelechy Systems Solutions and Cascoda will offer leading KNX IoT solutions to customers on the Indian subcontinent, allowing increased range, reliability, scalability and security.

Entelechy Systems’s customers will soon be able to benefit from a wide range of KNX IoT products including Cascoda’s KNX IoT Evaluation Kit, which reduces end-system cost and time-to-market. The devices are ideal for use in industrial, building and home automation systems, as well as machine control, supply-chain management and security systems.

Bhavesh Doshi, Director of Entelechy Systems said, “We are delighted that Cascoda has chosen to work with Entelechy Systems and we are very excited to be bringing the next generation of KNX IoT technology to market. This continues Entelechy Systems’s strategy of “To meet the growing demand in the Indian market for comfortable, secure, energy-efficient and intelligent Building Controls, .”

Bruno Johnson, CEO of Cascoda said: “Bhavesh and his team impressed us with their knowledge and expertise of KNX systems. Our sales teams are already collaborating with Entelechy Systems, and our program of ongoing training and cumulative learning has proved a great success. We very much look forward to working with Entelechy Systems as this exciting industry expands.”

About Cascoda:

Cascoda is a communications company that manufactures secure IoT semiconductor radios and modules and leads the development of secure IoT communications standards for smart buildings and smart cities. Its products solve range, reliability, security, power and scalability issues for industrial and commercial IoT through patented innovations and the latest most secure standards, all integrated into inexpensive ultra-low power IoT modules.

For More Information, visit: https://www.cascoda.com

About ENTELECHY:

Entelechy Systems, a leading Home and Building control solution provider, celebrates 20 years of transforming spaces into intelligent and sustainable environments. With a mission to make homes, offices, and buildings Smart, Energy Efficient, Intelligent, Sustainable, and Liveable, Entelechy has successfully helped thousands of individuals and businesses adopt smart automation technologies.

Established in 2004, Entelechy Automation stands out as India’s leading and most reputed KNX solution provider and operates a KNX certification center, further solidifying its expertise and commitment to excellence. With a superior range of products and strong partnerships with manufacturers, Entelechy distributes and provides complete solutions, in all major metros in India and overseas.

Entelechy Systems continues to drive innovation and enhance living and working spaces through its commitment to smart automation solutions.

For More Information, visit: www.desiiot.com

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