Microcontrollers

The clock is running on the proposed ams acquisition offer of Osram, which is subject to 70% of shareholder approval and set to end Oct. 1. (Photo credit: Image by Pete Linforth via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial/editorial purposes.)
The clock is running on the proposed ams acquisition offer of Osram, which is subject to 70% of shareholder approval and set to end Oct. 1. (Photo credit: Image by Pete Linforth via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial/editorial purposes.)
The clock is running on the proposed ams acquisition offer of Osram, which is subject to 70% of shareholder approval and set to end Oct. 1. (Photo credit: Image by Pete Linforth via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial/editorial purposes.)
The clock is running on the proposed ams acquisition offer of Osram, which is subject to 70% of shareholder approval and set to end Oct. 1. (Photo credit: Image by Pete Linforth via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial/editorial purposes.)
The clock is running on the proposed ams acquisition offer of Osram, which is subject to 70% of shareholder approval and set to end Oct. 1. (Photo credit: Image by Pete Linforth via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial/editorial purposes.)
LEDs & SSL Design

AMS takes its Osram acquisition to shareholders

Sept. 4, 2019
Now that the two companies have agreed to shed IoT lighting and focus on photonics, it’s up to the public to decide on rival takeover offers, as Bain and Carlyle are still in ...
Alexander Everke, CEO of ams, had an eye on Osram. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of ams.)
Alexander Everke, CEO of ams, had an eye on Osram. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of ams.)
Alexander Everke, CEO of ams, had an eye on Osram. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of ams.)
Alexander Everke, CEO of ams, had an eye on Osram. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of ams.)
Alexander Everke, CEO of ams, had an eye on Osram. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of ams.)
Indoor Networks & Controls

Sensor company flirted with Osram takeover

July 19, 2019
Private equity prevailed in the deal which has yet to close. But Austria’s ams had a shot, as the dance between the lighting and IT industries carries on.
In the latest roundup of smart lighting news, Zumtobel has added connected lighting across many areas in a Berlin hospital project. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Zumtobel.)
In the latest roundup of smart lighting news, Zumtobel has added connected lighting across many areas in a Berlin hospital project. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Zumtobel.)
In the latest roundup of smart lighting news, Zumtobel has added connected lighting across many areas in a Berlin hospital project. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Zumtobel.)
In the latest roundup of smart lighting news, Zumtobel has added connected lighting across many areas in a Berlin hospital project. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Zumtobel.)
In the latest roundup of smart lighting news, Zumtobel has added connected lighting across many areas in a Berlin hospital project. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Zumtobel.)
Indoor Networks & Controls

Smart SSL news: Casambi, Tridonic, Juganu, Viola, and Zumtobel

July 15, 2019
Casambi upgrades Bluetooth-based smart SSL stack, Israel-based Juganu gets venture funding, and Zumtobel networks Berlin hospital lighting.
The ON Semiconductor multi-sensor platform design includes the company’s RSL10 BLE transceiver plus sensors, all powered by the red solar film (shown at top). The same transceiver is powered kinetically in the company’s design for a wireless light switch (seen below). (Photo credits: Images courtesy of ON Semiconductor.)
The ON Semiconductor multi-sensor platform design includes the company’s RSL10 BLE transceiver plus sensors, all powered by the red solar film (shown at top). The same transceiver is powered kinetically in the company’s design for a wireless light switch (seen below). (Photo credits: Images courtesy of ON Semiconductor.)
The ON Semiconductor multi-sensor platform design includes the company’s RSL10 BLE transceiver plus sensors, all powered by the red solar film (shown at top). The same transceiver is powered kinetically in the company’s design for a wireless light switch (seen below). (Photo credits: Images courtesy of ON Semiconductor.)
The ON Semiconductor multi-sensor platform design includes the company’s RSL10 BLE transceiver plus sensors, all powered by the red solar film (shown at top). The same transceiver is powered kinetically in the company’s design for a wireless light switch (seen below). (Photo credits: Images courtesy of ON Semiconductor.)
The ON Semiconductor multi-sensor platform design includes the company’s RSL10 BLE transceiver plus sensors, all powered by the red solar film (shown at top). The same transceiver is powered kinetically in the company’s design for a wireless light switch (seen below). (Photo credits: Images courtesy of ON Semiconductor.)
Microcontrollers

ON Semiconductor offers lighting companies a third way to the IoT

May 31, 2019
Signify, Osram, and others look interested in the company’s battery-free technology, which puts sensors and transceivers outside of the lights, powered by solar and kinetic energy...
Arm has sunk its IoT teeth into Dublin’s tech hub Dogpatch Labs, where the smart building’s Internet sensors do not reside in the lights. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Dogpatch Labs.)
Arm has sunk its IoT teeth into Dublin’s tech hub Dogpatch Labs, where the smart building’s Internet sensors do not reside in the lights. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Dogpatch Labs.)
Arm has sunk its IoT teeth into Dublin’s tech hub Dogpatch Labs, where the smart building’s Internet sensors do not reside in the lights. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Dogpatch Labs.)
Arm has sunk its IoT teeth into Dublin’s tech hub Dogpatch Labs, where the smart building’s Internet sensors do not reside in the lights. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Dogpatch Labs.)
Arm has sunk its IoT teeth into Dublin’s tech hub Dogpatch Labs, where the smart building’s Internet sensors do not reside in the lights. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Dogpatch Labs.)
Connected SSL & Controls

Arm launches a smart building initiative

May 21, 2019
“Co-opetition” between the lighting and IT industries for IoT business is ratcheting up. Sometimes it will be outright competition.