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How Will LPWAN Impact IoT? | Assar Badri, CEO & Co-Founder of CoreKinect | #IoTFounders E037

IoT For All Podcast · 14 Aug 2019 · 57m

What this episode covers

Assar Badri, John Horn, and Mitchell Kelly from CoreKinect discuss their approach to building custom IoT hardware with Eric Kahn of Leverage. They explain how modular design, rapid prototyping, and strong relationships with semiconductor vendors like Microchip and Nordic allow them to deliver custom solutions in weeks rather than months. The conversation covers the strategic choice between off-the-shelf and custom hardware, the impact of LPWAN technologies like LoRa and NB-IoT on scaling IoT deployments, and the importance of integrating security and future-proofing from the start.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
CoreKinect, Leverage, Microchip, Nordic, Kudelski Security, Google
Products
LoRa, NB-IoT, Cat M1
Chips
ESP32

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