# IoT Trends: A Year in Review and 2023 Predictions with Rob Tiffany and Bill Flaherty

- Show: [Over the Air](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air)
- Published: 2023-02-02
- Length: 43m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/over-the-air/episodes/IoT-Trends-A-Year-in-Review-and-2023-Predictions-with-Rob-Tiffany-and-Bill-Flaherty-e2l43r1

## Summary

Rob Tiffany, Founder of Sustainable Logix, and Bill Flaherty, Director of Hardware Engineering at Very, review 2022 IoT trends and predict 2023 developments. They discuss how the chip shortage forced a shift from locking in specific microcontrollers to using abstraction layers like Zephyr, and highlight the democratization of technology in Ukraine through commercial drones and Starlink. The guests argue that major IoT platform shutdowns (Ericsson, SAP, Google) signal a pivot toward vertical-specific solutions, while predicting that falling sensor prices, edge AI processors like the NXP i.MX 95, and the rise of generative AI will define the coming year.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe#t=0) Introduction: Rob Tiffany and Bill Flaherty on 2022 Review
- [2:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe#t=157) The Chip Shortage and Supply Chain Disruption
- [5:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe#t=330) Engineering Agility and Zephyr Abstraction
- [9:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe#t=584) IoT in Ukraine: Drones, Starlink, and Situational Awareness
- [14:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe#t=891) The Death of Horizontal IoT Platforms
- [21:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe#t=1306) Sensor Price Crashes and Data Science Challenges
- [27:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe#t=1626) Edge Computing and Privacy Regulations
- [32:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe#t=1936) Generative AI: ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Societal Impact

## Topics

- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Very (company)
- Sustainable Logix (company)
- Zephyr (tool)
- Starlink (product)
- Ericsson (company)
- SAP (company)
- Google (company)
- NXP (company)
- i.MX 95 (chip)
- ChatGPT (product)
- DALL-E (product)

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