OpenIoT & ELC 2016

IoT is an emerging market which is on the verge of the “hockey stick effect” a significant portion of the devices on this space are microcontroller based and have an RTOS as their operating system but as these devices continue to evolve and become more complex with more connectivity options Ethernet, IPv6 over Bluetooth, cellular modems etc., and the need to integrate them with different systems using different protocols in a secure manner the promise of embedded Linux and the opportunity of leverage the readily available stacks and software packages becomes a strong selling point for making the transition. All of these advantages come with some trade-offs not always obvious and the purpose of this presentation is to highlight some of these aspects.