ARM is releasing a new suite of products to accelerate IoT technology deployments at scale by businesses. The ARM mbed IoT Device Platform products and technologies will be unveiled at ARM TechCon 2015, Santa Clara, CA, from 10-12 Nov. The release includes mbed Device Connector, a free service that businesses can use to connect and securely manage IoT devices. It also includes the enhanced mbed OS (Technology Preview version) and new mbed Reference Designs.

The mbed Device Connector allows developers to connect devices within prototype deployments, build secure web applications quickly integrate them with cloud solutions. Available at connector.mbed.com, mbed Device Connector is free for developers to use on up to 100 devices, handling up to 10,000 events per hour.

The mbed OS Technology Preview version is the latest iteration of the modular OS for ARM Cortex-M based MCUs. Built to enable the IoT to scale, developers can take advantage of mbed TLS, the native OS support for Thread and basic manageability of devices. It is available from mbed.com.

Businesses deploying IoT applications need to address all aspects of connectivity, security and productivity. To accelerate this, ARM has also created two new reference platforms as part of a roadmap of mbed Reference Designs that will help developers cut the time from prototype to final device design with the use of open-source resources. The mbed Zone at ARM TechCon 2015 will show demonstrations of the first two designs:

• mbed Wearable Reference Design, featuring a wrist-based connected device capable of delivering an interactive user-experience while achieving a battery life of around eight weeks.
• mbed Smart City Reference Design aimed at infrastructure monitoring and smart industrial applications using Sub-GHz 6LoWPAN & CoAP mesh network protocols for large numbers of devices. This supports quick deployment, configuration and management of routers and end devices compatible with a variety of backhaul technologies in industrial applications that will reduce the bill of materials for end devices.