What's in stall for 2022 and beyond? Well, as we announced the end of Life of our current range we had a number of questions sent to us by customers, partners and our community. Questions and Answers below. Q: Why has Pycom decided to retire the current ESP32...
Latest
Hardware End of Life Announcement
This is our end of life announcement for our early portfolio items. Below is the detail of the announcement and some information about how to transition. Transition to a new Hardware Portfolio You may have seen us announce previously, 2022 will see Pycom launch...
O2 Launches UK’s First LTE-M Network for IoT
LTE-M coming to a mast near you ...if you’re in the UK, that is. The time has finally come! The first LTE-M network has been launched in the UK by O2! To be a bit more specific, O2 claims that this is the first launch of an LTE-M network in the UK. They currently...
Let’s talk networks – LTE-M and NB-IoT
Let’s talk LTE-M and NB-IoT According to Ericsson's 2019 Mobility Report, the number of cellular IoT connections will rapidly expand from 1 billion in 2018 to 4.1 billion in 2024. As NB-IoT and CAT-M1 are projected to make up 45% of those connections, labelling...
Industry 4.0 – oh yes or oh no?
It’s a surprising statistic. According to the World Economic Forum, ‘65% of the children entering primary school today will grow up working in positions that don’t even exist at this moment’. And the credit for these non-existent jobs? Laid at the feet of Industry...
The World Economic Forum’s Crystal Ball
What do you think the future holds for our everyday lives? Hang on, that’s a bit of an unmanageable question. Let’s give you a timeframe, something to work from. Let’s say, instead of thinking about the future, you think about the next 20 years. No,...
‘If This Then That’ and why it is useful for IoT
Starting from scratch and describing the basics, what on earth is IFTTT? If This Then That, also known as IFTTT or (/ɪft/), is a way of creating chains of simple conditional statements that define a scenario in which an action needs to be taken automatically. A...
The State of LTE-M
What we know and Pycom plans The following is a mashup of information collected online over the last few months, from reliable sources as well as directly from the conversations we’ve had with the various mobile network..
The process for getting all these cool products to market
By Fred de Haro, Pycom CEO I am mindful that whilst we are busy getting all these cool products to market, it is easy to lose track of keeping everyone up-to-date on developments and more importantly on how we get these things done! Here's an attempt at a simplified...
Pycom’s view of LTE-M around the World
Yes, despite it not being all that obvious LTE-M for IoT is already here! Up to 85% of the existing mobile network infrastructure just needs a software update to be able to accommodate LTE-M devices…it is real, it is happening. We recognise however, that it’s...