A new Texas Instruments “Internet-on-a-chip” family of devices...

A new Texas Instruments “Internet-on-a-chip” family of devices will allow manufacturers to “easily add embedded Wi-Fi and Internet to a wide range” of consumer electronics and industrial products, the company said Monday. Its SimpleLink CC3100 and CC3200 platforms for Internet of Things (IoT) applications feature the industry’s lowest power consumption for battery-operated devices with a low-power radio and advanced low-power modes, TI said in a news release (http://bit.ly/1p9aUjZ). The CC3100 can be flexibly meshed with any available microcontroller, while the CC3200 has an integrated, programmable microcontroller, allowing manufacturers to add their own code, it said. The chipsets offer “easy development for the IoT with quick connection, cloud support and on-chip Wi-Fi, Internet and robust security protocols, requiring no prior Wi-Fi experience to get a product connected,” it said.