物聯網和云計算需要創新的硬件和連接器

　　對于物聯網成為現實，每個連接點-無論是直接硬連接或無線-需要多個物理連接器和路由傳感器，電源，信號I / O，以及更多，以及互聯網連接。

　　每個人都在談論物聯網，并有充分的理由。物聯網將連接無數的溫度，壓力，流量傳感器，開/關狀態，以及更多的互聯網和云，同時還允許通過熱控制器或瀏覽器設置的熱量，速度和運動的執行器的控制。

　　這些傳感器和執行器將在家庭，辦公室，商店和工廠，專為相對簡單的任務，如家庭暖通空調和遠程安全監控，以及在關鍵的應用程序，如更新工廠地面機械狀態和流程。物理點，地點和機器將互相溝通，以方便反饋和控制操作，以及與人類誰可以監視和決定采取行動。

　　Just how sizable is this market？ Market research firm IHS expects the installed base for Internet-connected devices will grow from 12.1 billion devices in 2013 to 49.8 billion devices by 2025. The revenue from just one segment of the IoT market – semiconductor-based sensors – is expected to grow from $8.9 billion this year to more than $10.6 billion by 2017. Gartner Group‘s forecast is also huge， with 26 billion connected IoT devices by 2020.

　　The ubiquitous anything-to-anywhere IoT connectivity is made possible， in part， by the availability of cloud services， which provides a data raceway with a near infinite number of on/off ramps as well as associated pit stops （storage areas）。 According to Pete Smith， Sr.， Application Engineer TE Connectivity Sensor Solutions， “What’s also required…but not as obvious or publicized…is a significant amount of physical hardware -- in the form of sensors， actuators， various connectors， I/O ports， wired and wireless links， Internet gateway connections， and so on. And that’s in addition to the critical elements of the Internet backbone， gateways， servers， and routers.”