Internet of Things (IoT)

With smart home automation, you can interact through your mobile device with any device or appliance in your home from anywhere. The smart home appliances are equipped with advanced sensors, drivers and controllers that connect to a cloud network. In addition to thermostats and HVAC that help you set the right temperature for your interiors, a home automation system is capable of much more, such as controlling lighting and entertainment systems, to managing security, surveillance, and access. Check out Amphenol’s interconnect solutions enabling smart home automation.

Building automation is a concept that targets to centralize automatic control of all possible systems within a building from HVAC, lighting, security, elevators, AV communications, parking and utility meters, and vending machines, to energy and water management, landscaping/irrigation, and digital signage. Building automation enables efficient operation of a building, reduced maintenance cost and improved energy efficiency. The next-generation open architected, IP-centric, automated buildings are connected floor to floor and to each other through cloud platforms, forming smart, cost effective and high performing infrastructures. Read more about Amphenol’s wide range of connectors for Building automation.

The world is looking forward to create Smarter Cities by combining intelligent connectivity with human behavior. A smart city establishes a communication channel between the public and the governance system. The data and information are passed across various departments from transport, water and power supply to smart and automated homes, street lighting and intelligent buildings, leading to perfect urban planning. Smart cities depend on smart grid infrastructure to coordinate between intelligent building, hospitals, educational institutions, shopping centers, and homes.

Sensors, surveillance cameras, street and outdoor lighting, utility meters and various other smart devices connected to Internet cumulate data, which is inferred and processed in data analyzing centers, and is further used to optimize the communication between citizens and the government leading to a smooth functioning of an efficient city. Find out more about our technologies that enable the smart city life.

The ever-increasing energy demands of the modern era led to the development of smart grids. Replacing the traditional one-way supply of power to consumers from utilities, to becoming electricity networks enabling two-way communication of electricity as well as energy-related data between utilities and consumers. The success of a Smart Grid lies in setting up efficient and reliable networks constituting of computers, sensors, and automation technologies. These are more secure, greener, and enable seamless integration of renewable technologies like wind and solar power. Learn more about Amphenol solutions for Smart Grids.