Altair Partners with ERM Advanced Telematics Low-Powered Automotive IoT Solutions
Altair Semiconductor reported that it is partnering with ERM Advanced Telematics, a provider of automotive technology and IoT solutions, to develop a new series of low-powered and installation-free automotive IoT solutions.
ERM's new collection of IoT and asset management solutions employ Altair's optimized cellular IoT chipsets. These solutions provide installation-free IoT, asset management, stolen vehicle recovery (SVR), and vehicle financial services.
They use various sensors for event-based platforms for automatic vehicle location and asset management applications. The chipset's ultra-low power consumption allows the device to be connected without having to get power from the vehicle's battery, significantly reducing installation costs.
"As installation costs continue to rise in comparison to hardware prices, Altair's unparalleled low power figures and extended battery life means we can provide on-board solutions with minimal installation requirements that are able to remain in the field for up to two years," said Kfir Lavi, Senior VP and Deputy CEO at ERM Advanced Telematics. "This will usher in a new dawn for IoT and asset management, opening up a whole new market of applications for a wide range of automotive IoT scenarios."
Altair boasts that its optimized cellular IoT chipsets provide the market's lowest power consumption and enable the longest battery life for IoT. The commercially available chipsets feature a hardware-based security framework and a rich set of host, peripheral, and sensor interfaces, suitable for integration in a variety of industrial and consumer IoT applications.
IoT applications unlike high-speed connections require different current consumption levels in sleep, idle, and active modes. Altair points out that its chipsets are renowned for ultra-low power, achieved via the company's very large-scale integration techniques, sophisticated algorithms, high-efficiency architecture, and system design.
"Low power consumption is essential for the efficient and long-term growth of the automotive IoT space," said Gili Friedman, Director of Business Management for Altair Semiconductor. "We are delighted that ERM Telematics has selected Altair's cellular IoT technology to provide the low cost and power-efficient connectivity necessary to enable new markets and use cases."
