Requirements for wireless connectivity in embedded IoT and industrial environments are driven by demands for increased performance, low-cost, robust long-term operation, and efficient networking and connectivity in smart home, smart appliance, healthcare, and industrial IoT applications.

Demanding, safety-critical applications today, such as medical equipment, imaging, factory automation and robotics, smart cities, IIoT gateways and edge appliances, and wireless infrastructure, rely on cost-optimized solutions that leverage low-power, flexible configurations, high I/O counts, and more.

IoT, industrial, and smart devices, such as smart doorbells and locks, smart thermostats and lighting, and Point of Sale (POS) terminals demand consistent and reliable wireless connectivity. These advanced technologies not only rely on seamless Wi-Fi, but they often require Bluetooth connectivity and 802.15.4 radios to connect devices to the cloud and to each other.

Sept. 23, 2025 – Morse Micro announced the mass production and general availability of its second-generation MM8108 System-on-Chip (SoC). This represents a leap forward for Wi-Fi HaLow, bringing data throughput at range, which is designed to enable the next generation of IoT and edge AI solutions.

Today’s modern world increasingly relies on smart and real-time solutions. Vision AI applications like smart cameras, retail analytics, machine vision for inspection, and security are some of the many applications that can benefit from a compact and ready-to-use development platform designed to bring these innovations to market seamlessly.

The requirements for today’s microcontrollers are increasing, with growing demands for improved power efficiency, real-time networking capabilities, and reliable processing and compatibility for vision and audio tasks. Applications relying on these must often shift away from traditional MCUs and toward modern microcontrollers that are capable of handling higher-performance computing, AI acceleration, and more.

Today, there is a continuous need for low-power wireless connectivity solutions that can provide energy efficiency and high performance in demanding applications, ranging from smart homes and lighting to portable medical devices and AI/ML. These solutions are often faced with performing complex tasks while supporting communication protocols reliably and flexibly.