Bring the IoT Home for the Holidays

Dec. 8, 2022

Take a look through these IoT design-kit gift ideas. They're just the ticket for getting started on a project, whether professional or personal.

David Maliniak

Related To: Microwaves & RF

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Ho ho ho! It's that time of year again: Santa will be making lists, checking them twice, and making his way to the good little RF design engineers with holiday cheer. Meanwhile, for the RF designers on your list (or STEM-minded children of appropriate age), take a look through these IoT design-kit gift ideas. They're just the ticket for getting started on a project, whether professional or personal. If you're quick about it, you can rig up your holiday decorations to turn on when Santa comes down your chimney!

In this IoT design-kit holiday guide, you'll find:

Rapid IoT Prototyping Kit Gets You to Connected “Things” in a Hurry
Smart Home Kit Revs Up Classroom Learning
Arduino-Based DIY Kit Paves the Way to Smart Devices
From Tiny Building Blocks Come Cool IoT Projects
Development Board Leads to Internet-Powered Sensors

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About the Author

David Maliniak | Executive Editor, Microwaves & RF

I am Executive Editor of Microwaves & RF, an all-digital publication that broadly covers all aspects of wireless communications. More particularly, we're keeping a close eye on technologies in the consumer-oriented 5G, 6G, IoT, M2M, and V2X markets, in which much of the wireless market's growth will occur in this decade and beyond. I work with a great team of editors to provide engineers, developers, and technical managers with interesting and useful articles and videos on a regular basis. Check out our free newsletters to see the latest content.

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In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy, leaving to rejoin the EOEM B2B publishing world in January 2020. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.