MARCH 2017 EDITION
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DiiA acquires DALI trademarks
DiiA members will be able to use the DALI-2 logo on their certified products, signifying improved interoperability and enhanced functionality.
The Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA) has acquired the trademarks relating to DALI lighting products and systems via ISTO. These trademarks include the original DALI logo, the new DALI-2 logo, and the DALI wordmark for use in lighting applications.
DiiA is an open, global consortium of lighting companies that promotes the adoption of lighting-control systems using DALI technology. The trademark acquisition is an important step in DiiA’s mission to launch an independently-verified certification program for DALI-2 products.
Join us at MIPI DevCon 2017 that is open to all MIPI Members, industry representatives, press and analysts. The focus of the conference will be to provide developers and implementers of MIPI Specifications a forum for training, education, and networking. MIPI Alliance Working Group Chairs and other MIPI experts will lead the sessions providing implementation experiences, use cases, and application examples from a technical perspective. In addition, MIPI Alliance Members will provide product demonstrations at the venue. For more information, visit the MIPI DevCon website.
Global Statement for Indoor Maps as Accessible, Open Data
This statement aims to foster global development of indoor public space venue maps as Open Data to unleash the opportunities for indoor Location-Based Services (i-LBS). The signers of this statement recommend that i-LBS be based on indoor maps that are readily accessible via agreed upon open standards and are made available as open data where possible. Indoor venue maps as the basis for i-LBS will benefit multiple societal sectors with particular benefit for indoor emergency response.
Accurate localization positioning technologies are now available for i-LBS. Indoor location systems, when complementing traditional outdoor location positioning solutions, can enable new sophisticated services based on real-time tracking of people or assets.
SWID Tag Signing Guidelines open for Public Review
This document defines guidelines for signing SWID tags in support of the [SWID] standard. The standard states that when digitally signing SWID tags, implementors will follow at a minimum the [XMLDSIG] recommendations, use an enveloped signature, add a timestamp per [W3C-XAdES], and include the public signature for the signing entity.
This document details and builds on those requirements. The guidance drafted herein supports the security and reliability of tag signing. These guidelines are drafted with the needs of implementors in mind and to provide value for all members of the software eco-system (publishers, tools and service providers, and end-users).
MIPI Alliance Forms Birds of a Feather Group to Define Embedded Security Considerations for Mobile and Mobile-Influenced Designs
The MIPI® Alliance, an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, recently announced the formation of a Security Birds of a Feather (BoF) group to evaluate potential needs and strategies for addressing security in MIPI Alliance interface specifications. The Alliance is issuing a call for participation in the BoF to engage the broadest possible community of security representatives in this work. The group is open to MIPI Alliance member companies as well as non-member security experts.
While MIPI Alliance’s interface specifications are industry de facto in mobile devices and a broad range of mobile-influenced applications, the Security BoF provides an opportunity to engage the broader mobile ecosystem to ensure that the security needs of the industries served are met. The new security BoF, in partnership with the MIPI Alliance Technical Steering Group (TSG), will provide recommendations and guidelines to the MIPI Alliance Board of Directors on how to address the ever-growing mobile security concerns. These strategic initiatives will impact security design decisions in mobile components and chipsets, smartphones, mobile-connected devices, IoT products, automotive use cases and other applications.
LED modules in the Zhaga spotlight
LED modules and light engines for spotlighting applications are the focus of a series of new and updated specifications from the Zhaga Consortium.
The Zhaga Consortium, a global association of lighting companies that is standardizing components of LED luminaires, has finalized several new and updated specifications for LED lighting products that are typically used in spotlighting and related applications.
The three specifications – designated Books 10, 12 and 17 – all describe LED light sources that have a small, circular light-emitting surface (LES) of less than 30 mm in diameter. Several of the specified product types have already been widely adopted in the lighting market.
OpenCAPI – A New Standard for High Performance Memory, Acceleration and Networks
Presentation by Jeff Stuecheli, 10 April 2017
Swiss Conference 2017 – 10-12 April 2017 – Palazzo dei Congressi – Lugano, Switzerland
Colleagues from industry, academia and government shared experiences, insights and common interests in High Performance Computing (HPC) – exploring everything from present day practical applications to its future potential.
Beware of fake wireless phone chargers
by Menno Treffers
Safety needs vigilance. All products that transfer electrical power inherently have the potential to do harm, and manufacturers must take care to use suitable components and implement safety precautions.
Cheap traditional mobile phone chargers that connect with the phone via a USB or Lightning connector are sometimes made with poor quality components that fail to meet safety regulations to cut costs. This means they can cause injury, electric shocks and even fires.
ISTO Presents Service Award to Past Director, Mike Violette
Roger Martin (right), ISTO Board Secretary, recently presented Mike Violette (left) with a service award for his time as an ISTO director. Presenting on behalf of the ISTO Board of Directors, Roger met Mike for lunch in May 2017 and handed over an award for service to the ISTO Federation.
Recent ISTO Program News
Digital Illumination Interface Alliance
- 7 June 2017 - Latest DALI-2 and DALI test sequences now available
- 6 April 2017 - DiiA expands as momentum builds for DALI version-2
certification program
MIPI Alliance
- 31 May 2017 - Synopsys Integrates VESA Display Stream Compression into DesignWare MIPI DSI IP to Enable 4K Ultra HD and Higher Resolution Displays
- 5 May 2017 - UL, MIPI Bolster IoT Security
- 14 April 2017 - What Does the MIPI Alliance Have to Do With Cars?
OpenPOWER Foundation
- 17 April 2017 - OpenPOWER Foundation Announces Developer Congress focused on AI Driven by New Machine Learning Working Group
Printer Working Group
- 9 May 2017 - May 2017 Face-to-Face Meeting Summary
Wireless Power Consortium
Upcoming ISTO Program Events
Digital Illumination Interface Alliance
- 26-28 September 2017 - Trends in Lighting
Fairhair Alliance
- 26-28 September 2017 - LED Professional Symposium
MIPI Alliance
- 28-29 June 2017 - Sensors Expo & Conference
- 25 July 2017 - MIPI at Linley IoT Hardware Conference 2017
- 23-27 October 2017 - MIPI Member Meeting Asia
OpenPOWER Foundation
- 26-29 June 2017 - O’Reilly Al Conference with Power Start-up Symposium
- 21-26 July 2017 - CVPR 2017
- 6-11 August 2017 - International Conference on Machine Learning
Printer Working Group
- 8-9 August 2017 - PWG Member Meeting
TALQ Consortium
- 14-16 November 2017 - Smart City Expo 2017
Wireless Power Consortium
31 August - 1 September 2017 - Wireless Power Taipei Qi Developer Conference and Tradeshow
About ISTO
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Fostering the market acceptance, adoption and implementation of standardized technologies, programs of ISTO Federation span the spectrum of today’s information and communications technologies. ISTO is the recipient of the 2010 Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award, which recognizes success in driving market acceptance, adoption and implementation of standardized technologies. For more information, visit the ISTO website.
