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- [Narrator] Smart cities are more
than just office buildings and freeways.
They also encompass the places we call home.
Today's consumers are seeking connectivity, efficiency
and sustainability in every aspect of their daily life.
Join us as we step through the front door
and tour the Smart Homes of tomorrow.
Digi-Key presents City Digital
brought to you by Littelfuse, Taoglas,
u-blox and Supplyframe.
Each year at the consumer electronic show,
thousands of electronics manufacturers and hopeful startups
gather to highlight the very latest
in emerging technologies.
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Kevin Walseth of Digi-Key electronics,
discusses his experience at CES
and how the show offers a glimpse
into the pulse of consumer IOT and Smart Home technology.
- The reason we go is what's trending in technology
where are Digi-Key parts going?
What are they going into?
Is it gonna be IOT?
Is it Smart Home?
Is it automotive?
And it's fun just to see that trends and interesting
and how can we market towards that?
Innovation is not slowing down Digi-Key
We're seeing that in so many ways.
- [Narrator] Taoglas a leading provider of IOT solutions
brings their expertise in both 5G and smart buildings
to their booth at CES 2022.
- So inside the Smart City or the Smart Home,
there's a lot of sensors and a lot of devices
that we wanna connect and manage efficiently.
That brings a lot of complexity with it,
especially if it's not something you've done before.
So we've seen over the years that, a lot of our customers
are experts in their particular area
whether it be HVAC controls, or security panel systems
or something like that, but they're not experts
at actually connecting those systems
and getting them to communicate together
from a wireless perspective
and then making that easy for the consumer to use.
So we help the customer navigate those complex challenges
and get them to market on time.
In the home and in the workplace and in the city itself
we're seeing more and more use cases come up
for Less power consumption,
more environmentally sustainable products.
But just anything that can save us time.
So with the amount of devices that we've bought
into our lives, we've increased the complexity.
And I think there's a great race on to consolidate that
and that's where the opportunity is.
I think Digi-Key make everything super easy,
very simple to take out the complexity.
We really have a partnership with Digi-Key rather
than a vendor customer relationship
and it's that partnership that has made our
over 11 year partnership with Digi-Key really successful.
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- [Narrator] On the Smart Home floor at CES 2022.
Bosch is focused on making smart appliances more accessible
and connected through the home.
- So behind me, you see
a few connected appliances from Bosch.
Each of these appliances, they have the ability
to connect to the internet of things.
We have the home connect app,
basically that allows me to fully connect
to my appliances and monitor and control with ease.
And I can do this from anywhere in the home.
We have the ability to talk
directly to your appliance
and ask, "Hey Alexa, tell my dishwasher
"to turn on normal mode.
"Starts."
So you've seen a lot of people using their voice
to control appliances devices, other connected appliances
and things throughout your home.
So this is where we see lots of adoption.
It always starts with a little spark.
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- [Narrator] u-blox is a company
on the forefront of IOT connectivity.
And the role that Smart Homes play
as a barometer for emerging consumer technologies.
- u-blox provides a whole chip to cloud architecture
and solutions for positioning, wireless connectivity
and even cellular products.
So, Smart Homes have really...
We've seen that kind of taken off over the past few years
there are a lot of connected devices via wifi and Bluetooth,
but we're starting to see adoption
and even cellular products to avoid
having to type in your password on the product
or download an app to your phone.
So companies are starting to integrate cellular products
into their technologies.
You can find that the connectivity with the app ecosystem,
your smartphone is a lot more manageable
where traditionally you had to purchase
all these different lighting hubs and product hubs
plug them into your router.
Now, a lot of times you can just directly connect
to your home wifi network.
So just the ease of use overall
is just really picking up a lot of traction.
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- [Narrator] Moen, known for their water systems,
shares with us how smart technology
and good design is more accessible than you think.
- When you think about people's experiences
with water at Moen is really focused
on creating beautiful experiences, the best experiences
and the Smart Faucet With Motion Control
is just a part of that.
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So the water right now is purging to the exact temperature
that I created within the Moen app.
So our baby bottle has 98 degrees of water and at 8 ounces.
So it's gonna warm up to that 98 degrees
and then when I wave my hand,
it's going to dispense exactly 8 ounces.
So that ability to control that.
If you look at our whole smart water network
and all of the products,
it's all about how can you interact with water
where you want to.
And then how can you have peace of mind
and use technology to feel confident and secure
where you don't wanna interact with water
such as a burst pipe situation or a leak.
So being able to detect those things
that are going on in your home
and really know all of the places that water is
and feel confident, protected,
feel personalized in the home.
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- Consumers have seen an amazing development
in technologies applicable to the Smart Home.
They've seen lighting, they've seen connected appliances
and a host of other things that have made the home
a really cool technology platform.
One of the things that coming and is now here
is extending that into the garage with smart EV charging.
Which is a 50 amp charging station,
very very fast for the home and it is wifi connected.
So now what I can do, is control that charging station
from the app on my phone,
I can schedule when my vehicle charges,
in order to take advantage
of low electricity rates, let's say
and it supports what's called bidirectional charging.
So now what I can do, is connect my car,
through the charger, to the home, in order to power my home
with electricity from my car battery.
So amazing extensions in a Smart Home
from the interior of the home, into the garage.
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- In my mind, Smart Home isn't slowing down,
it it's just gonna grow.
I mean the Smart Home market is
through the roof on everything connected.
The scope of the products
and the availability from Digi-Key
is what really helps a connected world stay connected.
- [Narrator] Today's innovations will provide the basis
for tomorrow's way of life.
Ultimately painting a new picture
of what it means to live and work in City Digital.
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