This week’s Smart DevOps roundup features a new Bluetooth platform for home automation and a directory of people who make things.

CSR’s new Bluetooth platform

CSR plc announced the latest version of its Bluetooth Smart solution, the CSRmesh Home Automation. The latest software offering adds sensor and actuator models to build on the original protocol that was designed for lighting control. This allows developers to deliver a wider range of home automation solutions for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, door locks and window sensors.

The system does not require a hub or router to function, and it allows an unlimited number of devices to be networked together and directly controlled using a smartphone, tablet or wearable device. It utilizes an encrypted network key combined with other security measures to ensure that the system is secured from eavesdroppers, man-in-the-middle and replay attacks.

The CSRmesh Home Automation also extends battery life of sensors and actuators, as multiple devices can be grouped together with a mains-powered proxy device and hold data from a battery-powered sensor device. This proxy device can then relay that information without “waking” the battery-powered sensor. This reduces the duty cycle of each mesh device to as little as two percent, ensuring longer battery life without deteriorating the consumer experience.

Frontline’s Bluetooth low-energy Innovator Suite

Frontline Test Equipment, Inc. announced the release of its Bluetooth low-energy Innovator Suite product. The new suite is a combination of tools and services that will enable Bluetooth Smart developers to create more robust, interoperable and successful IoT products in a short period of time.

Frontline combines its industry-leading ComProbe BPA low-energy Bluetooth Protocol Analyzer with the power of its testing services group to offer the Bluetooth low-energy Innovator Suite. With this combination, developers have the tools they need to efficiently debug and troubleshoot their implementation in the lab, as well as test services as part of the Innovator Suite, significantly cutting the time between the development stage to market.

Makerbase — the IMDB for Internet stuff

Ever wondered who made your favorite app or your smart home device? Thanks to tech bloggers and entrepreneurs Anil Dash and Gina Trapani, information about Internet “things” will be readily available on Makerbase.

Makerbase is being dubbed as the IMDB for Internet stuff, a way of giving credit to creators of websites, apps, podcasts and other Internet things. It allows users to edit information on the service and also lets users see which creators have worked together on a project.

Makerbase is free to use and is sponsored by Slack, MailChimp, and Hover. All you need is to sign in using your Twitter account so you can access and edit entries.

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