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Featured Content IP4 vs IP6 iCIRT by Equifax tracks construction companies and provides a…

Chipkin regularly works on challenging and innovative projects in the Data communication world. This has allowed us to gain a wide range of knowledge which has made us an invaluable asset to the industry. See below for a list of P…

 Click here to view the Case Study. Please CONTACT US if you have any questions OVERVIEW To keep the customer anonymous, we replaced their name with “ABC Company”. A customer managed a multi-building apartment complex. As a part…

 Click here to view the Case Study. Please CONTACT US if you have any questions OVERVIEW A customer came to Chipkin through our website's contact us form (www.chipkin.com) with an integration project…

What is iCIRT? iCIRT stands for the “Independent Construction Industry Rating Tool” and it was created by Equifax of New South Wales (Australian State). iCIRT was created to help build confidence in the construction industry. It provides a star-rating system to help potential customers discover…

Intro to LonWorks LonWorks (local operating network) is a networking platform specifically created to address the needs of control applications. The platform is built on a protocol created by Echelon Corporation for networking devices over media such as twisted pair, power lines, fiber optics, and RF. It is used for the automation of…

IP4 vs IP6 – Not so simple It takes effort to make them co-exist. It’s ugly because they are incompatible. An IPv4 cannot be converted to an IPv6 address. Generally, you will have to work with one or the other – however, there are ways to connect them. These methods include dual network stacks…

What is Firmware? Firmware is a special kind of software that serves the narrow purpose of abstracting the hardware functionality for a piece of hardware. It enables high-level software development to be independent of the hardware. What is Signed Firmware? Signed firmware is im…