Today Electric Imp released impOS 30 which features multiple updates and extends the Electric Imp platform with enhanced wireless connectivity and upgraded hardware support options. This latest release also addresses a variety of reliability and compatibility issues. All impOS 30 updates are geared to help customers and developers build better Internet of Things devices that deliver […]

Electric Imp today launched a status page, status.electricimp.com, to increase transparency of the performance of imp Services. The central site also allows customers and developers to subscribe to updates on scheduled maintenance and reported incidents. Screenshot of the new Electric Imp status page The information provided on the status page is also integrated into the […]

Electric Imp today announced it has completed $15 million in Series B funding from new investors Foxconn Technology Group, PTI Ventures and Rampart Capital, and returning investors Redpoint Ventures and Hugo Fiennes, CEO and Co-founder of Electric Imp. The new funding adds to the $8 million Series A investment the company received in 2012, and […]

In this Electric Imp guest blog post, Rachio Co-founder Franz Garsombke provides insight into the challenges of integrating connectivity into the Iro smart sprinkler controller and how the issues were solved through the Electric Imp platform. With the Western US facing drought conditions this summer, the Iro from Rachio is an especially timely solution that […]

Juan Bosco Albanell Flores is a Maker in Residence at Electric Imp and a senior at Princeton University, where he is majoring in Electrical Engineering. Home climate control is quickly becoming Internet connected, with Nest’s thermostat at the forefront. While these newly emerging devices are a significant improvement over their predecessors in terms of customizability […]

Electric Imp guest blogger Robin McKenzie is head of national marketing and sales at New Zealand-based Pebble Air, creator of the imp-enabled Pebble WiFi controller for residential HVAC. It was 2005 and I had just completed a residential air conditioner installation at a property in my home country of New Zealand. The savvy homeowner, an […]