Toshiba Group subsidiary introduced ifLink, a cutting-edge and reasonably priced approach to IoT development, to the Thai market. It uses Toshiba Digital Solutions’ ifLink platform. TATC is in charge of software licence sales and customer service for this, the first ifLink company operating outside of Japan.
An open IoT platform service called ifLink makes it simple to connect to a cloud-based application platform, integrate different IoT devices and web services into modules, and specify device operation using if-then (condition-action) rules. More than 100 businesses and educational institutions in Japan have endorsed it, and Toshiba Digital Solutions has granted its licenses to Japanese businesses across a wide range of industries.
Lack of experience and expensive startup costs have prevented certain manufacturing locations in Thailand from implementing Internet of Things(IoT). In order to develop human resources and transfer and distribute Japan’s most recent IoT technologies and know-how in Thailand, TATC is working with the Technology Promotion Association (Thailand-Japan) (TPA), a non-profit organisation. As part of TPA’s endeavour to build human resources for DX, TATC has investigated and verified that it may be used for kaizen activities at manufacturing facilities taking partThai Smart Monodzukuri Support Team Project.
Toshiba conducted practical workshops on the usage of it to set up IoT in November 2024 and January 2025 for project instructors who help transmit digital technologies to local staff and TPA member companies. Toshiba Digital Solutions and TATC launched the ifLink business in Thailand for Thai manufacturing enterprises, including TPA members, after seminar participants found the platform easy to use, especially for those with little understanding of IoT. The ifLink software is supplied by Toshiba Digital Solutions, while TATC manages software license sales, device configuration, and customer service in both Thai and English.
A trial service leading to a full licence will be provided by TATC in Thailand. The TATC ifLink Starter Kit costs 10,500 baht (approximately 310 USD) and includes sensors, a data communications device, and an Android smartphone with the ifLink app. It is good for one month. Users don’t need to set up any devices in order to begin utilising it. Users can buy the complete license after utilising the trial service to verify ifLink’s efficacy. An Android smartphone, the devices and sensors, and a one-time setup fee are all included in the subscription service’s standard monthly licence fee of 5,740 baht (about $170 USD).
Depending on the sensors being used, the monthly subscription service charge may change. Members of TPA who attended the organization’s it conference will be eligible for a discounted rate.
Over the three years leading up to fiscal year 2027, Toshiba Digital Solutions and TATC hope to sell 100 ifLink Starter Kit licenses to Thai enterprises. In order to offer IoT solutions based on it, they will also look for commercial partners.
Toshiba Digital Solutions wants to expand an open IoT business environment based on it in Japan and abroad, and is thinking about expanding its used business in Asia-Pacific beyond Thailand.
ifLink platform
The ifLink platform uses open IoT to speed up business formation
The ifLink platform is an open Internet of Things platform that allows the development of user-friendly, convenient processes by modularizing different IoT devices and online services into combinations.
Use cases for this platform can be found in many different contexts, including manufacturing, retail, physical stores, nursing care, education, entertainment, farming, and more. To help with the quick launch of commercial services and to improve user comfort, it may be installed on a variety of information terminals, including smartphones, mounted gateways, professional business-use tablets, interactive robots, and many more.
ifLink platform delivers easy access to various IoT services. How it works:
The ifLink App’s “If-Then Execution Engine” helps you modularize IoT devices and web apps to create If-Then recipes. Connecting devices and services to its platform and using their values and statuses as “if-then” rules. Combine If and Then modules to create multiple IoT services.
- Numerous IoT gadgets and online services
- Modularize microservices with an ifLink platform-connected development kit.
- To develop If-Then recipes, combine modules using “If-Then” rules.
- Use the If-Then formula to rapidly test out IoT services.
Expand your open IoT business ecosystem with ifLink platform
You may quickly develop new Internet of Things goods and services by using its platform. The potential for a wider range of services will grow as the number of modules rises.
Toshiba encourage service co-creation through the ifLink platform. With the help of it numerous partners, Toshiba hope to extend the business environment created by it globally.
- IfLink platform partners are businesses that sell information terminals with the platform services integrated in.
- It module partners are Operators of businesses who create to microservices and market IoT gadgets and online services that are compatible.
- It service partners: Companies that use these platform to offer IoT services to consumers on a business basis
Features & System Architecture
The main components of its platform system are the ifLink App, which connects the modules and runs If-Then recipes, ifLink Open Cloud, which manages modules and terminals, and the Open Cloud, which oversees the production and distribution of recipes. Shared IMSs for devices, internet services, and smartphone apps can be created with the ifLink microservices development kit.
The If-Then Recipe Editor allows you to choose IMSs that have been registered as shared. Additionally, you may create apps that do analysis, visualizations, and other tasks by using data APIs to access data collected from terminals in ifLink Open Cloud.
Point Functionality Description
It is possible to exchange and modularise IoT devices
A microservices development kit (SDK) can be used to create it-compatible modules for Internet of Things devices. Many users can access an it module you developed by registering it as shared.
The capacity to execute applications in non-internet settings
Install on a terminal running the ifLink App to act as a controller and connect to IoT devices over local communications channels like LAN, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. Even in settings where there isn’t constant internet connectivity, this can be turned on.
App-executing terminal management
Execution terminals can receive If-Then recipes made on ifLink Open Cloud, allowing for unified distribution to numerous terminals and the ability to monitor each terminal’s utilization status.
IoT data utilization via server APIs
You can use a data API to visualise, monitor, analyse, and carry out other tasks on the sensor and positional data that can be gathered and stored in the ifLink Open Cloud.
Examples of modules that can be combined using If-Then
You can connect to a wide variety of IoT devices and online services worldwide using the ifLink platform. For instance, “If” modules could be IoT devices and web services that detect something, “Then” modules could be those that respond depending on the findings of what was detected, or modules linked to both.
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Modules registered as shared on the ifLink platform are available to partners who join it business ecosystem.
