Avnet introduced the Avnet Azure Sphere MT3620 Starter Kit, which supports rapid prototyping of IoT implementations using Microsoft’s Azure Sphere, an end-to-end solution for creating highly-secured, connected microcontroller devices. Avnet will demonstrate the new starter kit for the first time at CES 2019, in booth #2609 at Tech East, Westgate Las Vegas Resort. The Starter […]
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Hybrid DSP/controller architecture offers high-level programming for IoT devices
CEVA, Inc. announced today CEVA-BX, its new all-purpose, hybrid DSP / Controller architecture to address new algorithms of digital signal processing in voice, video, communication, sensing and digital signal control applications. Offering general purpose DSP capabilities required for motor control and electrification, the CEVA-BX architecture extends CEVA’s market reach into the burgeoning automotive and industrial […]
IDE simplifies IoT idea-to-prototype design and development
Digi-Key Electronics has released a new design tool called the DK IoT Studio. The DK IoT Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) that aims to provide a radically simple way for developers and providers to create IoT solutions, allowing the user to go from idea to prototype in minutes without writing any code. The new […]
Pre-certified LTE-M/NB-IoT SiP module opens up cellular IoT access
Nordic Semiconductor announces that the first nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP) member of its nRF91 Series of cellular IoT modules will be available to all customers via its global distribution network within the next 24 hours. This includes Digi-Key Electronics, Mouser Electronics, and Premier Farnell, and others. The nRF9160 has also received GCF certification—the trusted mobile communications […]
Development kit enables engineers to build voice interface
XMOS has jointly developed a new voice interface development kit, “codama”, with Yukai Engineering and NTT DOCOMO. The “codama” voice interface development kit includes the XMOS VocalFusion XVF3100 voice processor; it enables AI engineers and developers to build a voice interface with NTT DOCOMO “AI Agent API” into their products. This technology brings people the freedom […]
BLE5 software integrated into SoCs for development of battery-free IoT device
CEVA, Inc. announced that Atmosic Technologies has integrated CEVA’s RivieraWaves Bluetooth 5 Low Energy (RW-BLE5) IP in its M2 and M3 Series IoT systems-on-chip (SoCs). The M2 and M3 SoCs target a diverse range of end markets for low power wireless applications, including wearables, personal and asset trackers, beacons, remotes, keyboards, mice, and more. With […]
ELEXCON 2018 spotlights smart electronics of the future
The moto for Elexcon 2018 is the “Witness True China’s Electronic Innovation”. The annual event, held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center from December 20 to 22, 2018, will feature cutting-edge technologies including AI, 5G, smart home, IoT, smart driving, new energy, and intelligent systems. Elexcon 2018 will feature three technology hubs all aimed […]
IoT platform libraries now comply with FIPS 140-2 cryptographic standards
Express Logic has partnered with one of the world’s leading security labs atsec information security to execute the design and implementation of the X-Ware IoT Platform’s NetX Crypto libraries for compliance with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptographic standards. The certification authority for this effort, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), issued the […]
Globally-configurable NB-IoT module enables development of one device across regions
u-blox has announced the SARA-N3, a multi-band NB-IoT module that supports a preliminary set of 3GPP Release 14 features (LTE Cat NB2). The SARA-N3 is available in two variants: one dedicated to China and another that can operate across multiple bands on any NB-IoT network globally. The u-blox firmware-over-the-air (uFOTA) client/server solution with Lightweight M2M […]
Partnership created to develop LTE-enabled sensors for IIoT
Altair Semiconductor announced it has partnered with JIG-SAW Inc., a provider of A&A (Auto sensor-ing and Auto Direction) solutions for IoT, to develop LTE-enabled sensors for a wide variety of global industrial IoT applications. The partnership combines Altair’s dual-mode Cat-M/NB-IoT ALT1250 chipset with JIG-SAW’s software control technology to enable developers to create new IoT business models […]