The Modular Telematics Platform (MTP) from STMicroelectronics provides an open development environment for prototyping advanced Smart Driving applications, including vehicle connectivity to back-end servers, road infrastructure, and other vehicles. The MTP integrates a central processing module based on the just-launched Telemaco3P secure automotive-telematics processor and a comprehensive set of automotive-connectivity devices both on the board […]
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Super-small RFID chip includes integrated antenna
Item size and materials have long been barriers to using RAIN RFID solutions. Today, Murata Americas introduced the latest version of its ultra-small RAIN RFID Tag with integrated antenna – the LXMSJZNCMF-198 that address those size and materials constraints. Measuring just 1.25 x 1.25 x 0.55mm, the LXMS-198 is capable of withstanding over-molding and embedded processes and provides tracking and […]
Zigbee-based gateway for next-generation smart lighting control
Cortet by CEL announces the new E100 Gateway – a very compact, ZigBee-based wireless Gateway that provides both local and IoT based control for a wide range of lighting devices, accessories, fixtures, controllers and switches for small or medium scale commercial facilities. This means that lighting throughout the entire building can be controlled locally by a […]
Open-source mangOH Red boards now available from Digi-Key
Targeted at the industrial IoT and maker communities, mangOH Red is a feature-rich, low-power open source enablement platform on the market. Talon Communications is producing the mangOH Red and IoT Expansion cards for use with the Red, including a CAN, Ethernet and Wi-Fi/BT expansion card. The Sierra Wireless mangOH Red open source hardware platform is available primarily through […]
Software Kit aids development of Bluetooth Mesh Networking
The official Bluetooth body, the Special Interest Group (SIG), made a giant leap with the recently released Bluetooth 5 specification that standardizes mesh networking: connecting large numbers of devices capable of communicating among themselves as well as directly with mobile phones. All smartphones currently on the market can connect to objects in Bluetooth Mesh networks […]
MCUs carry integrated ultrasonic sensing for smart water meter apps
Texas Instruments unveiled a new family of MSP430 microcontrollers (MCUs) with an integrated ultrasonic sensing analog front end that enables smart water meters to deliver higher accuracy and lower power consumption. In addition, TI introduced two new reference designs that make it easier to design modules for adding automated meter reading (AMR) capabilities to existing […]
Sigfox RC1 verified SiP for low-power IoT designs
ON Semiconductor has announced a new programmable RF transceiver System in Package (SiP) integrating an advanced RF System-on-Chip (SoC) with all surrounding Bill of Material (including a TCXO). The AX-SIP-SFEU provides the most integrated Sigfox solution for both uplink (transmit) and downlink (receive) communications. The device is the first in a new family of SiPs that will be launched […]
iOS 11 toolkit expand iPhone NFC capabilities into IoT
NXP Semiconductors N.V., co-inventor of NFC technology, introduced a new toolkit for NFC tagging ICs with iOS support, which unlocks the potential to now connect billions of consumer and industrial products to the Internet of Things (IoT). With Apple’s announcement, earlier this summer, to support NFC read capabilities for NFC Forum-compliant tags, NXP’s portfolio of advanced NFC tagging […]
Development kit speeds debugging of ARC-based SoCs
Synopsys, Inc. announced the new DesignWare ARC IoT Development Kit to accelerate software development and debug of ARC processor-based system-on-chip (SoC) designs. The ARC IoT Development Kit includes a silicon implementation of the ARC Data Fusion IP Subsystem as well as a rich set of peripherals commonly used in IoT designs such as USB, I3C and PWM. […]
Flash storage, comm software works with Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs
HCC Embedded, experts in software for securely storing and communicating embedded data, has added support for the Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable system-on-chip (SoC) family of devices. Developers using Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoCs now have access to HCC’s entire suite of advanced flash storage and communications middleware. Solutions for Zynq SoCs include fail-safe flash file systems; MISRA-compliant TCP/IP, TLS, […]
