Silicon Labs has introduced a cost-effective prototyping vehicle that makes it easy to connect wireless sensor nodes to mobile devices and the cloud to help businesses make data-driven decisions. Silicon Labs’ new Thunderboard React developer kit features a battery-powered, sensor-rich demonstration board with Bluetooth® low energy technology and a powerful ARM®Cortex®-M4 processor for IoT connectivity, along […]
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BLE chips pull just 3.6 mA in transmit mode
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) today introduced three new integrated circuits (ICs) that support Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE)1 ver.4.1 communications for Bluetooth Smart devices2, including wearable electronics, sensors and high-end coin battery-powered devices. At 3V supply voltage, the TC35678FSG, TC35678FXG, and TC35679FSG consume just under half the power of previous Toshiba products3 – in […]
USB type-C chip layouts target 40-nm and 55-nm processes with reduced power and space requirements
Synopsys, Inc. today announced it has reduced the power and area of its DesignWare® USB 2.0 Type-C Controller and PHY IP for cost-sensitive and energy-efficient Internet of Things (IoT) edge applications targeting 40-nanometer (nm) and 55-nm ultra-low power processes. The IP cuts silicon area by up to 50 percent compared to competitive offerings, saving on average $0.03 per die. […]
Intel Quark Microcontroller: x86 right for IoT
by Bill Giovino, Mouser Electronics It seems that every semiconductor company has a microcontroller solution for the Internet of Things (IoT) today. We are seeing specs for low power, high performance, and high integration microcontrollers from the usual core suppliers. But when Intel announced that it was re-entering the microcontroller business with a 32-bit x86 […]
IoT device management software platform follows open standard
Advantech, a global leader in embedded computing and IoT technology, has launched its new WISE-PaaS/RMM version 3.1, an IoT device management software platform. WISE-PaaS/RMM 3.1 is an open standardized IoT software platform for users by applying MQTT, a standard and popular IoT M2M protocol for device and server communication. WISE-PaaS/RMM 3.1 comes with more than […]
Chipset handles CAT-M cellular IoT networks
Altair Semiconductor, a leading provider of LTE chipsets, today announced that samples of its new dual-mode FourGee-1210 CAT-1/CAT-M chipset will be available later this year, enabling a smooth transition to the next standard of Cellular IoT networks. While CAT-1 chipsets have been deployed around the world for a wide range of IoT applications, carriers and vendors […]
Super-low-power PIC processors have 500 nA sleep mode
Microchip Technology Inc. today announced the company’s lowest power and most cost-effective family of 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs). The Microchip PIC32MM family bridges the gap between the company’s popular PIC24F XLP and PIC32MX families. The new family is the first PIC32 to feature core independent peripherals, designed to offload the CPU for lower power and […]
Low-power Ethernet switches
optimized for industrial IoT uses
Microsemi, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced its new Ocelot product family, a low power, feature-rich Ethernet switch family optimized for communications networking in the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market. Designed for the specific needs of industrial Ethernet switch applications, such as factory automation, process control, smart grid/smart […]
Dual-band Wi-Fi chip consumes little power
Qualcomm announced at COMPUTEX 2016 that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, is extending its flagship QCA401x connectivity solutions with a new product. The new QCA4012 chip brings dual band Wi-Fi, enhanced security, low power and a small size at a price point that best supports the development of connected devices. Qualcomm Technologies also announced the expansion […]
FPGA platform helps customize
sensor/peripheral prototyping of wireless IoT gear
Avnet, a global technology distributor, introduced the new LSR Wireless Shield, a low-cost platform with customizable sensor and peripheral capabilities for the prototyping of wireless connected Internet of Things (IoT) products using SmartFusion2 system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Microsemi. In support of customers’ growing need for IoT solution development and prototyping support, […]
