Ethertronics announced the industry’s first complete plug-and-play LoRa module for Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) connectivity. It delivers long range and reliable antenna performance using Active Steering™ for the LoRa ecosystem of Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. Ethertronics is the first to provide a complete LoRa ecosystem solution, including module, active antennas, active […]
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Single-chip microcells sport custom processor cores, efficient caching subsystem, high memory bandwidth, high-performance PHY
Cavium, Inc., announced the latest addition to its OCTEON Fusion-M portfolio of wireless infrastructure processors. As radio networks increasingly use higher frequency bands, the demand for high output, high user count micro cells with full macro BTS capabilities at significantly lower cost of deployment has increased dramatically, not just for traditional infill use but also […]
SoC for smart phones includes 10 ARM cores, GPU, LTE modem, hardware-based 4K2K 10-bit HDR10 video decoding
Inc. announced the commercial availability of its MediaTek Helio X30 system-on-chip (SoC), the most powerful addition to the Helio family for today’s high-end smartphones. MediaTek Helio X30 is entering mass production and gaining accolades with design wins. Smartphones powered by this flagship chipset will be available in Q2 2017. The MediaTek Helio X30 brings together MediaTek’s 10-core, […]
5G New Radio multi-mode modems comply with 3GPP-based 5G NR global system
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), is expanding the Qualcomm Snapdragon™ X50 5G modem family to include 5G New Radio (NR) multi-mode chipset solutions compliant with the 3GPP-based 5G NR global system. Supporting operation in the sub-6 GHz and multi-band millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum, these new modems are designed to provide a […]
The security of connected devices
Take an MCU and add Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection to the internet and you have an Internet of Things (IoT) device, and smart devices that are connected to the internet are everywhere. Smartphones, home automation, fitness bands, and products like the Amazon Echo are all examples of IoT. The problem with millions of internet-connected MCUs […]
BeagleBone boards get wireless capability and a touch screen
Newark element14 is now shipping three new products in the successful open source BeagleBone range. The ever popular BeagleBone Black and element 14 BeagleBone Black Industrial are now joined by BeagleBone Black Wireless, the element14 Wireless Connectivity Cape and the element14 4.3” Display Cape. The BeagleBone® Black Wireless now has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities built […]
Plug-in element bolsters security for LPWAN Sigfox devices
STMicroelectronics announced the expansion of its STSAFE family of secure elements with the introduction of a powerful plug-and-play solution that provides state-of-the-art security features to devices connected to the Sigfox low-power wide-area network (LPWAN). The new STSAFE-A1SX secure element (SE) is based on a tamper-resistant Common Criteria EAL5+ -certified SE technology that enhances the integrity and […]
Rugged 3U VITA SBC carries Kaby Lake processor upgrade
Abaco Systems today announced the SBC329 rugged 3U OpenVPX single board computer (SBC). It is designed as a straightforward, cost-effective ‘drop in’ technology insertion opportunity for existing users of Abaco’s mission ready systems and as a powerful, minimal SWaP solution for customers developing their own systems for demanding applications to be deployed in harsh, highly-constrained […]
Dual-camera zoom reference design for mobile devices
OmniVision Technologies, Inc announced its collaboration with dual-camera technology pioneer Corephotonics in producing a new dual-camera zoom reference design for mobile devices. Combining OmniVision’s OV12A10 and OV13880 image sensors with Corephotonics’ proprietary zoom and Bokeh algorithms, the reference design brings best-in-class optical zoom capabilities commonly found in DSCs and DSLRs to smartphone camera applications. The […]
SoCs integrate BLE 5, dual-band Wi-Fi, other wireless protocols
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated announced two new System-on-chips (SoCs), the QCA4020 and QCA4024. Qualcomm Technologies is the first to announce a tri-mode SoC QCA4020, integrating Bluetooth® Low Energy 5, Dual-band Wi-Fi®, and 802.15.4-based technologies, including ZigBee® and Thread, while QCA4024 integrates Bluetooth Low Energy 5 and 802.15.4. Both QCA4020 and QCA4024 […]
