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Embedded Wi-Fi antennas operate up to 6 GHz

January 21, 2021 By Redding Traiger Leave a Comment

AVX Corporation released a new series of embedded Wi-Fi antennas designed to satisfy steadily increasing cross-market demand for smaller and thinner wireless products with superior signal sensitivity. The new W Series Embedded Wi-Fi Antennas offer a wide range of standard solutions with ultraminiature form factors, PCB or FPC antenna technologies capable of supporting single- and dual-band […]

Filed Under: Consumer Electronics, Embedded, Industrial, Medical, PCB Design, Telecommunications, Tools, Wifi, Wireless Tagged With: avxcorporation

Kilohertz-range crystals come in surface-mount packages

January 13, 2021 By Redding Traiger Leave a Comment

Epson’s MC-306 will become obsolete in 2021 and Suntsu has a replacement solution: the SWS834. The SWS834 is an equivalent product to Epson’s. Featuring 32.768kHz, and the same dimension and electrical parameters as the MC-306, the SWS834 is an easy drop-in replacement. Even better, Suntsu can provide short lead times and competitive prices. Key features […]

Filed Under: Applications, Embedded, Products, Tools, Wireless Tagged With: suntsu

Free firmware upgrade brings MQTT IIoT support to PLC CPUs

January 13, 2021 By Redding Traiger Leave a Comment

IDEC Corporation has released a free firmware upgrade enabling new and existing MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLC CPUs to support the industry-standard MQTT protocol. The upgrade can be downloaded to the FC6A CPU, so it is easy for users to connect all types of field data to on-site and cloud-based brokers, and make the information readily […]

Filed Under: Applications, Consumer Electronics, Data centers, Industrial, IoT, Software, Tools, Wireless Tagged With: ideccorporation

LTE Cat 1 chip platform handles VoLTE/100 kbps IoT apps

January 6, 2021 By Redding Traiger Leave a Comment

Sequans Communications S.A. announced that its second-generation LTE Cat 1 chip platform, Calliope 2, will soon be sampling. Calliope 2 is designed for the cost-effective support of IoT applications that require VoLTE and a data rate higher than 100 kilobits per second that cannot be supported by LTE-M or NB-IoT technologies. Typical Calliope 2 applications […]

Filed Under: 5G, Applications, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, IoT, Security, Tools, Wearables, Wireless Tagged With: sequanscommunications

Bluetooth LE/802.15.4 wireless modules incorporate STM32 MCUs

January 5, 2021 By Redding Traiger Leave a Comment

STMicroelectronics is offering a solution to accelerate the market introduction of new Bluetooth LE and 802.15.4 based IoT devices with a miniature, ready-to-use STM32 wireless microcontroller (MCU) module. The 7mm x 11.3mm STM32WB5MMG module lets product teams build connected devices without needing wireless-design skills. Made to enable low-cost PCB technology requiring a minimal number of layers, it integrates everything […]

Filed Under: Data centers, Hardware, IoT, microcontroller, PCB Design, radio modules, Security, Tools, Wireless Tagged With: STMicroelectronics

Designer’s guide to smart home tech, Part 2

December 29, 2020 By John Koon Leave a Comment

smart home

This continues the discussion on smart home technology basics. You can find part 1 here. What is Z-Wave? Behind the Z-Wave standard is the Z-Wave Alliance. It is a wireless protocol that will connect and control smart home and IoT devices today. Today, there are over 3400 certified Z-Wave smart home devices on the market. […]

Filed Under: Applications, Consumer Electronics, FAQ, Featured, Wireless Tagged With: FAQ

Designer’s guide to smart home tech, Part 1

December 10, 2020 By John Koon Leave a Comment

According to MarketsandMarkets, a marketing research firm, worldwide smart home market revenue will reach $135 billion by 2025. The driving force behind this revenue climb is expanding sectors, including the IoT, home automation, and smart appliances. As shown in the diagram (part of a report produced by Jabil and Dimensional Research), the top smart home […]

Filed Under: Applications, FAQ, Featured, Wireless Tagged With: FAQ

What is the Z-Wave protocol?

December 10, 2020 By Nikhil Agnihotri 1 Comment

Smart homes need wireless connectivity, and Z-wave has emerged as the ultimate solution for home automation. The Z-wave protocol is a wireless, radio frequency protocol designed primarily for smart home networks. All the existing wireless communication protocols had one or the other problem. Bluetooth and Zigbee often shortfall of range while Wi-Fi poses its own […]

Filed Under: Applications, FAQ, Featured, microcontroller, Wireless Tagged With: FAQ

LoRa-compatible SoC includes Arm Cortex-M4, M0 cores

December 9, 2020 By Redding Traiger Leave a Comment

STMicroelectronics has expanded the availability of its market-unique STM32WL long-range sub-GHz wireless system-on-chip (SoC) family, adding flexible configurations and package options for diverse mass-market applications. As the only SoC ICs featured to connect devices to LoRa-based Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs), the STM32WL series lets users create Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that are extremely compact, energy-efficient, and reliable. LPWANs […]

Filed Under: Applications, Automotive, Industrial, IoT, Products, radio modules, Security, SoC, Tools, Wireless Tagged With: STMicroelectronics

NB-IoT/LTE-M SiP, SoC module supports low-power, complex IoT connectivity

December 8, 2020 By Redding Traiger Leave a Comment

Leading global technology solutions provider Avnet expanded its product line for rapid Internet of Things (IoT) development with the launch of the AVT9152 module, designed for a range of embedded applications requiring cellular connectivity yet demanding low power consumption and minimal component size. This addition to the Avnet ecosystem uses leading technology from Nordic Semiconductor to […]

Filed Under: Applications, Connectivity, COVID-19, IoT, Medical, Products, SoC, Tools, Tracking, Wireless Tagged With: avnet

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