By Mikko Savolainen, Senior Manager, Industrial and Commercial IoT Products, Silicon Labs Since opening the Global Positioning System (GPS) for civilian use in the 1980s, GPS technology has become a mainstream and de facto solution for outdoor positioning and asset tracking, finding its way first from commercial airplanes to smartphones and smartwatches to match-box-sized GPS […]
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Take a class in SDR and antenna design
The Wireless Research Center and The Ascendancy Group are hosting training classes for engineers, developers, and technical teams for RF design and antenna development. The Wireless Research Center (WRC) is an independent, private nonprofit dedicated to applied research driving communications innovation. The WRC has the expertise and equipment to provide research, development, engineering, and testing […]
Wi-Fi SoCs consume little power while maintaining continuous Wi-Fi connections
The DA16200 is a highly-integrated, ultra-low-power Wi-Fi networking SoC that, together with two modules that leverage Dialog’s VirtualZero technology, deliver a breakthrough in battery life for Wi-Fi connected, battery-powered IoT devices. The rise of IoT products, including connected door locks, thermostats and security video cameras, that require “always on” connectivity with a continuous Wi-Fi connection […]
Arm Cortex M4-based MCUs integrate multiprotocol mesh networking
NXP Semiconductors N.V. introduced the K32W061/41 its new family of ultra-low power, multiprotocol wireless microcontrollers (MCUs). The new low power devices complement the company’s recently introduced pin-compatible JN5189/88 (Thread/Zigbee) and QN9090/30 (Bluetooth LE) MCUs and provide original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with an easier migration path to support current and emerging smart home and building use […]
Mesh network modules ease IoT position tracking and sensor data collection
Fujitsu Component America, Inc. has released a series of battery-powered Wirepas Mesh technology mesh units and mesh-sensor units. The devices simplify construction of large-scale decentralized networks to allow scalable, reliable and cost-effective IoT solutions for position tracking and sensor data collection. In addition to deploying large-scale networks, the mesh units (FWM8BLZ07P) and mesh-sensor units (FWM8BLZ07Y) […]
Wireless Broadband Alliance gives thumbs up to new 6GHz Wi-Fi band
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the body leading development of next-generation Wi-Fi services, today supports the decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to open up the 6GHz frequency band for use by Wi-Fi 6 technology. It declared the release of the spectrum would bring radical change for the Wi-Fi industry in terms of service […]
QCS-AX2 chipset family supports 6 GHz spectrum band based on enhanced Wi-Fi 6E
ON Semiconductor sampling of its new QCS-AX2 chipset family that supports the 6GHz spectrum band based on the enhanced Wi-Fi 6E standard. Designed with a high performance, flexible architecture to maximize usage of the 6GHz band, the new product family is optimized for high-throughput Wi-Fi applications, such as access points, gateways, and mesh networking solutions […]
Bluetooth LE gateway reads 12,000 Sentinel BLE 5 tags in less than a minute
OnAsset Intelligence has successfully proven that Bluetooth Low Energy 5 (Bluetooth LE) is viable for large-scale industrial use cases. In an industry first, OnAsset’s Bluetooth LE gateway has read 12,000 Sentinel Bluetooth 5 tags in a single room in under 60 seconds. Many companies producing Bluetooth LE tags and gateways refer to theoretical data, mathematical […]
Gateway brings Bluetooth sensor data to the cloud
Laird Connectivity has announced the upcoming Sentrius MG100 Micro-Gateway which simplifies bridging Bluetooth sensor data to the cloud. Powered by the Pinnacle 100 cellular modem, the MG100 Micro-Gateway combines long-range Bluetooth 5 (Nordic nRF52840 silicon) and LTE-M/NB-IoT (Sierra HL7800/Altair ALT1250) in a small form factor IoT micro-gateway. This unique wireless combination enables new use cases for […]
BLE module reduces cost of adding Bluetooth low energy functionality to an IoT system
Dialog Semiconductor plc announced the availability of the DA14531 SmartBond TINY module, empowering customers to build the next generation of connected devices. The SmartBond TINY module was specifically optimized to significantly reduce the cost of adding Bluetooth low energy functionality to an IoT system. Its easy-to-use design and software allow developers to quickly and intuitively […]