Blu Wireless Technology has announced its 5G-ready technology has been used to stream video through Bristol’s historic center. The 5G-XHaul project demonstration, which started July 1, 2015, marks the end of a 3-year collaborative research study to identify 5G technologies funded by the European Commission under the framework of the 5G Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP). […]
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“Alexa, get me an SDK”
Symmetry Electronics, a global distributor of wireless, IoT and video technologies, today announced the available distribution of DSP Group’s HDClear 3-Mic Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS). The HDClear 3-Mic Development Kit for Amazon AVS enables OEMs to integrate Amazon Alexa into a number of IoT products, including smart speakers, smart home devices, wearable […]
Dual-core digital signal controller
System developers designing high-end embedded control applications can benefit from a new Digital Signal Controller (DSC) with two dsPIC DSC cores in a single chip, now available from Microchip Technology Inc. The dsPIC33CH has one core that is designed to function as a master while the other is designed as a slave. The slave core is useful for […]
Low-power Wi-SUN-compatible sensor nodes draw just 1 mA when sensing
Eta Compute Inc., a company focused on delivering next-generation autonomous intelligence to mobile and edge devices, and ROHM Semiconductor announced their collaboration to develop unprecedented low power Wireless Smart Ubiquitous Network (Wi-SUN) compatible sensor nodes. The nodes will combine ROHM’s sensor technology and Eta Compute’s low power MCUs to deliver one of the highest performing, lowest power […]
Digital step attenuators come in 2-bit, 5-bit, 6-bit or 7-bit configurations
AT IMS, pSemi Corporation (formerly Peregrine Semiconductor), announced the expansion of its digital step attenuator (DSA) portfolio with a family of value, high-performance DSAs. The four digital step attenuators feature industry-leading attenuation accuracy at an entry-level price point. “pSemi has a long, successful history of digital step attenuator development,” says Jim Cable, CTO at pSemi. “Our team […]
Software option simplifies in-field set-up of sub-GHz IoT devices
Silicon Labs has released new software options for its Wireless Gecko portfolio, enabling simultaneous sub-GHz and 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) connectivity on a single chip. This Silicon Labs solution enables commercial and industrial IoT applications to combine long-range sub-GHz communications with Bluetooth connectivity, simplifying device setup, data gathering and maintenance. By avoiding the complexity […]
NFC Tag Basics: How to use for programming automation
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a wireless communication technology that acts over short distances for two-way communication. The use of NFC tags is growing in several markets, including the medical, consumer, retail, industrial, automotive, and smart grid markets. NFC is a type of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. When two NFC enabled devices are very close […]
BLE SoCs get Bluetooth mesh support
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)-compliant mesh support has been extended to the widely used SmartBond Bluetooth low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) family of devices from Dialog Semiconductor plc. Dialog is rolling out mesh support for the latest SmartBond products, starting with the DA14682 and DA14683, and then closely followed by the DA14586 and the DA14585, including […]
Mesh networking software now built into BLE radios
Wirepas and Silicon Labs today announced they have joined forces to deliver a combined hardware and software solution that unleashes the potential of multiprotocol connectivity for mesh networks. Building on their growing relationship and success in the smart metering market, Wirepas and Silicon Labs have collaborated to create an industry first: a truly concurrent multiprotocol switching solution with one ERF32 […]
Low-power Arm Cortex-M4 processors carry large embedded memories
Designers of internet of things (IoT) sensors, environmental sensors, smartwatches, medical/preventive health wearables, and other size-constrained devices can now increase battery life and functionality using the ultra-low power MAX32660 and MAX32652 microcontrollers from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. These microcontrollers (MCUs) are based on the Arm Cortex-M4 processors and provide designers the means to develop advanced applications under restrictive power constraints. […]
