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A survey of Bluetooth connectivity modules for IoT applications: part 4

February 26, 2025 By Rakesh Kumar Leave a Comment

This final part of the FAQ covers the Bluetooth connectivity modules from Nordic Semiconductor and STMicroelectronics. The modules covered are based on higher processing power and advanced versions of ARM Cortex processors. Nordic Semiconductor: nRF54L Series The nRF54L series (Figure 1) from Nordic Semiconductor features a 128 MHz Arm Cortex-M33, providing sufficient processing power for […]

Filed Under: FAQ, Featured, IoT Tagged With: nordicsemiconductor, STMicroelectronics, zigbeealliance

IoT dev board adds GNSS and DECT NR + connectivity

December 13, 2024 By Redding Traiger Leave a Comment

Nordic Semiconductor launches its latest IoT prototyping platform, the Nordic Thingy:91 X, for LTE-M, NB-IoT, Wi-Fi SSID locationing, DECT NR+, and GNSS applications. The Thingy:91 X simplifies the IoT prototyping process for developers through its comprehensive suite of onboard features that streamline the development of cellular IoT applications and shorten time-to-market.  Thingy:91 X is a […]

Filed Under: Connectivity, Evaluation Boards, IoT, Products, Tools, Tracking, Wireless Tagged With: nordicsemiconductor

Teardown: Amazon 4th generation Echo Dot

December 29, 2022 By Lee Teschler

echo dot teardown

One of the latest incarnations of the Echo Dot boasts premium sound and an ability to pair up with Fire TV devices for a home theater audio experience. Construction-wise, there are usually a few changes from one generation of Echo devices to the next, and sometimes between early and later models of the same generation. […]

Filed Under: Applications, FAQ, Featured, IoT, Teardowns Tagged With: FAQ, mediatek, nordicsemiconductor, qorvo, semtech, texasinstruments

Teardown: Dr. Pocket TENS therapy pain relief kit

August 21, 2019 By Lee Teschler 2 Comments

Mr. Pocket

The electronic TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) therapy pain relief kit called Dr. Pocket uses electronic pulse stimulation via TENS to deliver electric impulses through electrodes in a pad that sits on the user’s skin. This device has multiple modes of different pulse frequencies covering transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and powered muscle stimulation which are […]

Filed Under: Featured, Teardowns Tagged With: neurometrix, nordicsemiconductor, nuvoton

Microcontroller Top Talks in March 2019 on EDABoard.com

April 2, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

microcontroller

Peer-to-peer, engineer-to-engineer questions and answers from the EDABoard.com engineering community around microcontrollers. Click the “Read more” link and follow the entire conversation and maybe add your two cents by logging in to EDAboard.com. Counting pulses from external source PIC16F877a – I am planning to do a very simple LED fading using atmega328p via Atmel Studio. […]

Filed Under: Featured, microcontroller Tagged With: analogdevicesinc, microchiptechnologyinc, nordicsemiconductor

Pre-certified LTE-M/NB-IoT SiP module opens up cellular IoT access

December 14, 2018 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

LTE-M/NB-IoT SiP module

Nordic Semiconductor announces that the first nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP) member of its nRF91 Series of cellular IoT modules will be available to all customers via its global distribution network within the next 24 hours. This includes Digi-Key Electronics, Mouser Electronics, and Premier Farnell, and others. The nRF9160 has also received GCF certification—the trusted mobile communications […]

Filed Under: Applications, Connectivity, IoT, microcontroller Tagged With: nordicsemiconductor

Study analyzes Bluetooth Low Energy under various conditions

August 23, 2018 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

Bluetooth Low Energy

Engineers at Rutronik have conducted a new study on the latest generation of Bluetooth Low Energy through a series of extensive real-world tests. Aimed at determining the communication range, data throughput, and energy consumption of the Bluetooth 5 line, the study analyzes the performance of the wireless standard under various conditions, and gives insights into the […]

Filed Under: Applications, Connectivity, Featured, Industry News Tagged With: nordicsemiconductor, rutronik

Cozmo Robot, a distant relative of Vector: Teardown

August 10, 2018 By Lee Teschler 31 Comments

cozmo glamour shot

Cozmo is a palm-sized robot from San Francisco-based Anki, the same company that makes an intelligent racing robot system called Overdrive that we’ve torn down previously. Cozmo is actually an earlier version of an Anki robot called Vector. Vector has more capabilities in the area of artificial intelligence, thanks to its use of a processor that’s […]

Filed Under: Applications, Consumer Electronics, Featured Tagged With: anki, espressifsystems, nordicsemiconductor, nxp, winbond

Pre-qualified, Bluetooth 5 protocol stack now available for download

August 14, 2017 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA today announces the immediate availability of their production-ready Bluetooth 5 software platform for the nRF52832 SoC, The S132 v5.0 and nRF5 SDK v14.0. This solution enables developers making high-performance Bluetooth 5-ready products using the nRF52832 SoC. The platform consists of the S132 v5.0 SoftDevice, a 20-link […]

Filed Under: Applications, Connectivity, Tools Tagged With: nordicsemiconductor

Top microcontroller threads on EDAboard.com — February

March 2, 2017 By Aimee Kalnoskas Leave a Comment

(editor’s note: Intrigued by the problem? Have a similar challenge? Have a question or another solution? Then click the “Read more” link and follow the conversation on EDAboard.com or log in to EDAboard and participate in the microcontroller forum thread.) External interrupt for PIC16F882  – Program for PIC16F882 MPLab X IDE is not working on […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry Experts, microcontroller Tagged With: adafruit, analogdevices, arduino, hitachi, microchiptechnology, nordicsemiconductor

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