Bluetooth Low Energy Nordic Semiconductor-powered wireless switch creates power and lighting control points anywhere in the home

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor iDevices’ ‘Instant Switch’ uses Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to wirelessly activate other iDevices smart switches, plugs, and sockets around the home for customized control Oslo, Norway 2018/03/01 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Avon, CT-based, connected home industry leader, iDevices®, has launched ‘Instant Switch™’, which allows the user to create additional power or lighting…

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Qorvo® Enables Rapid Deployment of Narrowband IoT

Courtesy of Qorvo EXTENSIVE PORTFOLIO SUPPORTS 900 MHZ BASE STATION DEPLOYMENTS FOR CELLULAR IOT BARCELONA, SPAIN – February 28, 2018 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq:QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, is enabling network providers to more easily deploy the Internet of Things (IoT) by adding greater connectivity to existing mobile cellular networks. Qorvo’s…

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Taoglas Launches Revolutionary Lightweight, Rugged Antennas for Automotive, Drone Markets

Courtesy of Taoglas Polymer-based Terrablast™ patch antennas 30% lighter than ceramic antennas, designed to be impact-resistant BARCELONA, SPAIN – February 28, 2018 – Taoglas, a leading provider of IoT and automotive antenna and RF solutions, today at Mobile World Congress 2018 introduced its patent-pending Terrablast™ range of antennas, a revolutionary, polymer-based series of patch antennas that are 30 percent lighter…

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Coilcraft to Announce New High-voltage Coupled Inductors at APEC 2018

Courtesy of Coilcraft For Editorial Use: Word Doc  |   Image Coilcraft Press Room Cary, IL, USA – Coilcraft will debut its new LPD8035V Series of miniature, high-voltage 1:1 coupled inductors at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) being held March 4-8 in San Antonio, Texas. The LPD8035V provides 1500 Vrms, one-minute isolation (hipot) between windings from a package that measures just…

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Taoglas and Adant Launch Software-Defined Antenna to Drive 100% Increase in Throughput, Coverage

Courtesy of Taoglas Groundbreaking, software-based beam-steering technology allows Taoglas Shift antenna to dynamically adjust in real time to locate best signal BARCELONA, SPAIN – February 26, 2018 – Taoglas, a leading provider of IoT and automotive antenna and RF solutions, in partnership with Adant, a leading provider of smart antenna technology, today at Mobile World Congress 2018…

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Wearable connected smart button employs Bluetooth Low Energy wireless connectivity to receive and display dynamic content with low latency

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Nordic’s Bluetooth LE nRF52832 SoC powers the ‘BEAM Smart Button’, allowing users to transmit images, slideshows, and GIFs to their wearable device Oslo, Norway 2018/02/23 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that BEAM Authentic Inc., a San Francisco, U.S.-based smart technology company, has selected Nordic’s Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide…

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Qorvo® Introduces RF Fusion™ Front End Module Solution with Breakthrough Functional Integration

Courtesy of Qorvo LEVERAGES QORVO’S BAW FILTER TECHNOLOGY, MULTIPLEXER DESIGN, AND SYSTEM-LEVEL EXPERTISE TO DELIVER LOW-, MID- AND HIGH-BAND COVERAGE IN TWO COMPACT PLACEMENTS BARCELONA, SPAIN – February 26, 2018 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq:QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, today announced a new generation of RF Fusion™ RF front end (RFFE) modules that…

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u-blox announces u-blox F9 robust and versatile high precision positioning technology for industrial and automotive applications

Courtesy of u-blox Thalwil, Switzerland – February 22, 2018 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, has announced the u‑blox F9 technology platform, delivering high precision positioning solutions for mass market industrial and automotive applications. The platform combines multi‑band Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology with dead reckoning, high precision algorithms,…

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UWB/Bluetooth Low Energy module supports out-of-the-box advanced real time location applications potentially employing thousands of tags

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor DecaWave UWB technology combines with Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth LE solution to support prototyping, testing, and implementation of accurate, reliable Real Time Location Systems without the need for extensive RF expertise Oslo, Norway 2018/02/22 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that DecaWave, a Dublin, Ireland-based fabless semiconductor company, has selected Nordic’s award-winning Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth…

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