The first launch to place Iridium Next satellites into orbit was successfully completed yesterday at 1754 GMT from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 10 communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, is the first of 7 flights that will loft 70 of the 860 kilogram satellites that will comprise the…
The Nordic nRF51822 SoC enables wireless remote control and programming of the Mi Bunny MITU robot from a smartphone or tablet computer Oslo, Norway 2017/01/19 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that China-based robotic toy developer, Beijing IQI Technology, a subsidiary of smartphone giant Xiaomi, has selected Nordic’s multiple award-winning nRF51822 Bluetooth® low energy (previously known as…
Small Size, Sub $10 Price, Highly Secure and Cloud Ready Munich, Germany, Nov. 8, 2016 — Connect One™, the Device Networking Authority™, is introducing the first Wi-Fi module in its next-generation family of 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi modules for the Internet of Things (IoT) market. Network and cloud connectivity is continuing to be a must-have ability for…
ConnectSense sensors provide accurate and immediate reporting of changes in environmental variables employing Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide wireless connectivity Oslo, Norway 2017/01/18 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Naperville, IL-based home automation manufacturer, Grid Connect Inc, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its ‘ConnectSense’ Wireless Temperature and Humidity and Water Sensor…
Today, asset tracking is a dynamic market with a very wide variety of use cases, taking advantage of almost all available wireless technologies John Leonard 2017/01/11 The asset-tracking sector has evolved rapidly since mobile phone networks provided the platform for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Today, asset tracking is a dynamic market with a very wide variety…
It seems almost laughable now to think that voice was the driving force behind the development of the original telecommunications services. How surprised those early pioneers of telephony and telegraphy, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi, would be to find teenagers wandering around, mobile phone in hand, downloading and watching videos as they…
The WDK1.0 DK from ON Semiconductor employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide a complete hardware and software solution for Bluetooth low energy wearable applications Oslo, Norway 2017/01/16 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Phoenix, AZ-based ON Semiconductor has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its Wearable Development Kit (WDK1.0). The WDK1.0 provides a…
Although people intuitively see the human body and mind as somehow distinct from the hard machinery of science and engineering, the healthcare industry has always been an early adopter of the new technologies – from the first surgical tools and prosthetic limbs to more recent innovations, like MRI scans, heart pacemakers and wearable monitoring devices….
HIGH-THROUGHPUT 5 GHZ AND 2.4 GHZ FEMS SUPPORT NEWEST GENERATION OF WI-FI DEVICES GREENSBORO, NC – January 4, 2017 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq:QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, has introduced a new family of 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi Front-End Modules (FEMs) that pave the way for smaller, more…
Courtesy of www.mspoweruser.com The Bluetooth SIG recently released the final spec for the new Bluetooth 5 standard to OEMs, and Nordic Semiconductor has been one of the first companies to engineer it in their products. They have now posted a video demonstrating the much improved range due to the new spec, which gives you up to 4…
