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Nordic-powered Bluetooth low energy development platform simplifies design of mesh wireless lighting control solutions for OEMs

Posted on September 14, 2017By RF Design

Based on Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC, the credit card-sized ‘ICAST IoT Bridge’ from Shoreline IoT delivers an affordable, software-customizable and rapidly deployable IoT lighting solution Oslo, norway 2017/09/13 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Los Gatos, CA-based, Shoreline IoT, has selected Nordic’s award-winning nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its ICAST IoT Bridge, a key component in a…

Industry’s lowest power GNSS SiP targeting small battery powered devices

Posted on September 13, 2017By RF Design

Thalwil, Switzerland – September 11, 2017 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, today announced the latest member of its ZOE‑M8 series of ultra‑small GNSS SiPs. The ZOE‑M8B is industry’s most power efficient GNSS System‑in‑Package (SiP) available for small battery powered consumer devices. It combines superior performance with ultra‑low power to deliver…

u-blox: The Ideal Technology Partner for Wearables

Posted on September 12, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of u-blox Wearable devices cover a diverse range of applications, but with many common needs. u-blox delivers best-in-class location, short range and wide area connectivity to meet these needs. Furthermore, we offer intelligent fusion of location and sensor information to deliver value-added applications and services. Sensing At the heart of this wide range of…

Taoglas Launches High-Precision, Multiband GNSS Antennas

Posted on September 12, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Taoglas New antenna range includes L1/L2 and L1/L5 to help enhance RF performance for applications that require highly accurate location capabilities, including Connected Car SAN DIEGO, California – September 07, 2017 – Taoglas, today launched a range of multiband high-performance GNSS antennas specifically designed to power the next generation of applications that require highly accurate location capabilities,…

A super‑efficient GPS module could become a game changer for fitness trackers

Posted on September 11, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of u-blox Ever since the Nike+ FuelBand came out in 2012, proving the appeal of wrist‑based activity tracking, the category has exploded. Nowadays, a whole industry has emerged around this market, led by brands like Fitbit and Xiaomi. Whereas early fitness trackers could get by on simple activity monitoring using a basic accelerometer, nowadays…

Nordic Semiconductor-powered Bluetooth low energy modules ease design of Bluetooth 5 wireless solutions for space-constrained IoT applications

Posted on September 8, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Raytac’s ‘MDBT42V modules’ employ Nordic’s nRF52832 WL-CSP SoC to deliver reliable long-range wireless connectivity and good RF performance in a compact form factor Oslo, Norway 2017/09/07 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Taiwan-based Raytac Corporation has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 wafer level-chip scale package (WL-CSP) System-on-Chip (SoC) for its compact Bluetooth low energy, Bluetooth® 5…

Taoglas Launches First-Ever Ultra-Wideband Antenna Range

Posted on September 8, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Taoglas The flex and chip UWB antennas work with the DecaWave DW1000 chip for specific indoor positioning applications SAN DIEGO, California – September 6, 2017 – Taoglas, a leading provider of IoT and M2M antenna products, today launched an industry-first range of small-form-factor ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas specifically designed to enable centimeter-level positioning and angle-of-arrival applications, including asset tracking, follow-me drones,…

u-blox certifies world’s smallest quad-band LTE-M module for AT&T’s US and Mexico networks

Posted on September 7, 2017By RF Design

Thalwil, Switzerland – September 6, 2017 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, today announced certification of its SARA‑R410M module on AT&T’s LTE‑M network to support a broad spectrum of IoT applications, such as utility meters, telematics, asset & vehicle tracking, security systems, building automation, as well as smart lighting solutions and…

Taoglas Launches First-Ever Ultra-Wideband Antenna Range for Centimeter-Level Indoor Positioning

Posted on September 7, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Business Wire, Inc. and Taoglas Works with DecaWave to deliver flexible and chip UWB antenna specifically designed for indoor applications September 06, 2017 08:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN DIEGO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Taoglas, a leading provider of IoT and M2M antenna products, today launched an industry-first range of small-form-factor ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas specifically designed to enable centimeter-level positioning and…

New Products: Qorvo’s innovative RF portfolio of front-end modules

Posted on September 6, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Qorvo Announcing the latest additions to Qorvo’s innovative RF portfolio of front-end modules, which serve a range of Wi-Fi connectivity applications. These high-performance solutions simplify RF for designers worldwide and are available at Qorvo’s authorized channel partners. 5GHz Wi-Fi Front-End Module QPF4538 Features Bandwidth: 4900-5925MHz Low power consumption: ~0.5W Pout: +17.5dBm MCS9 VHT80 -35dB DEVM…

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