Nordic-powered wearable running pod offers Bluetooth low energy wireless connectivity to bring real-time improvements in performance and reduce injury

‘Lumo Run’ employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832, a powerful Bluetooth low energy SoC, to deliver in-run audio and visual form correction cues via partner iOS app Oslo, Norway 2016/11/03 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Palo Alto, CA-based sports performance technology company, Lumo Bodytech, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy (previously known as Bluetooth Smart) System-on-Chip…

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China smartphone giant, Xiaomi, launches world’s most competitively-priced mobile VR headset with Nordic nRF52832 SoC-based wireless motion controller

US$30 ‘Xiaomi Mi VR’ extends the reach of mobile VR in burgeoning China market, enhancing user experience by including Nordic Bluetooth low energy wireless motion controller enabling users to freely interact with the virtual world Oslo, Norway 2016/11/04 Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor today announces that the world’s fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer, Beijing-based…

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A Match Made in IoT: How Bluetooth® Smart and LoRaWAN™ Technologies can be Joined to Dramatically Change the Range of Wireless IoT Implementations

Jonathan Kaye – Director of Product Management – Connectivity Solutions, Laird  – Courtesy of www.design.avnet.com Every product engineer I know is up to their eyeballs in IoT (Internet of Things) design projects. Their pipeline is full of initiatives related to designing and deploying ultra-low power wireless devices and networks of devices for every industry under the…

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Nordic Semiconductor demonstrates IoT, mesh, smart remote control, and more Bluetooth low energy development tools at electronica 2016

Nordic showcases IPv6 over Bluetooth low energy and NFC ‘touch-to-connect’ using the Arduino Primo, development tools to support forthcoming Bluetooth mesh technology, and nRF52 Series-based smart remote at leading European electronic component event Oslo, Norway 2016/11/02 Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor today announces it will be demonstrating its latest Bluetooth® low energy…

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Real Time Kinematics (RTK) technology by u-blox

High precision positioning can be achieved by combining Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou, with Real Time Kinematics (RTK) technology. RTK is a technique that uses the receiver’s measurements from the phase of the signal’s carrier wave. These measurements combined with corrections from a local “base” station or virtual…

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Taoglas Guardian MA930 6in1 Adhesive Mount LTE*2, Wi-Fi*2, GNSS + Satellite L Band Antenna

Part No.: MA930.W.A.LBICGJ.005 Product Name: MA930 Guardian 6in1 Adhesive Mount Antenna LTE*2+Wi-Fi*2+GNSS+Satellite L Band Antenna Low-Profile Housing 2* LTE MIMO 698-960MHz/1710-2170MHz/ 2490-2690MHz/ 3300-3600MHz 2* Wi-Fi MIMO 2.4GHz/5.8GHz 1* GPS-GLONASS-BeiDou Antenna 1* Satellite L Band Antenna Worldwide 4G Bands including 3G and 2G IP67 Waterproof Resistant Enclosure Dims: 146*134*20mm Product Links The MA930 Guardian is a…

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3G SARA click

Courtesy of www.mikroe.com 3G SARA click is a mikroBUS™ add-on board with the smallest UMTS/HSPA cellular modem available today – the u-blox U201, from the award-winning SARA series. The board has everything you need to add 3G to your devices and make them respond and react to phone calls and messages – or send/receive data at speeds…

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Tiny robots for swarm robotics research using nRF51422

www.devzone.nordicsemi.com mROBerTO (milli-ROBot-TOronto) is a small modular millirobot designed and implemented for swarm robotics research. It was first featured in the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). It consists of an nRF51422 as its main system-on-chip and has various sensors such as a camera, proximity/ambient light sensors, IMUs, and IR. It…

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u-blox NEO-M8P high precision GNSS module

The NEO-M8P module combines the high performance u-blox M8 positioning engine with u-blox’s Real Time Kinematic (RTK) technology. The NEO-M8P provides cm-level GNSS performance designed to meet the needs of unmanned vehicles and other machine control applications requiring high precision guidance. www.u-blox.com/en

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