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Wearable monitor offers Nordic-powered multiprotocol wireless connectivity to provide detailed heart rate and activity analytics

Posted on April 25, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor The ‘LifeTrak ZoomHRV’ from Salutron employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF51422 multiprotocol ANT+ and Bluetooth low energy SoC to deliver fitness and exercise recovery data to smartphones, tablets, and ANT+ devices Oslo, Norway 2017/04/24 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Newark, CA-based activity monitoring solutions company Salutron Inc., has selected the nRF51422 multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC)…

Why does Smart Metering need next‑generation cellular technology?

Posted on April 24, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of u-blox Smart metering is not the most obvious application for next‑generation cellular technology. Utility meters don’t need the high data speeds of up to 100Mbps that are designed for consumer mobile video streaming. The amounts of sent data are small, the speed of transmission is not critical and low power operation is desirable….

Nordic Bluetooth low energy-powered designer jewelry doubles as smart personal safety device for women in emergency situations

Posted on April 21, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of www.nordicsemi.com IVY’ from Smartfuture employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to allow the user to trigger a smartphone alarm, or notify a ‘guardian’ in the event their personal safety is threatened Oslo, Norway 2017/04/20 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Singapore-based technology start-up, Smartfuture Pte Ltd, has launched its ‘IVY’ smart jewelry, designed as a dual fashion…

u-blox 3D Automotive Dead Reckoning technology

Posted on April 20, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of www.u-blox.com Increasingly dense urban environments, park houses and multi‑level interchanges pose a significant problem to navigation systems based on the reception of extremely weak satellite navigation signals. As ever more systems (e.g. car navigation, road pricing, fleet management, emergency services, etc.) depend on reliable, uninterrupted positioning and navigation, “3‑Dimensional Dead Reckoning” GNSS, the ability…

GaAs or GaN: Best Choice for Highly Linear Mixers?

Posted on April 19, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Marki Microwave Everywhere you look in the microwave industry press or at the international microwave symposium you see one topic mentioned over and over again: Gallium Nitride (GaN). There is presently a gold rush in the industry to produce new varieties of products in GaN. The wide bandgap and high electron mobility of GaN…

Ultra-low Noise Amplifier (LNA) MMICs Designed with the RF / Microwave Engineer in Mind

Posted on April 18, 2017By RF Design

Custom MMIC has developed high performance, GaAs and GaN RF / Microwave ultra-low noise amplifiers (LNAs) to meet stringent design requirements for low bias current, low bias voltage, extremely low noise figure, high gain and broadband operation. They’re available from 2 to 45 GHz (L through Q band), and come in ultra-small die and small QFN packages. With…

Qorvo Mobile Wi-Fi

Posted on April 12, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Qorvo – Visit www.qorvo.com for more details MIMO and 802.11ac present several new challenges for next-generation handset designs. Qorvo’s mobile Wi-Fi portfolio offers complete RF solutions to address the rapid expansion of consumer and enterprise Wi-Fi, and to solve challenges raised by 802.11 implementation such as the transition from 1×1 SISO to 2×2 MIMO. Powered…

Bluetooth low energy smart sportswatch tracks distance covered, steps taken, and calories burned via partner iOS and Android smartphone app

Posted on April 12, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor – Visit www.nordicsemi.com to read the full article The new ‘H03 Pro-N’ smart sportswatch from Trasense International uses Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 SoC to wirelessly report a range of exercise metrics Oslo, Norway 2017/04/11 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that China-based smart wearables company, Trasense International, has launched its ‘H03 Pro-N’ smart sportswatch, employing Nordic’s…

Security gets FASTR for automotive

Posted on April 10, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of u-blox blog – By Patrick Mannion With automobiles generating gigabytes of data, FASTR has a plan to secure that data while ensuring user privacy, but it needs help. In a connected world, very few worthwhile things can happen in isolation, and this is particularly true of automotive security and privacy. That’s why the Future of…

Taking a deeper dive into Bluetooth 5

Posted on April 10, 2017By RF Design

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor The first in a series of blogs that will help educate on what is most important about Bluetooth 5 and take you deeper into the details of how it works and how you can benefit most from using it. Taking Bluetooth further, faster Bluetooth 5 has been with us for a…

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