u‑blox announces ultra-compact, feature-rich Bluetooth low energy SiP for industrial and indoor positioning applications ANNA-B4 features Bluetooth long range, Thread and Zigbee, as well as Bluetooth direction finding, with operating temperatures up to 105 °C. Thalwil, Switzerland – October 19, 2021 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a leading global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, has announced...
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Marki Microwave New IQ Mixers Designed for Quantum Computing High Performance Low Drive IQ Mixer Designed for Quantum Computing The MMIQ-0416L IQ mixer provides exceptional performance over a wide 4 to 16 GHz bandwidth. With 58dB of LO-RF isolation and excellent phase and amplitude balance this IQ mixer is ideal for quantum computing as well...
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Nordic Semiconductor and Edge Impulse bring accessible Machine Learning to cellular IoT solutions With Nordic and Edge Impulse’s easy-to-use development tools, designers can now add TinyML—a very efficient form of embedded machine learning (ML)—to their nRF9160 SiP cellular IoT prototypes Nordic Semiconductor today announces that together with design partner Edge Impulse (San Jose, CA), it...
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Bird debuts cutting edge smart sidewalk protection Bird and u‑blox team to meet demand for integrated, precise smart sidewalk protection solution Los Angeles, CA and Thalwil, Switzerland - October 13, 2021 – Bird, the leader in environmentally friendly electric transportation, today announced the first-of-its-kind smart sidewalk protection technology - a sensor fusion solution - designed and developed in partnership...
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Southwest Microwave Precision Adapters | Achieve Near Metrology Grade Performance for Less Within- and between-series precision adapters from Southwest Microwave are economical solutions that deliver near metrology grade VSWR and insertion loss performance for applications not requiring phase matching. Cost-effective solution for critical production and testing Ideal as connector savers for Hi-Rel applications without compromising...
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222430-00SF Between Series RF Adapter by Southwest Microwave The 222430-00SF from Southwest Microwave is an RF coaxial adapter that operates from DC to 90 GHz. This 1.35 mm plug (male) to 1 mm jack (female) adapter has a low insertion loss, leakage of less than -100 dB, and VSWR of less than 1.28:1. It is available in...
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Uses for Matching Pads The terms Impedance Matching Pads, resistive impedance transformers, or minimum loss pads all refer to the same RF components that solve a relatively common problem in some applications that have equipment, components, and devices at different standard impedances. For example, many broadcast, TV, and military communication systems use 75 ohms as...
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Coilcraft New EMI Power Choke Impedance Finder Tool Find off-the-shelf, high-current, high-impedance inductors forvarious types of EMI filters, such as LC low-pass filters, “Pi” filters, “T” filters, and others Quickly analyze and compare one or more part numbers of your choice Review performance curves at your desired frequency, including L vs. F and Z vs. F Coilcraft’s...
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Facebook chooses u‑blox timing technology to speed up their data centers Facebook has open-sourced the design of their Time Card, which features the ultra-precise u‑blox ZED-F9T timing module, providing easy access to nanosecond-level timing. Thalwil, Switzerland – October 5, 2021 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a leading global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, has announced that...
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Getting started with RTLS RTLS (real-time location systems) explained in 6 minutes (or a little more, if you want all the details). Imagine two competing businesses. The first has real-time data on its moving parts: people, parts, products, etc. The second one doesn’t. It isn’t hard to guess which of the two can operate more...
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