u-blox’s cellular module for industrial applications certified by SK Telecom The SARA‑R410M‑73B LTE‑M modules secure the IoT from end to end. Thalwil, Switzerland, and Seoul, South Korea – January 3, 2020 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, today announced certification of its SARA‑R410M‑73B module for South Korea on SK Telecom’s LTE‑M cellular network. The module series...
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Nordic Semiconductor samples nRF21540 RF Front End Module – a ‘plug and play’ range extender for its short-range wireless portfolio The nRF21540 RF Front End Module is a range extender optimized to boost the link budget of Nordic’s nRF52 and nRF53 Series advanced multiprotocol wireless SoCs. When combined with an nRF52 Series SoC, the nRF21540...
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Industrial automation to become more challenging, more powerful with 5G By countering fragmentation, next generation cellular technology will enable new business critical applications. Private LTE networks already let early adopters benefit today. 5G is about to lift industrial automation to new heights. Of course the next generation of cellular communications technology will further fuel the trend of...
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RF Test Equipment Series: Oscilloscopes An Oscilloscope is an essential piece of electrical test equipment, but has a somewhat limited use with RF circuits and systems compared to digital and analog circuits. In many cases an RF engineer will default to using a spectrum analyzer for frequency domain measurements and a network analyzer to measure...
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Higher security programming language alternative, Rust, could eliminate many common IoT device vulnerabilities and is demo’d running on Nordic nRF9160 SiP According to U.K. based product development and engineering consultancy, 42 Technology, Rust is a very-high-performance alternative to common systems programming languages such as C and C++ because it avoids the memory safety issues that...
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Future Electronics and u-blox enter into Americas distribution agreement Thalwil, Switzerland, and Montreal, QC, Canada – December 11, 2019 - u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Future Electronics (Future), a leading global distributor of electronic components, for the promotion and...
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Marki Microwave New Releases: Lowest Phase Noise Amplifier and 2-22GHz SMT Mixer Latest Low Phase Noise 2-29GHz LO Amplifier Optimized for Marki Mixers Our quest to eradicate phase noise continues with the new APM-6849 LO amplifier, available as bare die or connectorized module. To enable the next generation of noise-sensitive applications including radar, wireless chipset testing,...
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Custom MMIC CMD284P4 DC-22 GHz (S, C, X, Ku and K-band) Distributed Amplifier The CMD284P4 is a wideband GaAs MMIC distributed amplifier housed in a leadless 4x4 mm plastic surface mount package. The amplifier operates from DC to 22 GHz and delivers 17 dB of gain with a corresponding output 1 dB compression point of...
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Qorvo Supports US Network Rollouts with Compact 5G Antenna Technology NEW MMWAVE GAAS FEM ENABLES ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR 5G NETWORKS Greensboro, NC, November 25, 2019 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, has made it easier to develop 5G base stations that operate in band n258 – from 24.25...
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Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth LE tracking system enables construction management to monitor staff and assets in ‘real time’ APS’ employee and asset tracking system employs Nordic’s nRF52840 SoC to deliver long range mesh-based location solution Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Israel-based APS has selected Nordic’s nRF52840 Bluetooth® 5/Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) advanced multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC), and...
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