A SMARTNER™ WAY

Qorvo is your smart RF partner in building tomorrow’s connected world. Every day Qorvo helps customers build a better world. We love partnering on the toughest RF problems. Think of us as your Smartner™ — your smart RF partner. We have all the RF smarts and solutions in one company, to solve any connectivity challenge customers…

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APEC 2017 brings in new products from Knowles Capacitors

APEC 2017 will see Knowles Capacitors exhibiting a range of new and updated products from its Syfer, Novacap and DLI brands. Visitors to booth 739 will have the chance to see range extensions in AEC-Q200 qualified products, new thin film technology and high reliability capacitors. Syfer branded AEC-Q200 approved ranges offer a voltage rating of…

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Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 supports the Bluetooth5 features Long Range, High throughput and Advertising Extensision

nRF52840 Advanced multi-protocol SoC supporting Bluetooth 5/ANT/ 802.15.4/ 2.4GHz proprietary Active The nRF52840 is an advanced multi-protocol SoC ideally suited for ultra low-power wireless applications. The nRF52840 SoC is built around a 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M4F CPU with 1MB flash and 256kB RAM on chip. The embedded 2.4GHz transceiver supports Bluetooth® low energy (Bluetooth 5), 802.15.4,…

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u-blox NINA-W1 – the most secure Wi‑Fi IoT modules for industrial markets

The u-blox NINA-W1 series of stand-alone Wi-Fi modules offers exceptional security features, making them particularly valuable in demanding applications that require secure wireless connectivity. NINA-W1’s secure Wi-Fi connectivity can: • connect video cameras to alarm centers, • gather information for improved healthcare monitoring, • increase flexibility through point-of-sale device mobility, • make industrial connected tools…

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Bluetooth bus ticketing trial in Britain

By Pär Håkansson – Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor, March 22, 2017 Bus passengers in a town in northern England are testing a mobile ticketing system that uses Bluetooth beacons and a smartphone app instead of buying a ticket. Mobile ticketing on buses around the world is nothing new, but most solutions still require the user to…

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Antennas for millimeter wave solutions

“Anything is possible! Around the world, people are gaining the power to create new communities, engage across boundaries, make the world more inclusive, and change the way we do business. Transformation is happening everywhere and in every culture, country, and industry”, extract from www.ericsson.com February 2nd, 2017. End-user behavior and technology development interacts, iterates and increase…

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New Tech Brief Covering How Phase Noise Effects Radar and Communications Systems by Custom MMIC

Custom MMIC is offering a free technical brief, “Addressing Your Phase Noise Challenges in Radar and Communication Systems,” illuminating key aspects of how phase noise impacts signal quality in radar and communication systems. Additionally, the tech brief provides some insight into product solutions that can be used in radar and communication systems that are phase…

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Nordic Semiconductor launches its first Thread networking solution via a new Thread SDK for its nRF52840 multi-protocol SoC that supports both Bluetooth low energy and IEEE 802.15.4

The Nordic Semiconductor ‘nRF5 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Thread’ is a complete smart home/home IoT-targeted solution based on OpenThread – the only open-source implementation of the Thread networking protocol, released by Nest Labs – to which Nordic Semiconductor is actively contributing R&D expertise Oslo, Norway 2017/03/14 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that it has launched…

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Crowd tracking: Finding a needle in a haystack

By Alf Helge Omre March 15, 2017 Nearables are helping to prevent the loss of valuable items, but what happens when you move out of range? Crowd tracking is an interesting possibility. There’s still a lot needed to make it work, but a high-density crowd tracking solution taking advantage of proximity technology is within reach….

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Great solution for GPS sports watches

GPS  running watches such as Garmin Forerunner, Tomtom Spark or Polar M400, make up one of the fastest‑growing segments of the wearable device market, and for good reason. While simple wrist‑based fitness trackers need to tether to a smartphone for positioning and distance information, GPS watches have onboard GNSS reception. For runners, hikers, and other…

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