Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Advanced performance Bluetooth5/ANT/2.4GHz proprietary SoC Active The nRF52832 SoC is a powerful, highly flexible ultra-low power multiprotocol SoC ideally suited for Bluetooth® low energy (previously called Bluetooth Smart), ANT and 2.4GHz ultra low-power wireless applications. The nRF52832 SoC is built around a 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M4F CPU with 512kB + 64kB RAM. The…
The PPT975-300LP from Aeroflex/Inmet (API Technologies) is a flanged termination that operates from DC to 4 GHz. The termination can handle up to 300 W of average power and has a VSWR of 1.25:1. The termination has a nickel plated copper flange material, is matched to 50 ohms and can operate at temperature range from…
Courtesy of everything RF The BAL-0006SMG from Marki Microwave is a surface mount broadband balun (Balanced to Unbalanced Transformer) that operates from 500 kHz to 6 GHz.It transforms a 50 ohm input in to a 100 ohm Differential output. The balun has an insertion loss of under 7 dB, an isolation of 8 dB and…
Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor The ‘Apex’ gamepad from China’s Flydigi employs Nordic’s nRF51 Series SoCs to bring conventional controller interface to mobile-based games Oslo, Norway 2017/12/21 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Shanghai, China-based mobile game controller developer, Shanghai Flydigi Electronics Tech. Co., Ltd (Flydigi), has released its ‘Apex’ gamepad, employing Nordic’s multiple award-winning Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth…
Low-latency link between personal safety device and smartphone app allows the wearer to contact ‘guardians’ via a single button press in emergency situations Oslo, Norway 2017/12/14 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Kwema, a Massachusetts, U.S.-based technology start-up, has employed Nordic’s Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC) to add wireless connectivity to two newly-launched jewelry collections….
Courtesy of Taoglas Applications for GNSS in IoT There are many applications for precision embedded GNSS antennas for IoT. Obvious uses would include mobile applications such fleet tracking and pay as you go insurance while other applications may not seem as obvious. For instance, using GPS to uniquely identify a specific trash compactor, smart garbage can or…
Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Nordic’s single-board Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth Low Energy sensor kit recognized by industry-leading ACE Awards with win in highly-competitive category Oslo, Norway 2017/12/13 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that its Nordic Thingy:52 IoT Sensor Kit has been named winner of the highly-competitive “Development Kit” category by the judges of the Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE)…
Courtesy of everything RF The TGA4548-SM from Qorvo is a high frequency, high power MMIC amplifier developed on Qorvo’s production 0.15um GaN on SiC process (QGaN15). The amplifier operates from 17 to 20 GHz with an output power of 10 watts and a gain of 22 dB with a PAE of 30%. The TGA4548-SM also has…
Courtesy of u-blox Super‑E, developed by u-blox, is short for Super‑Efficient: Super-E is an intelligent power mode that reduces overall power consumption without impacting positioning performance. It uses only the minimal resources required for tracking and maintaining an accurate position, as opposed to the full‑power operation, which always tries to maximize positioning performance. https://www.u-blox.com/en/super-e-technology
Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Nordic Semiconductor ASA (NOD) today announced that it has started lead customer sampling of its nRF91 Series LTE-M/ NB-IoT low power cellular IoT solution. Oslo, Norway 2017/12/11 As part of the lead customer-sampling program, Nordic has achieved its first approval for operation in live network of a leading cellular operator. Certification testing…
