Taoglas LDS Solutions For The Automotive Industry

Courtesy of Taoglas OBD Wireless Transceiver Model – with outer sleeve removed. Figure 1. New LDS Technology gives Taoglas a highly competitive edge in offering ultimate design freedom for customers. We support running design changes such as antenna performance tuning & optimisation. With Taoglas working closely with the customer during all stages of the design process,…

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Smart City Bigbelly uses Taoglas antennas to create “Smart Trash Cans”

Courtesy of Taoglas Technological innovation and waste and recycling management are opposing concepts for most people, but Massachusetts-based Bigbelly links the two with the help of advanced antennas from Taoglas. Recognizing the opportunities to transform one of the least efficient and most resource-intensive industries on the planet — waste and recycling management — Bigbelly launched…

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Tech Brief Aids Receiver Designers in Selecting Optimal Low Noise Amplifier MMICs

Courtesy of Custom MMIC Custom MMIC is proud to announce a new technical brief describes additional selection criteria commonly overlooked during the initial evaluation phase of an LNA. Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) MMICs are a critical component in virtually all radar, wireless communication and instrumentation systems. There are a wide range of options and tradeoffs an engineer…

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Nordic Semiconductor-powered Bluetooth Low Energy data logger provides verified cold chain monitoring of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical shipments

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor The blockchain-enabled temperature and acceleration logger from modum.io employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide data integrity for pharmaceutical supply chains using Blockchain technology Oslo, Norway 2017/10/26 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Zurich, Switzerland-based technology start-up, modum.io AG, has selected Nordic’s award-winning nRF52832 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) for its temperature logger. The…

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Bluetooth Low Energy wirelessly connected in-ear thermometer provides continuous, accurate temperature measurement of babies and children

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Cosinuss’ ‘degree°’ employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52840 advanced multiprotocol SoC to wirelessly sync temperature data to a parent’s smartphone or tablet Oslo, Norway 2017/10/25 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Munich, Germany-based body sensor company, cosinuss°, has selected Nordic’s nRF52840 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) advanced multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC) for its ‘degree°’ in-ear wearable thermometer for…

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Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) Technology

Courtesy of Taoglas Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) is a mature technology widely used in the Mobile, Automotive, Medical, Industrial and Consumer Electronics markets. It allows higher levels of functional integration and is particularly useful for high-performance antenna integration. Taoglas is now offering LDS Technology to address customer needs for smaller, higher performance products with integrated…

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Versatile GaAs MMIC Mixers Help Increase Dynamic Range of Radar and RF Communication Applications

Courtesy of Custom MMIC Custom MMIC has announced three new GaAs MMIC mixers for C-band, X-band, K-band, and Ka-band applications. The CMD251C3 fundamental mixer, CMD252C4 I/Q mixer, and CMD180 fundamental mixer deliver best-in-class isolation and conversion loss performance while offering low input power requirements. These new MMIC mixers help increase dynamic range while reducing LO power and subsequent filtering…

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Nordic Semiconductor nRF5 SDK

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor Software Development Kit for the nRF51 Series and nRF52 The nRF5 SDK provides a rich and well tested software development environment for the nRF52 Series and nRF51 Series devices. The nRF5 SDK is intended be used as a foundation for any generic Bluetooth® Low Energy, ANT or proprietary 2.4Ghz product development. New in…

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CMD251C3

Courtesy of www.everythingrf.com RF Mixer by Custom MMIC The CMD251C3 from Custom MMIC is a general purpose double balanced mixer with a RF/LO frequency from 4 to 8.5 GHz. It has a low conversion loss of 7 dB, high LO to RF isolation of 45 dB, and a high input P1dB of 21 dBm across the bandwidth. The…

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