Autonomous vehicle’s Lego blocks take shape

Courtesy of www.electronicspecifier.com As technology races ahead, government is doing its best to remove obstacles for fully autonomous vehicles to hit the road, soon: 25,000 lives depend on it. While it’s encouraging for the automotive industry that President Obama would propose a 10‑year, $4bn investment to accelerate the development and adoption of safe driverless vehicles, the…

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Designing what matters for the Internet of Things

Courtesy of www.iot-now.com Tony Milbourn, vice president of Corporate Strategy, u-blox As the IoT unfolds it’s critical, says Tony Milbourn of u-blox, not to lose track of what really matters and to provide the technologies, modules and security to keep them robust and reliable.   In April 2011, Cisco IBSG predicted that 25 billion devices would…

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Wearables could help manage children with autism

www.blog.nordicsemi.com If you have a child with autism, you’ll know just how stressful stimulation overload can be. Wearable technology could soon help anticipate an episode and allow parents to remove the child from a stressful situation. Although the exact nature of stimulation overload is different for every child on the autism spectrum, wearables can be used…

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Nordic Semiconductor smart remote control reference design marries unparalleled voice input performance with ultra-low power consumption

The ‘nRFready Smart Remote 3 for nRF52 Series’ is a complete state-of-the-art hardware and software single chip Bluetooth low energy reference design featuring voice input speech recognition control, digital mic option, keyboard matrix, 6-axis motion sensing, multi-touch trackpad, infrared LED, NFC touch-to-pair, and on-board buzzer implementing the Bluetooth low energy Find Me Profile Oslo, Norway…

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New release: nRF5 SDK for HomeKit v3.0

nRF5 SDK for HomeKit Software Development Kit for HomeKit solutions OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION The nRF5 SDK for HomeKit combined with the nRF52 Series Bluetooth® Smart SoCs provide developers with a unique solution for HomeKit products that meets all requirements on size, power consumption and performance. A highly optimized solution, it enables single chip implementations, running HomeKit…

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Make versus buy in the design of wearable devices

In the PC age, the computers we used the most were found on our desk tops. Now, the computers we use the most are carried, as smartphones. Soon there will be a proliferation of worn devices; moving beyond today’s Bluetooth headsets, fitness wristbands, chest straps and smart watches, to other forms and functions, including embedding…

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Broadband Solutions for the network of the future

Qorvo joins together the products and innovation of TriQuint and RFMD, and is a leading supplier for the wired broadband market. Qorvo offers best-in-class, end-to-end solutions to support DOCSIS 3.1 high performance broadband; GaAs; GaN; silicon-based high-power CATV hybrid amplifiers, as well as MMIC amplifiers, analog/digital attenuators, switches and fiber optic components for broadband customer…

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u-blox increased profitability and continues growth

2016 Half year highlights Revenues increased to CHF 179.7 million, up 11.0% compared to exceptional strong H1 2015 EBIT improved by 12.3% to CHF 27.8 million, a 15.5% margin Cash flow from operating activities rose 27.9% to CHF 26.3 million Net profit increased by 23.6% to CHF 18.5 million improving net profit margin to 10.3%…

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