Nordic-powered Bluetooth low energy Toothbrush Tail helps users monitor and improve quality of teeth brushing via partner iOS or Android app

32teeth’s Toothbrush Tail employs nRF52832 SoC to provide application’s demanding wireless connectivity and processing requirements Oslo, Norway 2016/10/19 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Shenzhen, China-based oral health technology company, 32teeth, has launched a smart toothbrush solution called the ‘Toothbrush Tail’. The Toothbrush Tail teaches users to correctly brush their teeth, employing Nordic’s nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC)…

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The Connected Industry and the Internet of Things that Really Matter – Part I

www.u-blox.com Whether it’s called the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) or Industrie 4.0, the sensing, communication and analysis of data toward improving processes and outcomes is transforming industries from manufacturing and healthcare to transportation, fleet management, mining and agriculture. While much of the attention has been place on acquiring as much raw data as possible,…

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Different technologies needed to support diversity of applications that will make the IoT market

Courtesy of www.iot-now.com Robin Duke-Woolley, the chief executive ofBeecham Research, met Thomas Seiler, the chief executive of u-blox, a provider of wireless semiconductors and modules for consumer, automotive and industrial markets, at the CTIA show in September 2016. They discussed emerging low power wireless technologies, the direction of the industry and u-blox’s future plans. Robin Duke-Woolley:…

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Nordic Power Profiler Kit allows easy and affordable power measurement during embedded software development with nRF51 and nRF52 Bluetooth low energy SoCs

The Power Profiler Kit is a development tool designed to allow embedded software engineers to profile power consumption of embedded solutions during development. This can be done easily at a cost low enough to allow every engineer to have a kit on their desk Oslo, Norway 2016/10/13 Nordic Semiconductor today announces the availability of its…

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Getting started with Radar

Courtesy of www.siversima.com If you are looking for innovative solutions to measure distances or speed, radar sensors might be the right solution for you. With this technology dusty, smoky or foggy environments will not prevent you from getting precise results. With remote sensing you can acquire information about an object without direct contact.  Radar Development Kit gives…

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Nordic Semiconductor Bluetooth low energy-powered dual actuator provides wireless remote control and operation of electrically-adjustable beds

LINAK TWINDRIVE TD4 dual actuator employs Nordic’s nRF51822 SoC to allow manufacturers to design beds controllable from a smartphone or tablet Oslo, Norway 2016/10/12 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Danish electric linear actuator system manufacturer, LINAK, has selected Nordic’s multiple award-winning nRF51822 Bluetooth® low energy (previously known as Bluetooth Smart) System-on-Chip (SoC) for its new…

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PE41901 Image Reject Mixer

www.psemi.com The PE41901 is a passive double-balanced, Ku band mixer with image rejection. It integrates two mixers, a local oscillator (LO) path 90-degree coupler and RF port baluns on a single die. Integrating these functions provides good image rejection, reduces LO leakage and improves LO to RF isolation. This mixer operates with single-ended signals on…

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