Bluetooth Tries Working Smarter, Not Harder

James Morra | Courtesy of Electronic Design Svenn-Tore Larsen is trying to build a business on Bluetooth. But the company where he serves as chief executive, Nordic Semiconductor, is not using the familiar wireless standard that has found its place in everything from smartphones to headphones. Instead, the company is betting on Bluetooth Smart, a relatively newer version…

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u-blox automotive offering

Click here to view more: https://automotive.u-blox.com/ PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE CONNECTED VEHICLE AND AUTONOMOUS CAR COMPLETE PORTFOLIO OF CONNECTIVITY TECHNOLOGIES A single source for relevant technologies that enable customers to save resources and achieve faster time-to-market. CONNECTED VEHICLE LEARN MORE AUTONOMOUS CAR LEARN MORE PRODUCT OFFERING Facilitating integration while maintaining scalibility u‑blox provides the technologies…

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IP versus CoAP for IoT Communications

Connectivity technologies have advanced rapidly and led to the beginnings of the Internet of Things (IoT), with billions of smart, connected sensors, actuators and systems all rigged up to enable the real‑time data processing and analytics that let you to take better control of what’s around you. But, as these numbers grow, how do you…

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Nordic expands secure NFC payment solutions in Asian distribution deal with Fuchance Enterprise (Opto-Sensor)

Distribution agreement covers sales, marketing, and support in Taiwan for Nordic’s complete range of ultra low power 2.4 GHz wireless solutions and introduces Fuchance Enterprise’s novel NFC payment software Oslo, Norway 2016/07/14 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that it has expanded its Asian distributor network, signing an agreement with Fuchance Enterprise Co. Ltd (Opto-Sensor Ltd) for…

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PE29100 GaN FET Driver

The PE29100 has the industry’s fastest switching speeds, shortest propagation delays and lowest rise & fall times. The UltraCMOS® PE29100 is the the word’s fastest gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistor (FET) driver. Designed to drive the gates of a high-side and a low-side GaN FET in a switching configuration, the PE29100 delivers the industry’s fastest switching…

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IoT development kits made easy with Particle & Taoglas

The Electron all-in-one cellular development kit simplifies access to IoT Enniscorthy, Ireland and San Diego, Calif,– Taoglas, a leading provider of IoT (Internet of Things) and M2M (Machine-to-Machine) antenna solutions has partnered with Particle, a prototype-to-production platform for IoT products, to add our world class PC104 antenna into Particle’s Electron development kit. The Electron is…

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nRFConnect – a cross-platform tool that enables testing and development with Bluetooth

nRF Connect for desktop Cross platform Bluetooth low energy development software Active Get product updates OVERVIEW DOCUMENTATION DOWNLOADS DESCRIPTION nRF Connect is a cross-platform tool that enables testing and development with Bluetooth® low energy (previously called Bluetooth Smart). It allows easy setup of connections with other devices and use these connections for reading and writing…

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How golf buggies are driving U-blox and Accenture’s IoT pursuit

by Gordon Hunt – Courtesy of www.siliconrepublic.com An interesting partnership between U-blox and Accenture is looking to develop internet of things (IoT) technologies into the aerospace and defence industry. Calling it a “new outdoor asset management concept”, the duo of U-blox and Accenture will track vehicles at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) and provide data on their…

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Beware of botnets in the connected world

By Get Connected Blog July 12, 2016 It sounds like the plot of a bad sci-fi horror B-movie but ‘When Fridges Attack’ is now a real concern on the Internet of Things. Security researchers have uncovered a huge botnet – a hacked network using computers remotely to send out spam – of over 100,000 devices….

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Nordic Semiconductor unveils product roadmap for low power cellular Internet of Things

Designed specifically to address the needs of the emerging low power cellular IoT market, the upcoming Nordic Semiconductor nRF91 Series includes highly integrated chipsets and software for the forthcoming 3GPP Release 13 LTE-M and NB-IoT cellular technologies Oslo, Norway 2016/07/12 Nordic Semiconductor, a leading provider of ultra-low power wireless connectivity, today announces the development of…

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