By Cees Links – Courtesy of www.highfrequencyelectronics.com Professionals in the tech industry – from engineers to management to sales – are excitedly focusing on the smart home as a potential market sector with nearly limitless opportunity for growth. However, it is not quite that simple. There are many questions and challenges for those companies and organizations…
The single-chip Bluetooth low energy nRF52840 SoC delivers a ‘superset’ of performance and feature improvements to Nordic’s high-end nRF52 Series SoC lineup, plus an on-chip ARM Cryptocell cryptographic co-processor. Capabilities include support for the new long range, high throughput features of the soon-to-be-released Bluetooth 5 specification, plus radio support for IEEE 802.15.4, more extensive Flash…
Sivers IMA is pleased to announce the release of the new RS3410X/00 radar front end. Operating at 9.5-9.975 GHz, it is intended for use in safety and security applications. RS3410X/00 is developed to provide the best possible range and reliability in difficult weather conditions. “The 9 GHz band is available license-free in many EU countries…
Custom MMIC recently developed a Tech Brief to help you simplify your biasing design approach, reduce your bill of materials, and reduce extraneous noise sources with Low Noise Amplifier MMICs (LNAs) that utilize only a positive bias. In modern RF and microwave communications and radar systems, the range of parameters an engineer must consider while…
In the second edition of “U” – the u‑blox technology magazine, discover how cities are becoming smarter and what that means for us. Learn how u‑blox can be thought of as a connected city’s ‘nervous system’ and see how our partners are paving the way to the future of smart, connected cities. Sign up to…
The PaiBand wristband from Putao Technology uses Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF51822 SoC to wirelessly report a range of metrics for children’s health and wellbeing Oslo, Norway 2016/12/02 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Shanghai, China-based science and technology company, Putao Technology, has selected Nordic’s multiple award-winning nRF51822 Bluetooth® low energy (previously known as Bluetooth Smart) System-on-Chip (SoC)…
u-blox M8 compact GNSS antenna module www.u-blox.com Highlights Easy to design‑in; no RF expertise required Consistently strong performance regardless of installation High accuracy thanks to concurrent reception of up to 3 GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS) Tiny form factor 15.5 x 15.5 x 6.3 mm Embedded wide‑band patch antenna Surface‑mount device, enabling simple and automated manufacturing…
Courtesy of www.electronicsmaker.com Kilian Frank, Senior Manager Product Strategy, u-blox Delivering next generation Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity to the car We all take access to Wi-Fi connectivity for granted. Whether in our office, at home or at our favourite coffee shop, Wi-Fi offers us computing and communications mobility. As Wi-Fi consumers we have also started to…
By Pål Kastnes November 30, 2016 Hearing aids of the past limited the wearer’s access to many personal audio devices such as mobile phones and music players. Emerging solutions enable the hearing-impaired to fully utilize their smartphone and improve their listening experience all day long. As we discussed last month, some nimble startups have launched interesting hearables, including earbuds with in-built storage and fitness tracking,…
Designed for kids to wear around the clock, the Garmin vívofit jr. is a highly accurate and sophisticated swim-friendly device that lets parents track steps, sleep, and assign chores and rewards, while running for over a year from a regular (CR1632) coin cell battery that eliminates the hassle of re-charging for busy parents Oslo, Norway…
