Bluetooth LE programmable robot allows coders of all skill levels to create their own sensor-based applications Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC powers Sphero RVR and enables wireless robot customization from smartphone/tablet app via Bluetooth LE connectivity Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Sphero, a Boulder, CO-based consumer robotics and toy company, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® Low Energy...

Environmental asset tracker combines cellular IoT and Bluetooth with a world-leading five-year battery life road mapped to become 10 on same tracker Employing an ultra simple, ready-to-deploy design, the Meshtech Cloud Tracker continuously monitors the location and environmental condition of perishable goods, auto-provisions new trackers, auto-updates its firmware over-the-air, and leaves end customers with nothing...

World’s first NB-IoT cellular bike security tracker can operate for up to three months on a single battery charge The ‘See.Sense AIR’ employs a Nordic nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP) to provide NB-IoT wireless connectivity and a Nordic System-on-Chip (SoC) to deliver Bluetooth wireless comms. The AIR has just emerged from a successful Kickstarter campaign that exceeded...

Nordic Semiconductor launches a Bluetooth LE Audio Evaluation Platform ahead of Bluetooth SIG LE Audio specification release during H1 2020 Nordic announces its entry into the Bluetooth audio market with a platform supporting the forthcoming LE Audio specification for high-quality wireless audio Nordic Semiconductor today announces it has launched an LE Audio Evaluation Platform in...

Nordic Semiconductor samples nRF21540 RF Front End Module – a ‘plug and play’ range extender for its short-range wireless portfolio The nRF21540 RF Front End Module is a range extender optimized to boost the link budget of Nordic’s nRF52 and nRF53 Series advanced multiprotocol wireless SoCs. When combined with an nRF52 Series SoC, the nRF21540...

Higher security programming language alternative, Rust, could eliminate many common IoT device vulnerabilities and is demo’d running on Nordic nRF9160 SiP According to U.K. based product development and engineering consultancy, 42 Technology, Rust is a very-high-performance alternative to common systems programming languages such as C and C++ because it avoids the memory safety issues that...

Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth LE tracking system enables construction management to monitor staff and assets in ‘real time’ APS’ employee and asset tracking system employs Nordic’s nRF52840 SoC to deliver long range mesh-based location solution Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Israel-based APS has selected Nordic’s nRF52840 Bluetooth® 5/Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) advanced multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC), and...

Bluetooth Low Energy wearable dog activity tracker monitors pet exercise data to keep dogs fit and healthy The PitPat device employs Nordic’s nRF52810 SoC to provide long battery life and low latency status updates Nordic Semiconductor today announces that London, U.K.-based pet wearables developer PitPatPet has selected Nordic’s nRF52810 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip...

Equine monitoring platform employs multiprotocol Nordic solutions to track health and location of horses Farm Jenny for Horses uses Nordic’s nRF52840 and nRF52832 SoCs to enable farm-wide concurrent Bluetooth LE and Thread connectivity for animal wearable Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Farm Jenny, a Pittsburgh, PA-based agricultural technology company has selected Nordic’s nRF52840 Bluetooth® 5/Bluetooth...

Bluetooth LE/Bluetooth 5 IoT ecosystem uses everyday objects to monitor building occupancy, patient activity and many other applications Geeksme’s Universall employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to send data from Bluetooth mesh-networked sensors to central gateway Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Geeksme, a Madrid, Spain-based technology company, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® 5/Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE)...