CryptoCell-powered firmware adds greater security to Bluetooth LE smart locks and readers The BlueID firmware version 1.1 can be easily integrated into existing OEM lock designs based on Nordic’s nRF52840 SoC Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Munich, Germany-based IoT access control developer, BlueID, has released ‘BlueID Ready2Go Integration for Nordic nRF52840 Version 1.1’ of its...

Bluetooth LE smart fob allows user to directly control various home automation devices with the click of a button Keyport’s OmniFob employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to control smart home via Bluetooth LE connectivity without launching smartphone apps Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Keyport, a Las Vegas, NV-based developer of universal access solutions, has selected Nordic’s...

Bluetooth LE sensor-based smartwatch syncs user’s heart rate data and activity metrics to smartphone app DO Technology’s ID205 wearable employs Nordic’s nRF52840 SoC to deliver processing power and wireless connectivity Nordic Semiconductor today announces that DO Technology, a Shenzhen, China-based developer of smart wearables, has selected Nordic’s nRF52840 Bluetooth® 5/Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) advanced...

Globalstar’s STX3 Development Kit employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide Bluetooth Low Energy wireless link to developer’s smartphone or tablet Satellite transmitter module development kit provides Bluetooth Low Energy wireless connectivity to enable rapid configuration and testing in the field Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Globalstar, a Covington, Louisiana-based satellite and commercial IoT communications company,...

Cellular panic button reveals an NB-IoT future for personal safety alarms The Nordic nRF9160-based ‘Montr Emergency Button’ can reach places no other wireless signal can go such as deep basements commonly found below, for example, swimming pools. And even when there’s absolutely no connectivity from a regular cellphone network above ground, it is still be...

Bluetooth LE/Bluetooth 5 control device synchronizes smart lights to the sun’s cycle for health benefits Healthe’s SunLync control device employs Nordic’s nRF52840 SoC to wirelessly adjust brightness and intensity of smart lights Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Healthe®, a leading U.S.-based provider of circadian and biological LED lighting solutions, has selected Nordic’s nRF52840 Bluetooth® Low...

Bluetooth LE card reader enables building access for authorized users via smartphone as well as RFID and payment cards Sigur MR1 Reader employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to grant access to authorized personnel using Bluetooth LE wireless connectivity Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Sigur, a Nizhny Novgorod, Russia-based technology company, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® Low...

Cellular IoT animal tracker continually pinpoints herding animal location across vast tracts of unfenced countryside Nordic nRF9160 SiP-powered LTE-M/NB-IoT animal tracker precisely locates roaming animals across forests and mountains, dramatically easing supervision Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Asker, Norway-based Telespor, an animal-tracker developer, in collaboration with Horten, Norway-based 7Sense Technologies, an electronics R&D consultancy, has...

Bluetooth Low Energy modular powertrain makes any skateboard electric and remote-controlled Unlimited’s Electric Skateboard powertrain employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to enable wireless motor control by handheld remote Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Unlimited, a Barcelona, Spain-based recreational technology developer, is employing Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide the wireless connectivity...

Fail-safe ‘drop-in’ industrial IoT module can bring high-reliability IIoT applications to market in just 3-6 months Based on Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9160 multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT SiP, Design Blocks from Canada-based global wireless design specialists, Swift Labs, has done all the “heavy hardware design lifting” and targets sensitive IIoT environments and materials that cannot fail. Prime examples include...