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...

Nordic nRF9160 SiP enters final volume production phase having passed all major certifications required for end-product deployment The nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP) is ready for mass deployment in both LTE-M and NB-IoT cellular networks and cellular IoT product applications around the globe Nordic Semiconductor today announces that its nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP) LTE-M/NB-IoT and GPS cellular IoT...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces general availability for qualified support of the nRF52840 multiprotocol SoC with Amazon FreeRTOS Amazon FreeRTOS is an industry-leading operating system for embedded devices in IoT designs. The nRF52840 SoC and the nRF52840 DK development kits are now qualified platforms for working with Amazon FreeRTOS using Bluetooth Low Energy. There is...

Bluetooth LE home automation system allows wall switches to wirelessly control lights in mesh network Phantom’s ELDA system uses two devices employing Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC for mesh networking between wall switch and LED drivers Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Phantom, a Beijing, China-based electronic lighting component manufacturer, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth...