Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor : Bluetooth Low Energy Polar GPS multisport watches provide heart rate and training intensity data The Polar ‘Vantage V’ and ‘Vantage M’ multisport watches employ Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 SoC to deliver low latency wireless connectivity to smartphones and tablets Oslo, Norway 2018/10/11 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Kempele, Finland-based wearable sports and fitness…

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor : Bluetooth Low Energy watch features stylish analog display InSo Technology’s ‘Mi Quartz Watch’ employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 SoC to wirelessly report a range of exercise metrics via partner iOS and Android smartphone app Oslo, Norway 2018/10/10 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that China-based, Shenzhen InSo Technology Co., Ltd, an ecosystem company of Chinese…

Courtesy of everything RF : nRF51822 Wireless SoC by Nordic Semiconductor The Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 is a multiprotocol SoC that supports Bluetooth Low Energy and 2.4 GHz ultra low-power wireless applications. It is built around a 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 CPU with 256 kB/128 kB flash + 32 kB/16 kB RAM. The SoC provides an output…

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor : Bluetooth Low Energy virtual drumkit ‘Freedrum’ employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to run angle-tracking algorithms and wirelessly connect drumstick-attached devices to an app where users follow live drumming patterns Oslo, Norway 2018/10/01 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Freedrum, a Sweden-based startup, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide…

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor : Nordic nRF52840 multiprotocol SoC and supporting dev kit certified as a Zigbee Compliant platform This means Nordic customers can now build and ship commercial Zigbee products using the nRF52840 SoC and nRF5 SDK for Thread and Zigbee. This includes products that would benefit from both Zigbee and Bluetooth 5 / Bluetooth Low…

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor : Nordic demonstrates nRF91 Series SiP operating on Telenor cellular IoT network at Nordic Edge Expo in Norway As Norwegian mobile network provider Telenor switches on its nationwide LTE-M/NB-IoT infrastructure at the largest smart city event in the Nordics, Nordic Semiconductor demonstrates seamless cellular IoT connectivity to the network with its nRF91…

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor : Wireless smart lock makers react to security scares An avalanche of media reports has highlighted potential vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low Energy wireless technology’s connections. Is the attention warranted? 2018/08/24 We’ve all seen them, scare-tactic headlines that have popped up on online searches since the smart home shifted from gimmick towards mainstream….

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor : Wireless parking barriers use Nordic Bluetooth Low Energy technology Makaio’s ‘Parketeer’ employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 SoC to enable smart parking barriers and wirelessly connect with nRF51822 SoC-powered gateway that relays parking spot availability data to the Cloud Oslo, Norway 2018/09/06 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Makaio, a Bad Homburg, Germany-based smart systems…

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor : Powercast’s ‘PowerSpot TX91503 wireless transmitter’ Powercast’s ‘PowerSpot TX91503 wireless transmitter’ employs Nordic’s nRF51422 Bluetooth LE multiprotocol solution for wirelessly scheduling power transmissions and monitoring battery status of charging devices Oslo, Norway 2018/08/30 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Powercast Corporation, a Pittsburgh, PA-based RF wireless power technology company, has selected Nordic’s nRF51422 Bluetooth® Low Energy…

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor :  IoT gateway and dongle enable OEMs to rapidly develop multiprotocol low power RF solutions for commercial mesh networking applications Fanstel Corp.’s ‘BWG840F’ gateway and ‘USB840F’ dongle employ Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52840 multiprotocol SoC to deliver long range mesh wireless connectivity Oslo, Norway 2018/08/27 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Fanstel Corp., a Scottsdale, AZ-based…