Bluetooth low energy smart sportswatch tracks distance covered, steps taken, and calories burned via partner iOS and Android smartphone app

Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor – Visit www.nordicsemi.com to read the full article The new ‘H03 Pro-N’ smart sportswatch from Trasense International uses Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 SoC to wirelessly report a range of exercise metrics Oslo, Norway 2017/04/11 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that China-based smart wearables company, Trasense International, has launched its ‘H03 Pro-N’ smart sportswatch, employing Nordic’s…

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Nordic-powered Bluetooth low energy allows clocks to keep synchronized time in healthcare and educational applications

‘Smart-Sync’ synchronized time system employs Nordic’s nRF51822 SoC to provide bi-directional wireless communication between clocks in ‘self-healing’ Bluetooth low energy mesh Oslo, Norway 2017/03/30 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Lake Geneva, WI-based Primex, Inc. has launched the Smart-Sync Bluetooth® low energy mesh-enabled synchronized time system, employing Nordic’s multiple award-winning nRF51822 System-on-Chip (SoC), and designed for…

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Nordic Semiconductor-powered Bluetooth low energy digital radio devices enable off-grid, long range, peer-to-peer communication between smartphones

The ‘goTenna Mesh’ and ‘goTenna Pro’ employ Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide wireless connectivity allowing users to send SMS and GPS data from their smartphone when no cellular signal is available Oslo, Norway 2017/03/29 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Brooklyn, NY-based, goTenna, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide Bluetooth® low energy wireless connectivity…

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Have wearables had their day?

Courtesy of Get Connected Blog March 29, 2017 It seems trendy to say that the first wave of wearable tech has peaked. But with great advances being made in mobile payments and cellular connectivity, we think the market for such devices is only just beginning. A recent article by a BBC technology reporter posed the question, “has…

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Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 supports the Bluetooth5 features Long Range, High throughput and Advertising Extensision

nRF52840 Advanced multi-protocol SoC supporting Bluetooth 5/ANT/ 802.15.4/ 2.4GHz proprietary Active The nRF52840 is an advanced multi-protocol SoC ideally suited for ultra low-power wireless applications. The nRF52840 SoC is built around a 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M4F CPU with 1MB flash and 256kB RAM on chip. The embedded 2.4GHz transceiver supports Bluetooth® low energy (Bluetooth 5), 802.15.4,…

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Bluetooth bus ticketing trial in Britain

By Pär Håkansson – Courtesy of Nordic Semiconductor, March 22, 2017 Bus passengers in a town in northern England are testing a mobile ticketing system that uses Bluetooth beacons and a smartphone app instead of buying a ticket. Mobile ticketing on buses around the world is nothing new, but most solutions still require the user to…

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Nordic Semiconductor launches its first Thread networking solution via a new Thread SDK for its nRF52840 multi-protocol SoC that supports both Bluetooth low energy and IEEE 802.15.4

The Nordic Semiconductor ‘nRF5 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Thread’ is a complete smart home/home IoT-targeted solution based on OpenThread – the only open-source implementation of the Thread networking protocol, released by Nest Labs – to which Nordic Semiconductor is actively contributing R&D expertise Oslo, Norway 2017/03/14 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that it has launched…

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Crowd tracking: Finding a needle in a haystack

By Alf Helge Omre March 15, 2017 Nearables are helping to prevent the loss of valuable items, but what happens when you move out of range? Crowd tracking is an interesting possibility. There’s still a lot needed to make it work, but a high-density crowd tracking solution taking advantage of proximity technology is within reach….

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Nordic Semiconductor releases new S132 SoftDevice and nRF5 SDK with support for 20 concurrent connections and variable data bandwidth for each connection

Nordic semiconductor has released the latest version of its S132 SoftDevice for the nRF52832 multi-protocol SoC. This latest SoftDevice can support up to 20 concurrent connections in a variety of Bluetooth low energy role combinations to suit almost any application scenario. Oslo, Norway 2017/03/13 In addition to offering unparalleled connectivity options for different applications the…

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Nordic Semiconductor-powered Bluetooth low energy modules ease development of Bluetooth 5 wireless solutions in ultra compact mHealth and wearables applications

Taiyo Yuden’s module employs the wafer level-chip scale package variant of Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to meet the needs of developers of complex, space-constrained wireless products Oslo, Norway 2017/03/09 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Tokyo, Japan-based electronic component and wireless module manufacturer, Taiyo Yuden, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its EYSHSNZWZ…

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