By Reidar Martin Svendsen via www.blog.nordicsemi.com Not every wireless gadget needs to have a practical purpose like tracking fitness or providing alerts. Some can improve our lives by simply causing a smile. Here’s our round-up of some of the coolest products to hit the market recently. It happened quickly, but today many of us depend on technology…
Introducing the Top Ten Dev Boards of 2017 NRF52-DK Nordic Semi finally made a dev board for their popular nRF52 series SoC, which is their next-generation, ultralow power Bluetooth low energy single chip. The dev board is for Bluetooth low enery, ANT and 2.4GHz wireless applications—it has a connector for RF measurements, and a pluggable…
The S1 Sensor Beacon employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide wireless connectivity to iOS- and Android-compatible devices Oslo, Norway 2017/02/13 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Shenzhen Minew Technologies, a Shenzen, China-based manufacturer of Bluetooth® low energy beacon technology, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its ‘S1 Sensor Beacon’, designed to collect…
The nRF52832 and nRF52840 devices have a built-in NFC radio which can be used for exposing data as a dynamic NFC tag (a tag with configurable data). This can be used as a standard tag type for storing a web link or a text, to launch apps on smartphones and tablets as well as for…
By Torbjørn Øvrebekk February 8, 2017 One of the most critical parts of IoT security is the commissioning process. Secure communication depends on getting this stage right, but the best products successfully balance this need with ease-of-use. Simply put, commissioning is the act of adding a new device to a network, or establishing a link between…
By Pär Håkansson February 1, 2017 In the fast-moving world of the Internet of Things, it’s more important than ever to make sure you can keep your products up to date quickly, securely and easily. Updating firmware remotely brings benefits to both companies and consumers. Breaking with the past In the early days of consumer…
The PURillume LED lamp employs Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 Bluetooth low energy SoC to allow synchronized control of multiple lamps Oslo, Norway 2017/02/02 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Cary, NC-based smart lighting start-up, PURillume, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its Orchid LED table lamp, a wirelessly color-tunable LED lamp designed for…
Apple HomeKit-compatible smart lock Kwikset Premis employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to enable keyless door entry for multiple authorized users By Heidi Suul Næss 2017/01/30 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Lake Forest, CA-based lock manufacturer, Kwikset, has selected Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its Premis touchscreen electronic deadbolt, an Apple HomeKit-compatible lock for…
ABAX fleet management ecosystem employs Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC to provide Bluetooth low energy wireless connectivity between peripheral ABAX devices and central base station Oslo, Norway 2017/01/26 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Norwegian telematics company, ABAX, has launched a comprehensive vehicle fleet management solution employing Nordic’s nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide Bluetooth® low energy (previously known…
The Ding Ding Ting Che parking locks use Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF51822 SoC to provide wireless connectivity to devices running the parking finder and navigation app Oslo, Norway 2017/01/25 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Beijing Tong Yu Dao Technology Co., Ltd, a Chinese intelligent parking solutions company, has selected Nordic’s multiple award-winning nRF51822 Bluetooth® low energy…
