US$30 ‘Xiaomi Mi VR’ extends the reach of mobile VR in burgeoning China market, enhancing user experience by including Nordic Bluetooth low energy wireless motion controller enabling users to freely interact with the virtual world Oslo, Norway 2016/11/04 Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor today announces that the world’s fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer, Beijing-based…

Nordic showcases IPv6 over Bluetooth low energy and NFC ‘touch-to-connect’ using the Arduino Primo, development tools to support forthcoming Bluetooth mesh technology, and nRF52 Series-based smart remote at leading European electronic component event Oslo, Norway 2016/11/02 Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor today announces it will be demonstrating its latest Bluetooth® low energy…

www.devzone.nordicsemi.com mROBerTO (milli-ROBot-TOronto) is a small modular millirobot designed and implemented for swarm robotics research. It was first featured in the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). It consists of an nRF51422 as its main system-on-chip and has various sensors such as a camera, proximity/ambient light sensors, IMUs, and IR. It…

By Get Connected Blog October 26, 2016 While Bluetooth headsets were the original wearable, in-ear technology has largely stood still since then. Until now. We take a look at some of the emerging contenders in the new market for hearables, which go way beyond music playback and seek to improve your workflow and your personal…

‘Physilog 5’ from Gait Up employs Nordic’s next generation nRF52832 multiprotocol SoC to enable post-run form analysis by sports science professionals on smartphones and tablets Oslo, Norway 2016/10/25 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Lausanne, Switzerland-based motion sensing and analytics company, Gait Up, has launched a new motion sensor, ‘Physilog 5’, that employs Nordic’s nRF52832 System-on-Chip…

Mark Patrick | Courtesy of Electronic Design Download this article in .PDF format This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Mark Patrick, Supplier Marketing Manager, Mouser Electronics Technology has changed everything from the way television is watched, to the way we find directions, to the way we order food, but the medical industry…

Rigado’s ‘BMD-350’ employs Nordic’s nRF52832 WL-CSP to deliver plug-and-play connectivity solution for space-constrained, high performance, low power applications Oslo; Norway 2016/10/20 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that U.S. engineering firm Rigado has selected Nordic’s next generation nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) for its BMD-350 module. Fully certified to Bluetooth 4.2, the BMD-350 is a Bluetooth…

Courtesy of www.blog.nordicsemi.com Satellite navigation has revolutionized the way we get around. It’s cheap, fast and easy to use. But there’s one fatal flaw in the system: It simply can’t work underground. GPS requires line of sight to satellites orbiting the planet. The great advantage of this is that it works seamlessly all over the…

32teeth’s Toothbrush Tail employs nRF52832 SoC to provide application’s demanding wireless connectivity and processing requirements Oslo, Norway 2016/10/19 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Shenzhen, China-based oral health technology company, 32teeth, has launched a smart toothbrush solution called the ‘Toothbrush Tail’. The Toothbrush Tail teaches users to correctly brush their teeth, employing Nordic’s nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC)…

The Power Profiler Kit is a development tool designed to allow embedded software engineers to profile power consumption of embedded solutions during development. This can be done easily at a cost low enough to allow every engineer to have a kit on their desk Oslo, Norway 2016/10/13 Nordic Semiconductor today announces the availability of its…