By Get Connected Blog July 19, 2016 In this series, we present some of the most exciting IoT products launched or in development. Let us inspire you on how the Internet of Things can benefit your business. This month we return to the exciting world of home automation to look at Bluetooth® smart locks. Your…

James Morra | Courtesy of Electronic Design Svenn-Tore Larsen is trying to build a business on Bluetooth. But the company where he serves as chief executive, Nordic Semiconductor, is not using the familiar wireless standard that has found its place in everything from smartphones to headphones. Instead, the company is betting on Bluetooth Smart, a relatively newer version…

Distribution agreement covers sales, marketing, and support in Taiwan for Nordic’s complete range of ultra low power 2.4 GHz wireless solutions and introduces Fuchance Enterprise’s novel NFC payment software Oslo, Norway 2016/07/14 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that it has expanded its Asian distributor network, signing an agreement with Fuchance Enterprise Co. Ltd (Opto-Sensor Ltd) for…

nRF Connect for desktop Cross platform Bluetooth low energy development software Active Get product updates OVERVIEW DOCUMENTATION DOWNLOADS DESCRIPTION nRF Connect is a cross-platform tool that enables testing and development with Bluetooth® low energy (previously called Bluetooth Smart). It allows easy setup of connections with other devices and use these connections for reading and writing…

By Get Connected Blog July 12, 2016 It sounds like the plot of a bad sci-fi horror B-movie but ‘When Fridges Attack’ is now a real concern on the Internet of Things. Security researchers have uncovered a huge botnet – a hacked network using computers remotely to send out spam – of over 100,000 devices….

Designed specifically to address the needs of the emerging low power cellular IoT market, the upcoming Nordic Semiconductor nRF91 Series includes highly integrated chipsets and software for the forthcoming 3GPP Release 13 LTE-M and NB-IoT cellular technologies Oslo, Norway 2016/07/12 Nordic Semiconductor, a leading provider of ultra-low power wireless connectivity, today announces the development of…

Maneul Lab’s “The Card” enables a range of payment methods supported by Bluetooth low energy, NFC, embedded IC, dynamic magnetic stripe, and barcode from a single card Oslo, Norway 2016/07/11 Nordic Semiconductor today announces that Maneul Lab, a South Korean IT payment solutions company, has selected Nordic’s multiple award-winning nRF51822 System-on-Chip (SoC) for its all-in-one…

Targeting next-generation wearables and space-constrained IoT applications, the nRF52832 Wafer Level Chip Scale Package (WL-CSP) has a super-compact 3.0 by 3.2mm footprint that occupies one quarter of the footprint area of Nordic’s standard 6.0 by 6.0mm QFN48-packaged nRF52832, yet offers the same full feature set Oslo, Norway 2016/07/05 Nordic Semiconductor today announces the availability of…

By Jon Gunnar Sponås July 5, 2016 One of the biggest issues with wearable technology is how to provide the power it needs to function without making it so heavy or bulky that people won’t use it. Battery technology is slowly getting smaller and more efficient, but recent advances in wearable technology mean that some…