5G for UAVs: More than a high-speed data pipe As UAVs gain traction in cities, they will push positioning and communication technologies to their limits. There’s a lot 5G will be able to offer to drones. It’s has become almost impossible to conjure up an image of the city of the future without picturing drones...
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NaviBlind leverages u‑blox ZED-F9P high precision GNSS technology to empower the blind and visually impaired Accuracy in seconds, affordability, compact size, and low power consumption enables precise navigation via a GNSS device over the NaviBlind app Thalwil, Switzerland – October, 28, 2021 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies and...
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12 industrial applications for our smallest Bluetooth module One small module, countless applications We just released the ANNA-B4, our smallest Bluetooth module to date, packed with features tailored to the needs of industrial applications. And the timing couldn’t be much better: smart factories have matured from hype to a genuine value add – with more and...
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u‑blox announces ultra-compact, feature-rich Bluetooth low energy SiP for industrial and indoor positioning applications ANNA-B4 features Bluetooth long range, Thread and Zigbee, as well as Bluetooth direction finding, with operating temperatures up to 105 °C. Thalwil, Switzerland – October 19, 2021 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a leading global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, has announced...
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Introducing PointPerfect November 3rd 2021 Effective scaling of augmented GNSS data for high precision navigation applications. Could your sub-decimeter accuracy navigation application leverage an advanced GNSS correction service provided as a bandwidth-optimized cost-efficient solution and delivered via an easy-to-use cloud platform, all at a mass-market scale? In this webinar, we will illustrate the advantages of PointPerfect,...
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Bird debuts cutting edge smart sidewalk protection Bird and u‑blox team to meet demand for integrated, precise smart sidewalk protection solution Los Angeles, CA and Thalwil, Switzerland - October 13, 2021 – Bird, the leader in environmentally friendly electric transportation, today announced the first-of-its-kind smart sidewalk protection technology - a sensor fusion solution - designed and developed in partnership...
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Facebook chooses u‑blox timing technology to speed up their data centers Facebook has open-sourced the design of their Time Card, which features the ultra-precise u‑blox ZED-F9T timing module, providing easy access to nanosecond-level timing. Thalwil, Switzerland – October 5, 2021 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a leading global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, has announced that...
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Getting started with RTLS RTLS (real-time location systems) explained in 6 minutes (or a little more, if you want all the details). Imagine two competing businesses. The first has real-time data on its moving parts: people, parts, products, etc. The second one doesn’t. It isn’t hard to guess which of the two can operate more...
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Unlock the value of Bluetooth LE for indoor positioning. Session 1 Join us for this in-depth presentation, by u-blox and Nordic Semiconductor. We'll look at Bluetooth® direction finding with meter-level accuracy, stationary anchor points with multi-antenna arrays, and how they can determine the angle of arrival using a mobile tag signal. Key learnings from participating...
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11 things you probably didn’t know about u-center ''When we first came up with u‑center, our in-house GNSS analysis and evaluation tool, we thought we were only scratching our own itch. Little did we know that u‑center would eventually become the de facto industry standard for GNSS receiver data analysis on Windows operating systems! Today,...
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