Courtesy of u-blox : u-track puts you on the fast track to a killer tracking application u‑track takes only 15 minutes to set up and saves weeks of development time, so that you can build low power tracking solutions for consumer and industrial applications on a rock‑solid foundation. Tracking devices featuring satellite positioning and wireless communication…

Courtesy of u-blox : Unmanned Vehicles Unmanned vehicle applications require accurate and secure positions to navigate autonomously and avoid known and unknown obstacles along the way. To achieve this seamlessly – under any conditions – data from multiple navigation sensors have to be combined and interpreted together in a sensor fusion solution. Location awareness and…

Courtesy of u-blox: Tapping into connected healthcare The market for smart health devices is expanding, with a compound annual growth rate of 26% between 2016 and 2021. This growth is driven by several concurrent trends. On the demand side, an aging population with a high incidence of non‑communicable diseases is demanding new tools to retain its…

Courtesy of u-blox : u-track toolset Using the u‑track and C030‑R410M toolset, product designers can have a working prototype of their application up and running in no time        Thalwil, Switzerland – September 11, 2018 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, today introduced the toolset comprising the u‑track software…

Courtesy of u-blox : ANN-MB series Antenna by u-blox AG The ANN-MB multi-band active GNSS antennas from u-blox support signals on the L1 and L2/L5 bands of the four key global navigation satellite constellations (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou). They deliver a gain of up to 28 dB while operating over a 5 V supply. The…

Courtesy of u-blox : 5G: New applications, new business opportunities With the completion of 3GPP Release 15 in June, 2018, the definition of 5G standards is already partly buttoned up. But even before they were finalized, industries were busy laying the foundations for new technologies and applications that will leverage the performance improvements and new use…

Courtesy of u-blox by Sylvia Lu (Senior Engineer, Cellular Technology) : Getting ready for 5G By 2023, Ericsson predicts that each active smartphone in North America will consume 48 gigabytes of data per month. That’s roughly a seven‑fold increase compared to 2017. The trend is the same across global markets, driven by improvements in our smartphones, increasingly data‑rich content, and…

Courtesy of everything RF : SARA-N410-02B Cellular Module by u-blox AG The SARA-N410-02B module from u-blox is a compact LTE Cat M1/NB1 module for USA and Taiwan. The module can dynamically switch between Cat M1 and NB-IoT without rebooting. It has a long life, low-maintenance, cost-sensitive, lower-power consumption, and can be used in extended battery life…

Courtesy of u-blox : A grand vision: one world, one device The global expansion of low power wide area networks (LPWAN) is picking up pace and for good reasons. Demand is there, with plenty of low hanging fruit to reward investments. Pick a market application and you’ll easily be able to list ways that LPWA technologies…

Courtesy of u-blox : SARA-G450 module Quad-band GSM/GPRS module Ideal for cost-optimized solutions Industry proven SARA form factor Easy migration between u‑blox 2G, 3G, LPWA (Cat M1 and Cat NB1), LTE Cat 4 and LTE Cat 6 modules Simple integration with embedded Internet suite Optimized power consumption for IoT applications The SARA-G450 GSM/GPRS module features class…