Better user interfaces using Bluetooth low energy

Background Many different industries and application areas make use of standalone devices. These are devices that without need for interactions are used to control local equipment. A good example is a heating control system hidden in the basement of a building, quietly doing its work without any need for interaction with the device. There are…

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u-blox modules underpin South Korea’s smallest battery-powered 3G tracking device

Industry’s smallest GNSS module, u‑blox EVA‑M8M, at the heart of new asset tracker Thalwil, Switzerland – December 20, 2016 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, today announced that two of its products have been used by Cobilsys to create South Korea’s smallest battery‑powered asset tracking device.   The…

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New golf rangefinder wearables use u-blox GNSS technology to help players improve their game

Voice Caddie GPS Watch and Band take advantage of compact, low‑cost location detection components Thalwil, Switzerland – December 14, 2016 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, today announced its components are at the core of two new cutting‑edge GNSS products. The golf rangefinder wearables were launched by Voice…

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Emergency personnel tracking

By John Leonard December 14, 2016 Firefighters, security guards and health workers routinely risk their lives whilst trying to protect people and their property from harm. It’s vital that risks are minimized as much as possible. Technological advances present new ways to help meet this need. A firefighter enters a burning office block to try to save workers…

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LTE: is speed what everyone needs?

By Stefano Moioli, Director Product Management Cellular, u-blox Developers of the first analogue cellular networks that began to proliferate in the 1980s would be amazed to see how far cellular technology has advanced in the intervening thirty years or so – if they’d been entirely out of the loop in the meantime. While their networks…

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Securing industrial IoT applications

For any industrial IoT application, ensuring signal integrity is crucial for safety and operational reliability. However, even the most robust system has many attack surfaces that are vulnerable to would‑be hackers’ intent on compromising a system. This is unacceptable for high‑reliability systems in general, but as more contextual information gets added, including time and position,…

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REYAX Technology integrates u-blox complete wireless & GNSS modules solution into industrial router platform

Thalwil, Switzerland – December 7, 2016 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, today announced that REYAX Technology, a leading industrial and telematics systems provider for aftermarket telematics, has launched a new industrial router platform that incorporates cellular, short range and GNSS modules from u‑blox. The RYW2000 4G LTE…

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SAM-M8Q module

u-blox M8 compact GNSS antenna module www.u-blox.com Highlights Easy to design‑in; no RF expertise required Consistently strong performance regardless of installation High accuracy thanks to concurrent reception of up to 3 GNSS (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS) Tiny form factor 15.5 x 15.5 x 6.3 mm Embedded wide‑band patch antenna Surface‑mount device, enabling simple and automated manufacturing…

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Next Generation Car

Courtesy of www.electronicsmaker.com Kilian Frank, Senior Manager Product Strategy, u-blox Delivering next generation Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity to the car We all take access to Wi-Fi connectivity for granted. Whether in our office, at home or at our favourite coffee shop, Wi-Fi offers us computing and communications mobility. As Wi-Fi consumers we have also started to…

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The Connected Industry and the Internet of Things that Really Matter – Part III

www.u-blox.com Narrowband IoT expands industrial IoT connectivity options While the options for short‑range indoor wireless connectivity for industrial applications have traditionally been many and varied, that hasn’t been the case for cellular, especially at the ultra‑low power levels required for IoT. The emergence of LoRa over the past year has been interesting, but equally interesting…

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