Designers have choices when it comes to creating new IoT designs, and connectivity choices will depend on the constraints of the design.
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How has sensing changed in industrial automation? (Part 1)
The Industrial Revolution or what we might call Industry 1.0 started over 250 years ago. In 1771 Richard Arkwright, today known as Father of the Factory System, used water to power the first fully automated spinning mill. One hundred years later, the automotive assembly line initiated the Second Industrial Revolution or Industry 2.0 with significantly […]
LTE Cat 1 modules target worldwide IoT connectivity
The LENA-R8 and LARA-R6 modules from u-blox connect devices to LTE networks, helping to minimize the impact of 2G and 3G shutdowns.
60 W power supplies targeted at cost-sensitive applications
XP Power has released a new series of 60W low profile AC-DC power supplies that are intended for use in a wide variety of cost-sensitive applications including information technology equipment, industrial electronics, domestic, Internet of Things (IoT), and robotics. In order to further penetrate markets and grow sales, manufacturers in cost-sensitive application sectors are constantly […]
Antenna eval board targets low-band through cellular LPWA apps
KYOCERA AVX is launching the industry’s first evaluation board for testing antenna band switching performance at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. The new Antenna Band Switching Evaluation Board (1004795-EC646-01) is comprised of standard products including an embedded, universal broadband, FR4 LTE/LPWA antenna (1004795), an Ether Switch & Tune chipset (EC646) for band switching or aperture […]
Android smart module includes SoC for AI IoT apps
Quectel Wireless Solutions has announced the launch of the SG865W-WF, a new generation of flagship Android smart modules. The module is equipped with Qualcomm’s QCS8250 system-on-chip (SoC), which offers powerful performance and rich multimedia functions to meet industrial and consumer Artificial Intelligence IoT (AIoT) scenarios. AIoT deployments have greater requirements for high computing power, AI […]
BLE SoC includes power amp, high-sensitivity receiver
Infineon Technologies AG is launching the AIROC CYW20829 Bluetooth LE system on chip (SoC). The AIROC CYW20829 Bluetooth LE SoC is a Bluetooth 5.3 core spec-compliant device for IoT, smart home, and industrial applications. With the right combination of low power and high performance, AIROC CYW20829 is designed to support the entire spectrum of Bluetooth Low […]
Quantifying embedded MCU energy consumption
There are several methods and benchmarks for quantifying the energy consumption of embedded microcontroller units (MCUs) and related energy consumption benchmarks for common peripheral functions such as Bluetooth low energy and Wi-Fi. Over time, MCU designs have changed to support the demand for higher energy efficiency. In addition, there is another world of energy consumption […]
Industry 5.0 makes collaborative working a reality
By Marcel Consee, Mouser Electronics The basic concepts of Industry 4.0 with its highly automated factory environments promised to deliver business benefit by combining technologies such as sensors, data processing, connectivity, and cloud computing. Human workers or even engineers were not a significant part of the equation. Industry 5.0 re-instates the human element, collaborating with […]
Cellular LTE Cat 1 module supports 4G and 5G
The Calliope 2 GC02S1 module from Sequans lets you take advantage of wide coverages for IoT devices with data rates to 10 Mb/sec. Sequans Communications series of Cat 1 IoT modules based on its second generation, LTE Cat 1bis chip, Calliope 2, are now available. The Calliope 2 GC02S1 low-cost, low-power, IoT-optimized modules that support…