According to recent industry reports, more than half of the data usage in IoT is now processed at the Edge by autonomous devices. These devices typically require sensitive sensor AFEs (Analog Front Ends) coupled to data converters, microcontrollers running complex embedded software, with security and some form of wired or wireless communications interface. Bringing all […]
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Wi-Fi devices cut power in half, bring security to battery-powered IoT applications
Given the crowded field and reasonably mature market of Wi-Fi, it is noteworthy that Silicon Laboratories recently introduced a new Wi-Fi portfolio aimed at simplifying the design of power-sensitive, battery-operated Wi-Fi products including IP security cameras, point-of-sale (PoS) terminals and consumer healthcare devices. Siddharth Sundar, Design Manager at Silicon Labs, explained, “We look at Wi-Fi from a different […]
RZ/N1 evaluation kit targets remote IO, comms, networked drive designs
Ethernet-based industrial network development requires system manufacturers to select external components, contact various software providers to select the proper protocol stack, and set up the development environment. All these steps make it difficult for system manufacturers to quick start Ethernet-based industry network developments, delaying time-to-market of their application. The new RZ/N1L Solution Kit announced by […]
Amazon-qualified AVS dev kit supports stereo acoustic echo cancellation
XMOS Ltd, supplier of advanced embedded voice and audio solutions to the consumer electronics market, today announced its VocalFusion Stereo Dev Kit for Amazon AVS, the first linear mic array solution qualified by Amazon for far-field performance that supports stereo acoustic echo cancellation. This XMOS development kit is designed for developers working in the growing Alexa-enabled […]
Positioning modules brings positioning to centimeter level
u‑blox has announced the u‑blox F9 technology platform, delivering high precision positioning solutions for mass market industrial and automotive applications. The platform combines multi‑band Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology with dead reckoning, high precision algorithms, and compatibility with a variety of GNSS correction data services to achieve precision down to the centimeter level. u‑blox F9 […]
IP platform for enhanced mobile broadband
CEVA, Inc. has introduced PentaG, a comprehensive 5G intellectual property (IP) platform for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB). Compliant to the 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) Release-15 and software upgradable for Release-16, PentaG is targeted at smartphones, fixed wireless access and the many other embedded devices that can take advantage of multi-gigabit data rates to enable […]
96Boards-compliant embedded platform targets premium IoT apps
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., introduced the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820E embedded platform and extended its embedded computing portfolio to support premium tier, cutting-edge applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). The solution showcases how Qualcomm Technologies uses its mobile expertise in both computing and connectivity for commercial IoT products. The Snapdragon […]
Next-gen VR reference platform supports smartphones, headsets
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. unveiled a new virtual reality (VR) reference platform based on the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform. Debuting at the Snapdragon Tech Summit in December, the Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform features a variety of new architectures and subsystems engineered to deliver one-of-a-kind experiences that blur the lines between the physical and virtual […]
STM32 MCU software supports LPWAN protocols
STMicroelectronics has extended its STM32 software ecosystem with a Sigfox package that simplifies development and gives extra flexibility to connect Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to long-range, low-power wireless networks. The new X-CUBE-SFOX package is ready to use with ST’s B-L072Z-LRWAN1 Discovery Kit, which is already LoRa enabled through I-CUBE-LRWAN embedded software. Developers can now work with either of these […]
Digikey now stocking SparkFun, Cypress PSoC 6 Wireless Sensor Network IoT development platform
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., SparkFun, and Digi-Key, a global electronic components distributor, have collaborated to deliver a joint IoT development platform that allows makers and engineers of all kinds to prototype sensor-to-cloud solutions quickly and easily. To enable even more dynamic IoT development, SparkFun created an add-on shieldthat simplifies system designs with the Cypress PSoC 6 microcontroller (MCU), which is purpose-built […]