The acquisition widens the Renesas product line of IoT wireless connectivity modules and adds the chips that go into them.
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New products from Electronica 2022
Semiconductors and modules graced the halls of Electronica 2022. Here are some of those announced at this year’s event.
From design to certification: Connecting your LTE NB-IoT or M1 module to an antenna
Integrating a wireless module and antenna into a system requires thought, making design tradeoffs, achieving certification, and testing in production.
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…
LTE chip gets iSIM security certification
The Monarch 2 LTE chip from Sequans includes iSIM that’s now “IoT Safe” per GSMA. Sequans Communications announced that the industry’s first GSMA-compliant integrated SIM (iUICC) is now Common Criteria certified and available on its Monarch 2 LTE-M/NB-IoT chip. With iSIM, the SIM is integrated directly into the chip. That, according to Sequans, makes it…
IoT: How 5G differs from LTE
5G extends its scope beyond consumer only to many new vertical and enterprise markets. Thanks to its flexibility and improved performance, 5G opens the door to many industrial applications. When researchers and engineers began developing 5G in 2012, they began to look at use cases. The primary motivation for launching a new generation of wireless…
