Glasgow adds geo-location to LoRa IoT network trial
A consortium has installed a 12km2 LoRa IoT network in Glasgow, covering its commercial centre, Merchant City and West End. “The network will enable the development and use of devices such as building...
View Article10Gbit/s wireless link in London
RF Com is to demonstrate a 10Gbit/s point-to-point wireless link across London in August, using millimetre-wave equipment from microwave firm Elva-1. Intended for 4G and LTE telecoms back-haul, the...
View ArticleQualcomm powers new quad-core Snapdragon for VR
Qualcomm Technologies has announced its latest smartphone processor, a higher performance follow-up to the Snapdragon 820 processor. The expectation is that the new Snapdragon 821 processor will have...
View ArticleNI gives programmable PXIe module 1GHz bandwidth for 5G
NI has introduced a programmable PXIe module which is a vector signal transceiver with a 1GHz bandwidth. It is a 6.5GHz RF vector signal generator and analyser which can be programmed using LabVIEW to...
View ArticleLeti 3D on-chip network uses active interposer
French semiconductor research lab has developed a 3D network-on-chip (3D-NoC) for fast computing. It is intended to be used to transfer data between stacked die, or across an array of die on a silicon...
View ArticleCeva unveils IP for first 5G smartphone chips
Processor IP firm Ceva will unveil technology for next-generation silicon chipsets for LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G smartphones later this month at the Linley Mobile & Wearables Conference in Santa...
View ArticleSurrey firm sells satellite to Honeywell
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has signed a contract with Honeywell to supply a satellite to demonstrate the two-way VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) payload for the exactEarth maritime satellite...
View ArticleAutoNaut autonomous boat listens to noisy ocean
Plymouth University is working with AutoNaut of Sussex on an autonomous wave-propelled boat to monitor sound levels in the ocean. Read full article: AutoNaut autonomous boat listens to noisy ocean
View ArticleInfineon enables NFC payment ring
"Proximity payments based on NFC technology are clearly on the rise – and payment solutions with smart wearables will accelerate this trend," says Infineon's Thomas Rostek. Read full article: Infineon...
View ArticleSigfox chip integrates transmitter and receiver
Atmel’s ATA8520D is a transceiver IC for 868MHz Sigfox proprietary networks, intended to be used for IoT and machine-to-machine comms with the Sigfox protocol. It has an RF front end for up and...
View ArticleHirose and Harting to create mini 10G Ethernet connector
Hirose of Japan and Harting of Germany are to develop a miniature connection for 10Gbit Ethernet. “As a form of the Internet of Things, there is one thing that Industry 4.0 requires above all else: an...
View ArticleSocionext launches single-chip codec for H.264/HVC signals
Socionext will start volume shipments this month of a single-chip codec which can process decoding, transcoding and encoding of H.264/HVC video and audio signals Read full article: Socionext launches...
View ArticleFujitsu inter-subarray coding utilisation enables low-power 10Gbps 5G
Fujitsu’s utilization of coding technology between antenna subarrays enables a low power 5G technology for the practical implementation of millimeter-wave high-speed communications Fujitsu Laboratories...
View ArticleTI supports sub-GHz and Bluetooth on one MCU
Texas Instruments has announced a microcontroller with radios for both sub-GHz and Bluetooth low energy, claiming it to be the lowest power dual-band MCU yet. Called the CC1350 wireless MCU, it offers...
View ArticleWind River integrates VxWorks with IBM’s Watson IoT service
Wind River has announced a VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) client for the IBM Watson IoT platform. This is part of the IBM and Wind River collaboration aimed at IoT deployments amongst...
View ArticleSi Labs sampling Gecko wireless module with Thread and ZigBee support
Silicon Labs is sampling a family of Wireless Gecko modules focused on mesh networking applications with support for ZigBee and Thread software. Read full article: Si Labs sampling Gecko wireless...
View ArticleLinear and Advantech add internet protocol to M2.COM IoT options
Advantech has adopted Linear Tech’s ‘SmartMesh IP’ wireless mesh technology for its M2.COM sensor platform. M2.COM is an inter-company standard for wireless connectivity, in a physically...
View ArticleEuMW: Keysight launches 110GHz analyser for millimetre-wave designs
Keysight Technologies has announced signal analyser that covers millimetre-wave frequencies, now seen as the most likely option for next generation 5G mobile communications networks. The N9041B UXA...
View ArticleBluetooth LE module shrinks
Taiyo Yuden has made its Bluetooth v4.1 low-energy modules a third smaller, getting them down to 15.4 x 10 x 2mm. There are two, called EYSGCCAXX and EYSGCCSXX, and they are aimed at wearables and...
View ArticleEnOcean adds Bluetooth LE wireless light switches
Wireless light switch firm EnOcean has introduced a Bluetooth LE version of its battery-free wireless light switch technology. Read full article: EnOcean adds Bluetooth LE wireless light switches
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