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Philips and CSR add voice recognition to TV remotes
Philips is aiming to put a low power Bluetooth Smart interface into TV remotes which will add gesture control and voice recognition. For its uWand reference design for developing pointing and gesture...
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Neul finds first white-space application
UK firm’s Neul and FarSite are to develop a machine to machine (M2M) white-space radio network application, initially covering the collection of industrial waste bins and public recycling bins....
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5G millimetre comms from Bristol University
Millimetre wave dynamic beamforming. The algorithm selects the best beam pattern at both the base station and mobile terminal The University of Bristol has developed millimetre wave (30-300GHz) data...
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More on: Amazon phone focuses on gesture
Amazon has gone for touch-less gesture recognition in a big way with the release of its long-awaited phone, called Fire. Amongst other things, one-handed gestures can be used for scroll, tilt and...
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MediaTek uses cloud service to update wearables
Software for setting up and activating wearable electronic devices will be downloaded over mobile communications networks and chip maker MediaTek has teamed with mobile software management firm Red...
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CSR opens new R&D centre in Bristol
CSR opens new R&D centre in Bristol Bluetooth specialist CSR has opened a new R&D facility in Bristol. It will concentrate on wireless connectivity and audio for products in areas such as...
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Intel and Samsung lead open source charge to IoT
A group of semiconductor, computing and software companies want to establish a common wireless communications framework for internet of things applications. The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC)...
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Soitec sees 1.4 billion 4G RF devices in production
Higher power RF chips for 4G/LTE mobile handsets and basestations are being based on Enhanced Signal Integrity (eSI) semiconductor substrates manufactured by French firm Soitec. Soitec estimates that...
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Bristol start-up retunes music synthesiser for the cloud
Modulus.002 Bristol-based musical instrument manufacturer Modulus has taken a new approach to synthesiser design using both analogue and digital sound synthesis techniques. The result said the company...
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MediaTek chip opens way for 64-bit Android smartphones
Gabriel Treiband MediaTek has announced its highest performance smartphone chip to date, a 64-bit True Octa-core system-on-chip. It has the processing performance to support a 2k display and 4k video....
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IoT could be killed by too many standards
Will the internet of things (IoT) be killed by standards? If you are in the electronics business then you must know about the IoT. That is the mantra. But the reality is that the IoT is valueless if it...
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Imagination aims radio IP at IoT
Imagination Technologies has introduced wireless intellectual property for internet-of-things devices. Branded ‘Whisper’, it is part of Imagination’s Ensigma Series4 low-power radio processing unit...
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CSRmesh devkit supports Bluetooth Smart in mesh networks
Developers wanting to work with CSRmesh, the company’s Bluetooth Smart-based mesh networking protocol, can now use a CSRmesh Development Kit. The company’s goal is “to place the smartphone at the...
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Chip offers accurate Doherty balance on-the-fly
To take the pain out of Doherty amplifier balancing, Peregrine Semiconductor is planning to introduce a single-chip dual-channel amplitude and phase adjuster. Doherty amplifiers have two RF amplifiers...
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Huawei licenses small cell network software from UK firm
Huawei has signed a global license agreement with a UK-based company which creates design tools for in-building wireless networks. Ranplan of Luton has software tools for planning and simulating small...
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Ref design: Multi-Gbit IEEE 802.3 MDIO interface controller
Lattice Semiconductor has released a reference design for optical Ethernet up to 100Gitb/s – in particular, IEEE 802.3 management data input/output (MDIO) interface controllers. Design RD1194 uses...
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PIC32 Bluetooth starter kit
Microchip has announced a PIC32 Bluetooth starter kit, which includes a microcontroller, Bluetooth radio, leds, accelerometers, a temperature sensor, and push buttons. On board, a PIC32MX270F256D runs...
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Industrial wireless firm buys Wi-Fi IP
Wi-Fi is being ruggedised for use as an industrial communications technology. Industrial wireless specialist u‑blox has acquired a developer of Wi-Fi baseband intellectual property (IP), called Antcor....
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In-flight use of wireless devices: an evaluation of the risks
Jonathan Borrill, director of marketing (EMEA), Anritsu Anyone who flies regularly will be pleased that, finally, international transport regulations have been brought up to date: passengers are now...
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Hearing aid uses Bluetooth to connect to iPhone
Is this the first hearing aid to use a Bluetooth Smart wireless interface? Danish hearing aid developer, GN ReSound has incorporated a Bluetooth Smart comms interface in its latest hearing aid which...
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