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New Wireless Charging IC from ST Designed to Amp Up Power Transfer

New Wireless Charging IC from ST Designed to Amp Up Power Transfer

The STWLC68 integrates a high-power receiver and transmitter with a 32-bit Arm Cortex microcontroller core.


News Feb 26, 2020 by Cabe Atwell
NXP Tacks On Near-field Communication to Two New Bluetooth MCUs

NXP Tacks On Near-field Communication to Two New Bluetooth MCUs

The QN9090 and QN9030 are Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) devices that integrate Arm Cortex-M4 CPUs.


News Jan 29, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
CEVA Debuts Integrated Hardware and Software Platform for Contextually-aware IoT Devices

CEVA Debuts Integrated Hardware and Software Platform for Contextually-aware IoT Devices

SenslinQ combines integrated software with sensors, Arm- or RISC-V-based MCUs, Ceva's DSP units, and other connected technologies for contextually-aware IoT devices.


News Jan 09, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
Renesas Releases ASi-5-Implemented Silicon Transceiver for Industrial Network Equipment

Renesas Releases ASi-5-Implemented Silicon Transceiver for Industrial Network Equipment

Renesas claims that the new ASI4U-V5 ASSP transceiver is the industry's first solution to implement the ASi-5 standard.


News Nov 22, 2019 by Cabe Atwell
IoT Roundup: New Wireless Protocols Extend Coverage and Memory

IoT Roundup: New Wireless Protocols Extend Coverage and Memory

As smart technology grows, developers are looking for more flexible network protocols. Here are some ways companies are combining, developing, or expanding protocols to broaden IoT applications.


News Oct 10, 2019 by Hannah DeTavis
NFC-Powered Sweat Biosensor for Glucose and Lactate

NFC-Powered Sweat Biosensor for Glucose and Lactate

Researchers at Northwestern University Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics are championing the development of sweat biosensors with their latest glucose and lactate sensors.


Silicon Labs Releases Next-Gen Wireless Gecko IoT Platform with Eyes on Scaling the Cloud

Silicon Labs Releases Next-Gen Wireless Gecko IoT Platform with Eyes on Scaling the Cloud

SiLabs' new IoT platform aims to provide what they think designers need most: tools and flexible, secure SoCs.


News Apr 22, 2019 by Mark Hughes
A New Maxim Integrated Low-Power RF Transmitter for Automation, Wireless Sensors, and IoT Devices

A New Maxim Integrated Low-Power RF Transmitter for Automation, Wireless Sensors, and IoT Devices

Maxim has released the MAX41461, a highly integrated ASK transmitter that works in the sub-GHz ISM frequency bands and is intended for a variety of low-cost wireless applications.


News Feb 17, 2019 by Robert Keim
Arm Cortex-M Processors Get a Boost towards Machine Learning, DSP in the Age of IoT Edge Computing

Arm Cortex-M Processors Get a Boost towards Machine Learning, DSP in the Age of IoT Edge Computing

Can IoT devices handle edge processing for machine learning and DSP? Arm's newly-announced Helium vector extension for Cortex-M processors aims to facilitate more complex development on the edge.


News Feb 14, 2019 by Baker Lawley
Hardware-Based Security and a Dev Kit for Alexa: A Look at Microchip Technology at CES 2019

Hardware-Based Security and a Dev Kit for Alexa: A Look at Microchip Technology at CES 2019

Catch up on what Microchip released at CES this year and which trends they're focusing on for 2019.


News Jan 16, 2019 by Mark Hughes
Environmental Sensors: Omron, Bosch, and Sensirion Sensors for Smart Homes, IoT Devices, Wearables

Environmental Sensors: Omron, Bosch, and Sensirion Sensors for Smart Homes, IoT Devices, Wearables

What counts as an environmental sensor anyway? Check out some of the leading environmental sensors and what they measure.


News Oct 29, 2018 by Kate Smith
News Brief: Microchip Releases AVR-IoT WG Development Board

News Brief: Microchip Releases AVR-IoT WG Development Board

Creating IoT projects can be an exhaustive process involving RTOS and complex frameworks. Yesterday, Microchip announced an IoT development board that aims to streamline IoT device development.


News Oct 11, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
What Is an eSIM? The Pros, Cons, and Seeming Inevitability of Embedded SIM ICs

What Is an eSIM? The Pros, Cons, and Seeming Inevitability of Embedded SIM ICs

STMicroelectronics announced in June that it is the world's first eSIM manufacturer accredited by the GSMA to personalize eSIMs for mobile and connected IoT devices. What is an eSIM? How could it benefit designers?


News Jul 16, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
The RF Platformization for the 5G and IoT Designs

The RF Platformization for the 5G and IoT Designs

New design resources are becoming available as RF front-ends enter into high gear amid the 5G and IoT take-off.


News May 30, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
News Brief: New Transceiver and Wi-Fi Modules for Low-Power IoT Applications from Silicon Labs

News Brief: New Transceiver and Wi-Fi Modules for Low-Power IoT Applications from Silicon Labs

This News Brief covers Silicon Labs' WF200 transceiver and WFM200 module, recently added to their Wi-Fi portfolio.


News Mar 13, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Wide-Area Wireless Platform Enables a New Wave of IoT systems

Wide-Area Wireless Platform Enables a New Wave of IoT systems

The next step of wide-area wireless connection is to bring the power of wireless to machine type communications (MTC). This will drive a revolution in services that will span sectors as diverse as manufacturing, city management, transportation, and energy.


IoT/WT World Innovation Competition Pushes Creativity in Tech Applications

IoT/WT World Innovation Competition Pushes Creativity in Tech Applications

The Innovation World Cup Series is a collection of competitions targeting developers and "technpreneurs" to foster the development of open innovation.


News Sep 22, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Improving Narrowband RF Systems: A New Transceiver IC from AKM

Improving Narrowband RF Systems: A New Transceiver IC from AKM

The AK2401 uses a direct-conversion architecture instead of the more standard heterodyne approach.


News Jul 24, 2017 by Robert Keim
MIT Introduces New Power-Efficient Converter for Reducing Power Consumption in IoT Devices

MIT Introduces New Power-Efficient Converter for Reducing Power Consumption in IoT Devices

Increasing the power efficiency in IoT and other low power, battery-operated devices requires a number of strategies that reduce energy consumption during both the active and sleep modes.


News Jul 19, 2017 by Amos Kingatua
Flexible ECG Front-End IC Serves Ultra Low-Power IoT Edge Node Signal Processing Designs

Flexible ECG Front-End IC Serves Ultra Low-Power IoT Edge Node Signal Processing Designs

As system designers search for power efficient signal conditioning components, they may find that there are very few ICs available under 100 μ‎A supply current and even fewer that include a small package variant.