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Smart Locks Use Smartphone NFC to Unlock—All Without a Battery

Smart Locks Use Smartphone NFC to Unlock—All Without a Battery

Infineon has revealed a new chip that may unlock the answer to battery-less IoT appliances—particularly smart locks.


News Jul 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz
At Just $6, Raspberry Pi Pico W Brings Wi-Fi to IoT Designs

At Just $6, Raspberry Pi Pico W Brings Wi-Fi to IoT Designs

First, Raspberry Pi unveiled Raspberry Pi Pico—the company's first MCU-class product. Now, that same board is getting a wireless connectivity facelift.


News Jul 13, 2022 by Dr. Steve Arar
Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

At this week’s Design Automation Conference (DAC), Siemens EDA rolled out a next generation version of its mixed-signal IC verification tool adding new capabilities.


News Jul 12, 2022 by Jeff Child
Rohde & Schwarz Vector Signal Generator | Tech Explainer

Rohde & Schwarz Vector Signal Generator | Tech Explainer

This Tech Explainer is part of a video series that details specific products and technologies and their applications.


Sensors Up Their Game in Proximity and Position Detection

Sensors Up Their Game in Proximity and Position Detection

Leveraging a mix of technologies—including ultra-wideband (UWB), BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), and magnetics—companies are pushing new boundaries with their latest proximity and position sensor products.


News Jul 07, 2022 by Jeff Child
How Matter Addresses Interoperability Issues in Smart Home Devices

How Matter Addresses Interoperability Issues in Smart Home Devices

Incompatible smart home products can be problematic for both customers and device manufacturers. Matter is a vendor-independent unifying standard that closes the gap between smart home ecosystems.


Semtech Cloud Service Simplifies LoRa IoT Asset Tracking

Semtech Cloud Service Simplifies LoRa IoT Asset Tracking

By moving location calculation to the cloud, Semtech’s new service allows for lower-power LoRa devices to be embedded in tracked Internet of Things (IoT) assets.


News Jun 22, 2022 by Jeff Child
Introduction to Bluetooth Mesh Models

Introduction to Bluetooth Mesh Models

Learn about Bluetooth mesh models—namely what they are—as we lead you through an example and the different types like generic, lighting, etc.


IoT Communication Protocols—IoT Data Protocols

IoT Communication Protocols—IoT Data Protocols

Dive deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT) communication through a brief overview of the different IoT data protocols.


IoT Solutions Roll for Security, Antenna Selection, and Edge Compute

IoT Solutions Roll for Security, Antenna Selection, and Edge Compute

Designing Internet of Things (IoT) systems can be a tricky juggling act. To help engineers keep pace, new IoT products are helping solve problems in security, connectivity, and edge computing.


IoT Communication Protocols—Network Protocols

IoT Communication Protocols—Network Protocols

Learn about some of the main Internet of Things (IoT) network communication protocols.


“Wi-Fi Sensors” Help Robots Map Their Indoor Environment

“Wi-Fi Sensors” Help Robots Map Their Indoor Environment

Research from UCSD takes a new approach to simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM).


News May 31, 2022 by Jake Hertz
AMD SoC Fuels Open RAN Designs for Meta’s Evenstar Effort

AMD SoC Fuels Open RAN Designs for Meta’s Evenstar Effort

By leveraging AMD’s RFSoC device, radio units for Meta’s Evenstar program are well-positioned to speed the adoption of Open RAN infrastructure.


News May 11, 2022 by Jeff Child
Lighting Systems Get an IoT Facelift With Bluetooth Mesh

Lighting Systems Get an IoT Facelift With Bluetooth Mesh

Compared to other mesh networking protocols, Bluetooth mesh has the adoption rate and the specs to expand the infrastructure of smart lighting.


News May 02, 2022 by Dr. Steve Arar
Qorvo QPF7551 5GHz Wi-Fi® 6 Integrated Front End Module | New Product Brief

Qorvo QPF7551 5GHz Wi-Fi® 6 Integrated Front End Module | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Demystifying LoRa and LoRaWAN Wireless Network Protocols

Demystifying LoRa and LoRaWAN Wireless Network Protocols

In this article, get a basic understanding of wireless communication networks—LoRa and LoRaWAN.


Star vs. Mesh Networking Topology: IoT Wireless Connectivity Fundamentals

Star vs. Mesh Networking Topology: IoT Wireless Connectivity Fundamentals

Undergirding many emerging Internet of Things (IoT) wireless networking protocols are two fundamental architectures: star and mesh networking.


Researchers Exploit Fiber Manufacturing to Weave Large Smart Textile Display

Researchers Exploit Fiber Manufacturing to Weave Large Smart Textile Display

In an attempt to bring e-textiles to smart homes, researchers at the University of Cambridge have fabricated a 46-inch textile display by weaving active electronics into a fiber.


News Feb 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Atmosic Brings Wireless Energy Harvesting for IoT Devices Directly Onto the SoC

Atmosic Brings Wireless Energy Harvesting for IoT Devices Directly Onto the SoC

One major challenge of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is power. Hoping to traverse this challenge, Atmosic has created energy harvesting solutions integrated directly into the system-on-a-chip (SoC).


News Jan 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Silicon Labs Integrates AI/ML Acceleration in Low-power Wireless SoCs

Silicon Labs Integrates AI/ML Acceleration in Low-power Wireless SoCs

Silicon Labs says that with these two new families, battery-powered edge devices won't face trade-offs with power, protocol support, ML capability, and security.


News Jan 24, 2022 by Jake Hertz