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Telit expands into short-range wireless by deciding to acquire GainSpan
Cellular wireless module vendor Telit strengthening its semiconductor capability in the wireless area by deciding to acquire wireless chipmaker GainSpan. GainSpan design and sell wireless chips and modules for battery-powered devices and related intellectual property (IP) with embedded software, inc
2 min readIoT Bluetooth Chips – Technology, Design and Module Selection Considerations
Bluetooth is a global wireless technology for simple, secure and point-to-point connectivity based on IEEE 802.15.1 standard. Created as an open standard to allow connectivity and collaboration between disparate products and industries, Bluetooth is building personal area networks (PANs). The techno
11 min readWLAN amp IC with higher sensitivity for stronger and long-range WiFi
NXP Semiconductors launched new wireless local area network (WLAN) Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA) with Integrated Switch that makes WiFi connections faster and more reliable on smartphones, tablets, wearables and small Internet of Things (IoT) devices. “More transactions are occurring via mobile dev
2 min readBluetooth 5, the new diffrentiator for IoT SoCs
The new Bluetooth 5 can now power the handsets, wearables, and more specifically IoT devices with longer range, higher data speeds, and the specs redesigned for IoT products such as Smart home devices. For chip developers, this is now a time to integrate Bluetooth 5 supporting transceiver silicon
3 min readNew LoRa multi-band picocell ref design for number of indoor applications
Semtech announced its new SX1308 LoRa multi-band picocell reference design for multiple indoor applications. The new SX1308 picocell gateway IC along with SX1255 or SX1257 LoRa RF transceiver are offered as low cost solution . Selling pricing for the LoRa picocell gateway through equipment manufactu
3 min readBluetooth SiP Module targets miniature IoT gadgets
Silicon Labs introduced an ultra small Bluetooth module BGM 12X Blue Gecko SiP with built in chip antenna offers a complete solution to Iot miniaturization. It also provides all in one Bluetooth connectivity solution with an ARM Cortex M4 processor ,high output Bluetooth power amplifier , high -
4 min readRF and opto expert MACOM gets into digital by acquiring Applied Micro
RF and optical physical layer chip expert MACOM to acquire 64-bit ARM processor core based computing and networking chip maker Applied Micro Circuits Corporation for approximately $8.36 per share, consisting of $3.25 in cash and 0.1089 MACOM shares per share of AppliedMicro. MACOM to divest the com
4 min readToshiba's Bluetooth SoC consume only 3.2mA for rx and 3.5mA for tx
Toshiba has introduced a Bluetooth System-on-Chip (SoC) which is compatible with 4.2 version. Toshiba could decrease the consumption of power by 50% compared to that of the existing such ICs.The new SOC consumes 3.2mA for receive (RX) and 3.5mA for transmit (TX). and the SOC also works on a small s
3 min readMarket's smallest bluetooth 4.2 SoC packs 32 bit CPU and can work standalone
The Switzerland based EM Microelectronic has launched a very small sized Bluetooth SoC targeting products such as IoT, wearable and smart electronics. The EM9304 can be used as a standard IC or connected to other devices through an interface. It has an on chip 32-bit processor with a floating-point
3 min readQFN-like packaged GNSS module tracks three constellations simultaneously
Telit announced the availability of SE873Q5, an ultra-low-power, high-sensitivity GNSS module compatible with its popular SE873 module. The multi-constellation receiver module can be set to a number of different power saving modes depending on application requirements and includes an ultra-low no
3 min readDecawave shipping UWB ICs for less than $15 at scale
ABI Research predicts that ultra-wideband is going to be significantly used as an indoor location technology in industrial and IoT markets, with total RTLS/asset tracking revenues to reach $15 billion by 2021. “High-precision UWB technologies are nothing new, with companies like Time Domain, Ubis
3 min readEspressif uses CEVA’s RivieraWaves in ita ESP32 wireless chip
Fabless semiconductor company Espressif system has used CEVA’s RivieraWaves Bluetooth dual mode technology in its new ESP32 chip. The china based Espressif systems designs low cost wireless connectivity solution. The new ESP32 chip packs wireless interfaces for 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and also Bluetooth 4
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