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2012-11-07 | NFC interface chip draws power from RF emissions The AS3953 Near Field Communications interface Chip operates on energy harvested from an NFC reader's RF emissions, requiring no external power source and utilising only one external component |
2007-09-27 | Moto Fone packs a punch of simple, elegant features Quietly launched in rural India initially, the F3 Fone is aimed mostly at first-time cell users in markets offering low-cost prepaid or monthly service |
2011-08-17 | MCUs for medical devices tout longer battery life Renesas' Continua demonstration platform is based on the company's Electronics V850 energy-efficient MCU with certified Continua Blood Glucose agent software |
2008-07-01 | IP standards to Roll for sensor nets Aiming to define a spec for Internet Protocol as early as June next year, the IETF's Routing over Low-power and Lossy Networks (Roll) group is pursuing a standard way for control and sensor nodes on Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 802.15.4 nets to link to the broader Internet |
2014-07-25 | Imagination unveils RPU for wearables, IoT Ensigma Whisper RPUs are designed to enable customers to bring standards such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Classic, GNSS, and other low-power connectivity technologies onto their SoCs |
2014-05-06 | Have wireless sensor networks become irrelevant in the IoT? Linear's Dust Networks develops ultra low-power sensor networks without wires for both communication and power, which is said to have become a subset of today's bigger IoT world |
2014-08-20 | Energous pairs with Dialog in RF wireless charging The pair will collaborate on a reference design that integrates WattUp, an over-the-air wireless charging technology, into a low-power, small-footprint Bluetooth Smart IC |
2015-02-24 | Elevating IoT: Reducing off-state leakage to boost efficiency MIT researchers created a transmitter that minimises off-state leakage 100-fold, while offering ample power for Bluetooth transfer, or for the longer-range 802.15.4 wireless communication protocol |
2007-02-01 | Electronics gears for health care innovation The development of new electronic medical devices is expected to accelerate as innovation in electronics and medicine align around miniaturization, low power and connectivity |
2011-08-11 | Circuit protection solutions target new vehicle trends With electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles also addressing the world's energy and emissions crises, automakers and battery manufacturers are rapidly developing new materials and solutions to advance those technologies |
2011-04-25 | Atheros plans release of embedded Wi-Fi, powerline chips Scheduled for release are Atheros' first low-power, embedded Wi-Fi chips and a software developer's kit for its upcoming powerline chip based on the HomePlug Green PHY specification |
2011-11-10 | Wireless standards reveal interoperability setbacks BLE, NFC, WiFi and DLNA standards face issues that include customer acceptance and discoverability. |
2011-08-22 | Wireless power transmitter IC cuts size by half TI has launched the bq500210 that offers a complete Qi-compliant wireless power solution and reduces design costs. |
2014-01-09 | Wireless devices fly high at CES 2014 Executives from Ericsson, the WiFi Alliance, Boingo Wireless and Broadcom discussed wins, challenges and the future of wireless technology in an interview with EE Times. |
2014-12-16 | Will Qualcomm's investment win China's trust? Qualcomm said some Chinese licencees were under-reporting their sales, acknowledging that the company is in a licensing dispute with another Chinese company. |
2010-06-30 | Wi-Fi healthcare deployments post 60% growth The Wi-Fi adoption within healthcare has grown at more than 60 percent over the past 12 months in WLAN and Wi-Fi real-time locations systems deployments, according to ABI Research. |
2015-06-10 | Who wants to buy Atmel? Atmel's latest pitch to the investment community is that its strategybanking on the emerging Internet of Things markethas transformed it into a higher-margin, higher-growth business. |
2011-10-12 | What you should know about wireless body area networks Wireless standards groups and the IEEE are embracing body area network (BAN) technology as it is touted as a solution for spiralling health care costs and provider shortages. |
2014-08-05 | WattUp takes RF approach to wire-free wearables charging The RF platform developed by U.S.-based start-up Energous utilises 2.4GHz to 2.5GHz as well as 5.7GHz to 5.8GHz frequencies to power wearable devices and accessories up to 10W. |
2016-02-23 | STMicroelectronics unveils STM32 Open Development Environment The STM32 ODE from STMicroelectronics combines development and expansion boards with a homogeneous software development environment. The new tool also allows configuration of STM32 microcontroller. |
2016-02-01 | Software promises more efficient IoT/M2M device verification Anritsu's MX887032A/MV887032A software supports 802.11p RF tests for the 700MHz and 5.9GHz bands designed into car roadside and vehicle-to-vehicle wireless communications systems. |
2015-03-06 | Smart watch reference model speeds up device prototyping The TZ1001 from Toshiba combines an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer and optical pulse sensor to enable smart watch designs for sport watch applications. |
2015-01-06 | Smart gadgets rule CES Unveiled If some of the products demonstrated at the pandemonium of CES Unveiled are any indication, this is a generation of gadgets designed to compete on simplicity, ease of use, accuracy and security. |
2013-10-04 | Smart devices and the future of keyless entry technology Junko Yoshida discusses the potential of smart watches and smartphones as tools for keyless entry as well as how some automakers are treating the idea with scepticism. |
2014-12-17 | Silicon Labs: Translation of apps layer arriving in 2015 Knowing intimately what "things" are supposed to do and how they think and behave will be the key to solving one of the IoT's most pressing issues: application layers. |
2015-01-20 | Shift in China's mobile market threatens U.S. chip companies Among big changes in the works are China Mobile's shift in procurement policy from five-mode smartphones to three-mode models and plans among Chinese apps processor vendors to embrace connectivity. |
2014-06-18 | Sensor fusion paves way for next-gen apps Know the importance of sensor fusion in connected embedded systems and how the ARC EM4 32bit CPU-based sensor IP sub-system allows design of devices with the right performance/power consumption mix. |
2015-04-07 | Ruckus flexes muscles with 802.11ac Wave 2 access point The Ruckus ZoneFlex R710 is a new Wi-Fi access point based on the 802.11ac Wave 2 standard. It allows simultaneous data transmission and supports up to 500 clients with its four dual-band smart antennas. |
2012-09-18 | Review of wireless connectivity protocols for embedded systems Learn about design strategies for easily and quickly incorporating wireless connectivity into an embedded design. |
2013-05-20 | Renesas joins Imec's ULP wireless systems initiative Imec and Renesas Electronics will collaborate to develop robust wireless solutions for future electronics. |
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