Silicon Labs Unveils First Series 3 SoCs, Powering the Next Wave of IoT Breakthroughs

As smart devices grow more sophisticated and compact, the need for powerful, secure, and highly integrated wireless solutions has never been greater. The new Series 3 SoCs deliver on this promise with advanced processing capabilities, flexible memory options, best-in-class security, and streamlined external component integration. Silicon Labs’ Series 1, Series 2, and Series 3 platforms will continue to complement one another in the market and address the full breadth of IoT applications.

These highly integrated solutions represent a significant leap forward in compute power, integration, security, and energy efficiency, addressing the growing demands of both line-powered and battery-powered IoT devices.

Septentrio Launches Various Mosaic-G5 Ultra-Compact GNSS Receiver Models

The ultra-compact form factor and reduced power consumption of mosaic-G5 receivers enable reliable, high-accuracy positioning without compromises in performance for commercial UAVs, robots, and many other size and power-constrained industrial high-volume applications. The high-performance GNSS technology provides enhanced positioning availability even in challenging environments where GNSS signals are degraded or obstructed.

The mosaic family’s broad product portfolio allows users to choose the receiver that best fits their specific needs. Entry-level, high-performance positioning is offered by triple-band mosaic-G5 P1, which is ideal for high-volume applications such as inspection drones or robotic mowers.

Morse Micro, the world’s leading provider of Wi-Fi HaLow chips and Gateworks Corporation, a leading supplier of industrial single board computers (SBCs), announced they have partnered to bring Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) connectivity to the toughest industrial environments. Together with Silex Technology, they are launching a high-performance ecosystem that makes secure, low-power, and long-range Wi-Fi a reality in smart factories, transportation systems and energy infrastructure.

Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) serves as a standards-based alternative to LPWAN technologies like LoRa or proprietary mesh systems. It combines exceptional range and power efficiency with the bandwidth, IP-native compatibility and scalability required for today’s industrial networks.

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Lost and Sound: How GNSS Quietly Keeps Us Found

We take it for granted now—that little blue dot on your screen, faithfully following you across maps, trails, cities, oceans. It seems simple, almost mundane. But behind it is one of the most quietly awe-inspiring feats of engineering in the modern world.

The GNSS receiver doesn’t ask where it is. It knows, by listening.

More Than Just Coordinates

Ten years ago, high-accuracy GNSS (sub-meter or centimeter level) required bulky gear and expensive subscriptions. Now, dual-frequency, multi-constellation receivers are accessible as SMT modules. With correction services (SBAS, PPP, RTK), engineers can push real-time accuracy down to a few centimeters—even under adverse conditions.

Receivers can now:

Maintain lock under canopy or urban canyon conditions
Reject spoofing attempts via signal authentication and redundancy
Integrate natively with IMUs and dead reckoning for tunnel or indoor continuity

These aren’t lab tricks—they’re shipping in agri-tech, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and wearable systems today. Soldered in. Powered up. Watched the board breathe. The heat settled. The numbers held. Efficiency crept upward. Not in a blaze, but like a room exhaling after someone closes the window.

The Next Evolution

We’re entering a new GNSS era. Here’s what’s on the horizon:

Sensor Fusion by Design: GNSS modules are increasingly built to fuse seamlessly with IMUs, barometers, and magnetometers. With Kalman filtering, you can fill GNSS dropouts and maintain state awareness across tunnels, indoors, or even underground.
Secure GNSS: Spoofing is no longer a theoretical threat—it’s happening. Next-gen GNSS modules will include signal authentication, anomaly detection, and multi-source validation.
Edge Intelligence: Expect embedded GNSS modules with built-in predictive motion models and low-level AI support—especially in autonomous systems and drones.
Space-Based GNSS Use: Satellite platforms are starting to use GNSS not just for orbital awareness, but for inter-satellite ranging and swarm coordination.
Indoor Augmentation: While GNSS itself struggles indoors, hybrid systems using GNSS plus UWB, BLE beacons, or vision SLAM are closing the gap. Your future warehouse robot may use GNSS as a fallback, not a primary.

GNSS receivers are not glamorous. They don’t brag. But they know exactly where you are, and when you got there, even when you don’t.

As we move into a world of intelligent automation, resilient infrastructure, and globally connected everything, GNSS will continue to do what it does best:

Stay quiet. Stay precise. And keep us all in sync.

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Silicon Labs Unveils First Series 3 SoCs, Powering the Next Wave of IoT Breakthroughs

Septentrio Launches Various Mosaic-G5 Ultra-Compact GNSS Receiver Models

Morse Micro and Gateworks Partner to Deliver Industrial Connectivity with Wi-Fi HaLow

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