| Inspiring the Evolution of Embedded Design |
| February 16, 2021 IoT Technology Focus |
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| | | Tiny SiP Device Blends Cellular IoT and GNSS |
| U‑blox has announced the ALEX-R5, a miniature cellular module that integrates LPWA connectivity and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology into an ultra-small system-in-package (SiP) form factor. Comprising hardware components designed fully in-house, ALEX-R5 is based on the secure UBX-R5 LTE-M/NB-IoT chipset platform with Secure Cloud functionality and the U‑blox M8 GNSS chip for advanced location accuracy. |
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| | | Firms Team Up for Climate Change Project Contest |
| It is not too late to create a Proof of Concept for an intelligent IoT edge solution and enter for the chance to win over $70k in prizes in the Climate Change Challenge. QuickLogic has teamed up with its subsidiary SensiML to spearhead an initiative to address the global climate change crisis. The initiative entails the co-sponsorship of the Climate Change Challenge, a contest through the Avnet Hackster.io online community. |
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| | | Optical Sensor Market to Reach $30 Billion by 2026 |
| According to a Global Market Insights report, the global optical sensor market is estimated to exceed $30 billion by 2026. Optical sensors are broadly utilized in consumer electronic devices to detect events, changes or input signals and pass the information to other components. Adoption of optical sensors is increasing for biometric recognition, high-speed detection, device authentication and other security applications in consumer electronics. |
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| | | LoRa (Part 7) – Building a Prototype LoRa Device |
| Bob wraps up his article series on LoRa. In the previous two articles, Bob examined MachineQ resources for LoRa development. Here, in Part 7, Bob explores creating a prototype sensor for the MachineQ network. |
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| | | Satellite Transmitter Module Taps Nordic’s BLE SoC |
| Nordic Semiconductor has announced that Globalstar, a satellite and commercial IoT communications company, has selected Nordic’s Bluetooth LE nRF52832 SoC to provide the processing power and Bluetooth LE wireless connectivity for its “ST100 Satellite Transmitter” module. The module allows companies to rapidly develop satellite-based tracking and monitoring solutions using Globalstar’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. |
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| Elkhart Lake Spins into COM Express, SMARC and Qseven Modules Avnet’s “MSC C6C-EL” Type 6, “MSC SM2S-EL” SMARC, and “MSC Q7-EL” Qseven modules run Linux or Win 10 on Intel’s Elkhart Lake Atom x6000 SoCs and support triple independent displays and up to 256GB flash. |
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