Internet of Things

Mikroe has introduced a narrowband LTE IoT communication development board in its ‘Click’ format. It is called ‘NB IoT 6 Click’, and its active wireless module is the BC65 from Shanghai based Quectel, a low-power (4μA) device compliant with 3GPP Release 13 and Release 14, supporting LTE bands B1, B3, B5, B8, B20 and B28 across 700MHz to 2.2GHz. LTE ...

CLS, a satellite services company, has bought Ground Control Technologies, a UK- and US-based specialist in satellite IoT devices and cloud-based monitoring platforms. The acquisition brings four new operational sites to the Toulouse-based CLS, which has an Earth Observation focus. They will join its existing 31 offices across five continents, employing 1,100 people. IoT While both sometimes operate in the ...

Sateliot and Nordic Semiconductor are boasting an industry milestone with the space-based completion of a 5G IoT transmission for a standard commercial cellular IoT device. This was via Sateliot’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. The demo consisted of sending an end-to-end message using Nordic Semiconductor’s standard nRF9151 low power cellular IoT module. Without any hardware changes, the nRF9151 module ...

SiTime has added 0.46 x 0.46mm 0505 CSP resonators to its timing portfolio, with the Titan MEMS platform. They are based on SiTime’s sixth-generation MEMS technology, FujiMEMS and are “at least four times smaller than the smallest legacy quartz alternatives” said the company. The resonators are available either PCB-mounted for customer integration, or as bare die for co-packaging with SoCs ...

Toshi Hishiki puts a spotlight on how the latest precision timing technology is redefining synchronisation in robotics. The adoption of robotics in factories has reached a record of 162 units per 10,000 employees, according to the World Robotics 2024 report. Today’s hyper-connected robots are demanding. They require much more than the traditional industrial control systems used in factory automation. In ...

Oxford Space Systems (OSS) and Lacuna Space have announced the successful deployment of an additional two OSS helical antennas. Antennas These add to Lacuna Space’s satellite Internet of Things (IoT) constellation. And they mark ten successful launches of such deployable antennas with Lacuna Space over the last five years. Currently they are enjoying a 100% in-orbit success rate. The helical ...

An MCU and two fusion processors make up the second generation of microcontrollers developed by Alif Semiconductor. The Ensemble E4, E6 and E8 use a common fabric. The Ensemble E4 (MCU) uses the Arm dual Cortex-55 core and the Ensemble E6 and E8 fusion processors are based on the Arm Cortex-32 core and dual Cortex-32 cores respectively. Alif said it ...

Silicon Labs has announced that the first SoC in its Series 3 family will be PSA-certified to Level 4. The company believed the SiXG301 will be the first PSA Level 4 iSE/SE -certified device. The certification is for hardware and software protection, using crytpographic algorithms and protects against higher level attacks, such as differential power analysis, in IoT and edge ...

A European Electronic Communications (EEC) committee has approved the new Low Power Device-to-Satellite (LPD-S) regulatory framework. The draft decision follows a multi-year initiative by the LoRa Alliance to formalise this LPD-S category. Basically, it formally defines the conditions that low power devices communicating with satellites will need to fulfil. This is for connecting directly to satellites without the need for ...

The European-funded SPACE4Cities initiative has selected 20 innovative projects for its €2.8 million competition winners. The winning systems focus on using satellite data to support urban planning and tackle challenges in both climate adaptation and sustainable mobility. Basically, the smart use of European satellite data for the better management of public spaces. Each of the 20 winners will receive up ...