Chip makers STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments have announced partnerships with Swedish vendor Thingsquare, which has developed a tiny operating system designed to make it easier to connect a broad variety of things, from street ...
Tags: Internet, Chip makers, operating system
It's hard to hear the phrases, "Your mission, should you decide to accept it" or "this tape will self-destruct in five seconds" without bringing to mind Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt (or for the older readers, Dan Briggs or Jim Phelps) of the ...
Monitoring and measurement through ingestible, implanted, and body-worn wireless sensors can improve healthcare, and if those sensors can support continuous data streaming, more real-time information will be available for analysis. ...
Tags: wireless sensor, healthcare, data streaming
When designing a ZigBee wireless sensor networking device is it often necessary to make a system partitioning choice. What makes the most sense – a ZigBee system-on-chip (SoC) that combines a 2.4GHz wireless transceiver and a ...
Tags: ZigBee, wireless sensor networking device, processing core
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has introduced highly integrated front-end modules enabling 802.11ac connectivity in smartphones and tablets. IEEE ...
Lime Microsystems has signed a distribution agreement with Richardson RFPD for its field programmable RF transceivers which are used in wireless broadband systems. Under the agreement, Richardson RFPD will distribute Lime's LMS6002D ...
Tags: Lime Microsystems, Richardson RFPD, wireless broadband systems
Atmel has demonstrated at Embedded World in Nuremberg this week its AT86RF233 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 radio transceiver carrying out distance measurement between two radios. A process known as ranging. It can be necessary to determine ...
Radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor company RF Micro Devices Inc (RFMD) of Greensboro, NC, USA says it is expanding its entry solutions product portfolio to include multiple new solutions for 2G and 3G entry smartphones. ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that several OEMs and smartphone providers are leveraging its SkyOne front-end solution. The SkyOne platform, ...
Tags: Skyworks, SkyOne platform, transceiver
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) has appointed photonics integration veteran ...
Tags: GigOptix, Senior Photonic Packaging and Integration Architect
Maxim Integrated Products has announced it latest small cell RF transceiver which supports all 3G and 4G LTE frequency bands. The company believes small cell basestations will play a strategic part in the rollout of 4G services both ...
Tags: MWC, Multi-Band LTE, Small Cells
eNet Components, leading manufacturer and full-service provider of OEM compatible Transceivers, Memory and Cables, is staking its territory in the battle for fiber optics market share. For decades, giant IT companies have dominated the ...
Tags: eNet Components, OEM compatible Transceivers, Memory, Cables
Neul has announced its first transceiver chip for 'white space' communications in 470-790MHz UHF TV bands. Called Iceni, the chip is intended for secure non-line-of-sight machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. Both 6 and 8MHz ...
Tags: Neul, transceiver chip, communications
Microsemi's latest optical system linecard device is designed to address channel density issue with the uptake of 100G links. "Growth of 100G is exceeding our most optimistic predictions and, in turn, significantly bolstering the optical ...
Tags: Microsemi, optical system, linecard device
Xylem Inc., has announced the addition of the Bell & Gossett ecocirc wireless to its line of hot water circulators. The company made the announcement at the 2013 AHR Expo, January 28, in Dallas. Designed for plumbing systems without a ...