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BLUETOOTH 5.2 MODULE POWERED BY ENERGY EFFICIENT ARM CORTEX-M33

The NORA-B10 series are small, stand-alone Bluetooth 5.2 low energy, wireless microcontroller unit (MCU) modules from the Swiss wireless chip manufacturer u-blox. These modules are built around the Nordic nRF5340 chip that is powered by two Arm® Cortex®-M33 processor cores. The first core is intended for high-performance applications, clocked at either 128 or 64 Mhz. The second core is clocked at 64 […]

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TINY MEMS RESONATORS INTEGRATE LOAD CAPACITORS

SiTime Corporation announced that it has entered the $2 billion precision resonator market with the ApexMEMS family of MHz resonators. These new devices are the third-generation of SiTime silicon ctechnology and are available in a variety of MHz frequencies for high-volume electronics. Mobile and IoT applications such as Bluetooth wearables and wearables, high-speed connectivity interfaces, asset-tracking, as well

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THE WORLD’S SMALLEST BLUETOOTH SOC RELEASED

InPlay Technologies, headquartered in Shanghai, China, today launched the world’s smallest software-free programming Bluetooth beacon SoC, IN100, based on its NanoBeaconTM technology. The product is a software-free programming SoC, which will greatly reduce the technical threshold. Any developer can easily build their own wireless applications without worrying about learning complex Bluetooth protocol stacks and embedded programming languages. The package size

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THE NEW CORAL DEV BOARD IS POWERED BY MEDIATEK

At the beginning of this year, we saw Google’s announcement of a stripped-down Coral Dev Board Mini and Coral Dev Board implementing their in-house 4-TOPS Edge TPU. Now Seeed has come with $100 pre-orders on the Mini along with a pre-soldered Coral Accelerator Module. Shipment is expected at the end of October 2020. The new Coral Dev Board Mini is

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TERACUBE 2E: NEXT EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABLE PHONES

A mobile phone nowadays is an essential, probably the one thing we can’t live without, with 7.2 mobile devices being in use worldwide. But did you ever take a moment to realize where all the old phones are? Electronic waste is a big concern, with 50 million tons being generated this year. From these, only 12.5%

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SMART LED DIMMER CONTROLLED VIA BLUETOOTH

Introduction This article describes how to build a smart digital dimmer. A dimmer is a common light switch that is used in houses, hotels and many other buildings. Older versions of dimmer switches were manual, and would typically incorporate a rotary switch (potentiometer) or buttons to control the light level. This article describes how to

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LAIRD CONNECTIVITY SENTRIUS MG100 MULTI-WIRELESS IOT GATEWAYS WITH LTEM/NB-IOT AND BLUETOOTH 5

The creation of a sensor network can result in an overwhelming amount of work. From deciding on the perfect technologies to making your prototype and ensuring it is secure, it usually is a demanding task. But what if there was a way to simplify this process? There is, actually, the new Sentrius MG100 Gateway from Laird Connectivity

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NORDIC SEMICONDUCTOR’S NRF52820 MULTI-PROTOCOL SOC COMBINES BLUETOOTH 5.2 WITH USB 2.0

Are you on the market for an SoC with advanced wireless connectivity in a really small package? Then, you should take a look at the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52820 SoC, that offers you advanced wireless connectivity and built-in USB 2.0, ready to size-down your awesome projects! At first glance, nRF52820 seems like any other IC, but it

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Bluetooth-Controlled Guitar FX Amplifier

As part of our final project for ECE 4760: Digital Systems Design Using Microcontrollers, we built a guitar amplifier with remote distortion and digital effects capabilities controlled from a smartphone via bluetooth. Musicians often need to modify the configuration of their amplifiers when performing in concerts. This job is generally delegated to “roadies” who walk

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AIRBOLT® GPS – THE TINY GPS TRACKER YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED

From pets wandering away and ultimately getting lost, to keys and other items getting misplaced, the desire to, at all times, be able to tell the location of things that are important to us is a priority to everyone. Several GPS tracking solutions exist on the market with small form factors and superb performancε thanks

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