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NXP intros industrial MCX W series for multi-mode IoT – with high-accuracy BLE
Embedded World 2024, Nuremberg: NXP Semiconductors has added two new multiprotocol wireless microcontroller units (MCUs) to its new MCX W series, with support for Matter, Thread, Zigbee, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). The new MCX W72x is pitched as the first wireless MCU with...
Matter and WebRTC – edge protocols for tomorrow’s smart home (Reader Forum)
The smarter the home, the greater the need for faster, safer, and more direct connections. With the average home now counting more than 20 devices, consumers are looking for ways to improve latency and privacy. They are realizing that relying on distant cloud servers...
Morse Micro makes CES splash – to pitch Wi-Fi HaLow for ‘mass-market’ IoT
Australia-based semiconductor company Morse Micro, developing Wi-Fi HaLow for low-power mid-range IoT solutions, has issued a flurry of announcements at CES in Las Vegas this week (January 9-12), including international certification for a new Quectel-made IoT module, a partnership with Australian Wi-Fi specialist Zetifi to...
Z-Wave source code released – to rival “shiny” Matter, kick-off “incredible” 2023
The Z-Wave Alliance, in charge of developing local-area IoT technology Z-Wave, has released the Z-Wave source code to alliance members on open-source software development platform GitHub. Alongside, the alliance has said Members can now “shape the future” of the protocol under its (OS Work...
Matter 1.0 arrives, at last – with test labs, test tools, and mission to make IoT easier
The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) this week confirmed the release of the 1.0 launch-version of the new Matter connectivity specification for interoperability of IoT products, mainly in the smart home environment. This initial release will support various smart home products, including lighting and electrical,...
Matter, Sidewalk, Wi-SUN, Wi-Fi 6 – new Silicon Labs range for IoT in home, yard, city
Silicon Labs has announced four new solutions to help jump-start a new “mega-cycle in IoT”, including development kits and chip systems for IoT products based on Matter, Amazon Sidewalk, Wi-SUN, and Wi-Fi 6. The new products headline the Austin outfit’s so-called Series 2 portfolio,...
‘Start of an IoT mega-cycle’ – Silicon Labs talks Matter, Amazon Sidewalk, Wi-SUN
As US IoT chipmaker Silicon Labs opens the (virtual) doors to its third Works With event (September 12-14), and readies a rush of new product releases (coverage incoming), Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Ross Sabolcik, the firm’s general manager for industrial and commercial,...
Nordic Semiconductor expands low-power IoT range with first Wi-Fi chip
Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its low-power IoT hardware portfolio to include Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. The Norwegian outfit has debuted its first Wi-Fi chip, the nRF7002, which it describes as a “companion IC (integrated circuit)’ to go alongside its existing products, in order to add...
Nordic to bring IoT RAM expertise in-house with deal for US firm Mobile Semiconductor
Nordic Semiconductor has announced it is to acquire US firm Mobile Semiconductor, a specialist in embedded memory technology for microcontrollers (MCUs) and systems-on-chip (SoCs). Mobile Semiconductor already supplies static RAM (SRAM) memory-hardware in all of Nordic’s wireless IoT devices including its nRF52 and nRF53...
Silicon Labs intros SoCs for edge ML – with Matter, Zigbee, OpenThread, Bluetooth
Chip-maker Silicon Labs has introduced two families of 2.4 GHz wireless system-on-chips (SoCs), featuring integrated AI/ML accelerators and support, variously, for short-range protocols including Matter, Zigbee, OpenThread, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and Bluetooth mesh.
The Austin-based firm said integrated (tinyML) AI/ML hardware acceleration in the...