Bluetooth Low Energy broken down

Bluetooth is two decades old and inhabits more than 20 billion circuits – this is phenomenal growth. Did you know that smart-phone vendors no longer support classic Bluetooth? It has been replaced by new BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). As somebody…

Making sustainable cities the future

There’s zero doubt that human-induced climate change is edging us ever-closer towards an environmental tipping point. Despite the much-anticipated discussions focused on decarbonisation policies at COP26, and warnings by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), much work still needs…

PSTN switch off scheduled for 2025

The public switched telephone network (PSTN) switch off is scheduled for 2025, and will mark the end of the copper-based telephone network. In the lead up to the switch off, businesses must transition away from PSTN-based products to newer services…

Painless entry into IIoT market

As industrialisation intensifies, demand for computing performance and durability has become increasingly more exacting. Seeking breakthroughs in highly durable and reliable industrial PC solutions, Avalue’s latest releases – 15-inch and 21.5-inch SPC-series (SPC-1533-B1/SPC-2133-B1) rugged industrial-grade panel PCs, offer significant improvement…

AI and Machine Learning brought to the Edge with Matter-Ready Platform

Silicon Labs, an innovator in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, announced the BG24 and MG24 families of 2.4 GHz wireless SoCs for Bluetooth and Multiple-protocol operations, respectively, and a new software toolkit. This co-optimised hardware and…

Analysis and context for NSP success in 2022

New consumer demands based on shifting behavioral patterns as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis are giving rise to a new set of key success factors that network service providers (NSPs) will have to address to achieve their strategic…

Remote patient monitoring during COVID

The COVID-19 crisis has caused a tremendous shock to the global economy across all industries. One of the first and most heavily impacted areas was the health care system. At the forefront of the pandemic fight, healthcare professionals and caregivers…

LoRaWAN smart street-lighting systems

On the heels of launching its newest LoraWAN gateway called iStation, Kerlink (AKLK – FR0013156007), a specialist in solutions dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), partnered with CITiLIGHT, the leading smart-lighting solution provider in India, to collaborate and deploy…

Enea’s 2022 IoT trends

Nation states will ramp up mobile cyber-attacks; hyperscalers will mimic Google and introduce powerful proprietary encryption protocols; and new edge clouds could make the last mile vulnerable. These are amongst the major trends Enea has highlighted in a new report…

Isolated AC/DC converter with universal input offers 5W regulated fixed outputs

The BAC05 series from Murata offers a ruggedly designed, flexible family of efficient AC/DC converters suitable for a wide range of applications including industrial, medical, building automation and IoT devices. The converters are designed to operate from an AC or…