Tag Archives: low energy

NXP has finally revealed the wireless versions of its MCX microcontrollers, first announced in mid-2022. “Featuring the industry’s first MCU with Bluetooth Channel Sounding, NXP’s MCX W series enables edge devices with secure multi-protocol wireless for Matter, Thread, Zigbee and Bluetooth Low Energy,” according to the company, which explained: “Bluetooth Channel Sounding standard improves the accuracy and security of distance ...

With the release of Bluetooth mesh software stacks for the BlueNRG family of Bluetooth Low Energy chips and modules, ST will demonstrate the capabilities of Bluetooth mesh networks during CES, The demonstrations will show how ST’s BlueNRG mesh software and BLE-enabled Wireless Sensor Platforms, together, enable to form pervasive and scalable networks of sensors and actuators that can support new use ...

Murata is sampling a wireless combination module for automotive applications which uses an AEC-Q100 compliant chipset. Production is planned for Q4.

On the same day that it released a Bluetooth Low Energy module, Murata announced that it has joined a European configurable radio research programme. The 20.0x13x2.4mm module, called...

Broadcom’s latest wireless combo chip is it first to integrate 802.11n Wi-Fi with the low energy variant of the Bluetooth specification. Bluetooth 4.0, called Low Energy, is designed to offer very low power wireless links for always on monitoring and tagging applications. The BCM4330 will support dual mode Bluetooth functions, and can be operated in low energy mode or in standard ...

CSR has announced its latest Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chipset for smartphones and tablets, adding Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth low energy, and HD Voice. “Wi-Fi Direct is a standard from the Wi-Fi Alliance that defines new ways for Wi-Fi devices to connect to each other,” said CSR. “It allows users to turn their phones into mobile hotspots, providing the ability to share ...

Linear Technology has introduced an energy harvesting power IC for low energy sources, including piezoelectric transducers.

Nordic Semiconductor is to make chips for ‘Bluetooth low energy’ that will run from a coin cell “for months to years”, claimed the firm. “µBlue will have low peak currents and micro ampere range average current in connected mode. The first µBlue product, the RF8001, will be a single mode slave chip for watches, sensors and remote controls.” Release is scheduled ...

Electronics Weekly puts its questions to an industry figure: David Baillie, CEO of CamSemi, the fabless semiconductor company developing new generations of power ICs