Antennas for iDAS applications
30 January 2019, RF Design

Wireless connectivity has become a major consideration for building owners. As 80% of cellular connectivity occurs indoors, the reliance on the LTE network poses a problem for large buildings which have ...

Globally configurable NB-IoT module
30 January 2019, RF Design

u-blox recently announced the SARA N3, a multiband NB-IoT module that supports a preliminary set of 3GPP Release 14 features (LTE Cat NB2). The SARA N3 is available in two variants: one dedicated to China ...

S-band high-power amplifier
30 January 2019, RFiber Solutions

The CHZ9012-QFA from United Monolithic Semiconductors is an S-band quasi-MMIC high-power amplifier based on GaN power bar and GaAs input and output matching circuits. It is fabricated using 0,25 µm GaN ...

SiPs for LoRa IoT nodes
30 January 2019, Avnet South Africa

Microchip Technology announced a highly integrated LoRa system-in-package (SiP) family with an ultra-low-power 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), sub-GHz RF LoRa transceiver and software stack. The combination ...

Modular telecoms patch panels
30 January 2019, Webb Industries

The exponential growth in data and telecoms services has created significant space pressure in data centres and telecommunication rooms of telecom companies. Space is expensive and ever-increasing costs ...

IoT module sips power in sleep mode
30 January 2019, RF Design

Norwegian Internet of Things (IoT) developer, Nanopower, has developed an innovative way to reduce the power consumption of Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 SoC to just 10 nA in sleep mode, and waking ...

RS-485 transceiver
30 January 2019, EBV Electrolink

The STMicroelectronics STR485LV 3,3 V transceiver for RS-485 applications enhances design flexibility by providing an external pin to select 20 Mbps or 250 Kbps communication, and interfacing directly ...

Dual-band Wi-Fi module
30 January 2019, Icorp Technologies

The HF-LPD100 from Hi-Flying is a Wi-Fi module supporting both the 2,4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. It is a fully self-contained, small form-factor, single-stream 802.11b/g/n solution for providing a wireless ...

Mini PCIe wireless modules
30 January 2019, Icorp Technologies

The BG96 Mini PCIe module series from Quectel offer LTE Cat M1/Cat NB1/EGPRS connectivity in the standard PCI Express Mini Card form factor (Mini PCIe). It offers a maximum data rate of 375 Kbps downlink ...

Wi-Fi modules and transceivers
30 January 2019, NuVision Electronics

Silicon Labs has expanded its Wi-Fi portfolio of modules and transceivers. Designed for the specific needs of IoT applications, the Wireless Gecko portfolio boasts low power consumption for power-sensitive ...

NXP processors support AWS Greengrass
30 January 2019, EBV Electrolink, DSP, Micros & Memory

In order to support the security of IoT edge devices and cloud-to-edge connections, NXP Semiconductors has implemented AWS Greengrass hardware security integration on its Layerscape and i.MX applications ...

Optical networking and sensing with POF
14 November 2018, TRX Electronics, This Week's Editor's Pick

POF is bringing the advantages of optical networking to communication and optical sensing applications that cannot be satisfied using copper cable, wireless or glass fibre.