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Bluetooth Cellular baseband Connectivity Sensor fusion Wi-Fi Wireless
Untethering Smartwatches
Posted On May 16, 2022 Paddy McWilliams 0

To date, smartwatches have been viewed primarily as accessories to smartphones. Cool, but somewhat redundant when you also must carry …

Connectivity IoT Wi-Fi Wireless
Rising Importance of Location in a Mobile World
Posted On January 19, 2022 Paddy McWilliams 0

In a mobile world, we’re now realizing that the absolute must-have in most devices is positioning. Some applications are already …

Bluetooth
UWB Spreads Its Wings for Secure Keyless Access
Posted On November 24, 2021 Paddy McWilliams 0

Ultra-wideband (UWB) was once thought of as a communications technology that never quite made it—until Apple adopted it. UWB is …

Connectivity IoT
Low-Power Snapshot Positioning Expanding Embedded GNSS Markets
Posted On June 15, 2021 Paddy McWilliams 0

For most of us, positioning means GPS, primarily for navigation in our cars and in our smartphones, where it has …

Connectivity IoT
Satellite NB-IoT: Connectivity Everywhere
Posted On August 7, 2020 Paddy McWilliams 0

Despite a few high-profile efforts from the hyperscalars, “Internet everywhere” remains a stretch goal. Still, how pressing is an immediate …

IoT
NB-IoT Poised to Take Off, Waiting for a Trigger
Posted On September 9, 2019 Paddy McWilliams 0

In the fiercely contested LPWA arena, the general view is that it is not a case of ‘winner-takes-all.’ Instead there …

Bluetooth Connectivity Wi-Fi
Open Source RISC-V Architecture is Changing the Game for IoT Processors
Posted On February 26, 2018 Paddy McWilliams 0

Over the past decade, open source software has been one of the biggest catalysts in the tech world. Today, the …