Tag: Bluetooth 5

A new NRF52840 Bluetooth 5 development board with power amplifier/low-noise amplifier range extender chip has been launched by Bulgarian-based Hobby Electronics. The development board has at its heart the most advanced member of the nRF52 Series SoC family -- the ultra-low power...

Laird Connectivity’s Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5 for next-generation industrial IoT Laird Connectivity’s users across multiple industries have a diverse set of requirements and specific needs. They asked for a truly robust industrial IoT module: one that is rugged, small, simplifies...

The creation of a sensor network can result in an overwhelming amount of work. From deciding on the perfect technologies to making your prototype and ensuring it is secure, it usually is a demanding task. But what if there was a way to simplify this process? There is, actually, the new...

Laird Connectivity released the new BL653 embedded Bluetooth 5.1 module series which enables industrial OEMs to implement longer range BLE applications in the harshest industrial operating environments. The BL653 is a complete multi-protocol embedded wireless offering with processing...

u-blox has introduced the JODY-W2 multiradio module, a feature-rich and compact wireless module for automotive applications. by Ally Winning @ eenewsembedded.com Measuring only a 13.8mm x 19.8mm to address the space constraints that car manufacturers face, the module can operate in...

u-blox’ NINA-B3 range of stand-alone Bluetooth 5 low energy modules now includes the NINA-B306/316 modules with an integrated PCB antenna. The trapezoidal printed antenna technology has been licensed from Proant AB. Moving the antenna to the PCB allows the NINA-B3 family to...

A few months ago, in November 2018, we talked about the possibility of combining both WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5 into one board. The UNISOC UWP5661 was a chip that could make that possible and the same chip powers the IVY5661 96Boards IoT board. At the time of posting about the IVY5661...

WiFi 5 also known as 802.11ac has been around for a while now, but few boards have adopted it. The WiFi 5 might easily be confused with the general WiFi (802.11 b/g/n).  The WiFi standard 802.11ac is capable of 1300 megabits per second (Mbps) which is the equivalent of 162.5 megabytes...