Silicon Labs announced the acquisition of Micrium, a leading supplier of RTOS software for the IoT. This strategic acquisition helps simplify IoT design for all developers by combining a leading, commercial-grade embedded RTOS with Silicon Labs’ IoT expertise and solutions. Micrium’s RTOS and software tools will continue to be available to all silicon partners worldwide, giving customers a wide range of options, even when using non-Si...

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Silicon Labs has released a major update of its Simplicity Studio software development tools. The Simplicity Studio release represents a significant redesign of the software infrastructure, making the tools faster to download and easier to install and use. The new update also offers a more intuitive user interface improves the overall developer experience.

Silicon Labs has introduced a family of Wireless Gecko modules focused on mesh networking applications with support for best-in-class ZigBee and Thread software. Silicon Labs’ MGM111 module is the first in this comprehensive family of multiprotocol modules based on the Mighty Gecko System-On-Chip (SoC) device.

A CMOS-based isolated FET (Field Effect Transistor) driver family has been introduced by Silicon Labs, enabling developers to use their choice of application-specific, high-volume FETs to replace outmoded electromechanical relays (EMRs) and optocoupler-based SSRs (Solid-State Relays).

Silicon Labs has expanded its ISOdriver portfolio with a family of isolated gate drivers designed to protect sensitive Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) switches in power inverter and motor drive applications. The new Si828x ISOdriver family provides industrial-grade isolation (5kVrms withstand), best-in-class feature integration including the following:

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Silicon Labs has introduced what it claims to be the industry’s first high-speed, multi-channel digital isolators designed to meet the demands of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) applications. The Si838x PLC field input isolator family offers high-speed channels (up to 2Mb/s), exceptional channel integration (up to eight channels per device), bipolar input flexibility, high noise immunity and 2.5kVRMS safety isolation.

Expanding its USBXpress bridge family, Silicon Labs has introduced a small, low-power device which provides a simpler, faster way to add USB connectivity to new and legacy embedded designs. The CP2102N simplifies USB-to-UART connectivity and speeds time-to-market for a wide range of portable, power-sensitive and space-constrained applications such as USB dongles, point-of-sale terminals, data loggers, gaming controllers and personal medical devic...

Helping businesses make data-driven decisions, Silicon Labs has introduced a cost-effective prototyping vehicle that makes it easy to connect wireless sensor nodes to mobile devices and the cloud. The Thunderboard React developer kit features a battery-powered, sensor-rich demonstration board with BLE technology and a powerful ARM Cortex-M4 processor for IoT connectivity, along with open-source design files and software for mobile apps running on...

The React Car Kit bundles a Pinewood Derby car with your Thunderboard React board. The Thunderboard React can be mounted on the derby car, and with the free mobile app you can measure the speed and movements of the car. The iOS / Android mobile app seamlessly communicates between the Thunderboard and the cloud database to visualise sensor data collected or control the LED states on the Thunderboard React hardware.

A comprehensive SIGFOX reference design module that makes it easy to develop sensor-to-cloud applications for SIGFOX networks has been announced by éolane. As a SIGFOX partner and SIGFOX Ready solution provider, éolane is extending its range of sensor and actuator development platforms for SIGFOX networks.

Expanding its Wireless Gecko portfolio, Silicon Labs has introduced what it claims to be the industry’s first multiband, multiprotocol wireless SoC devices for the IoT market. The multiband Wireless Gecko SoCs enable developers to use the same multiprotocol device for operation in 2.4GHz and multiple sub-GHz bands, simplifying connected device designs, reducing cost and complexity and speeding time-to-market.

Silicon Labs has introduced a comprehensive reference design that reduces the cost and complexity of developing cables and cable adapters based on the USB Type-C (USB-C) specification. The reference design features cost-effective, ultra-low-power EFM8 MCUs, USB power delivery protocol stacks certified by the USB-IF (USB Implementation Forum) and USB Billboard Device source code.

  Providing a high-frequency, flexible clocking solution that significantly reduces system-level cost and complexity, Silicon Labs' latest jitter-attenuating clocks simplify 100/400G coherent optical line card and module design.

  A fully integrated, pre-certified Bluetooth module has been introduced by Silicon Labs that gives developers a combination of small footprint, ease of use and low energy technology for short range wireless applications.

A mixed signal low power flow from Cadence Design Systems has been employed by Silicon Labs to reduce overall design time, significantly speeding time to market. Silicon Labs adopted the flow for its new Blue Gecko family of wireless system-on-chip (SoC) devices that provide ultra-low power Bluetooth Smart connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.