Design

The Si3406x Power Over Ethernet Plus (POE+) Powered Device (PD) family from Silicon Labs is available at Mouser Electronics. Integrating all necessary high voltage discrete components on a single PD chip, the Si3406x family devices reduce time to market and system cost for a variety of high-efficiency, high-power POE+ PD applications.

A 4G/LTE embedded cellular module from Sierra Wireless is available from Richardson RFPD with full design support capabilities. The EM7565 offers global 4G/LTE coverage on 24 LTE bands. It provides uplink speeds up to 150Mbps, downlink speeds up to 600Mbps, and support for carrier aggregation and 256 QAM.

CEVA has announced the successor to its popular CEVA-Dragonfly NB1 solution targeting the fast growing NB-IoT market. CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 is a highly integrated and modular solution optimised for Cat-NB2 (3GPP Release 14 eNB-IoT) that can seamlessly be incorporated into chips and modules by the multitude of companies looking to address the large and fast growing cellular IoT space.

STMicroelectronics’ AlgoBuilder tool takes the coding out of firmware development by letting users build sensor-control algorithms graphically with library modules, ready to compile and run on an STM32 MCU. Created to simplify development of IoT devices containing ST’s MEMS sensors and MCUs, AlgoBuilder helps get a proof-of-concept model up and running. Users can build their algorithms quickly and intuitively by dragging and dropping selected functions, connecting the blocks, and configuring properties.

The nRF52840 multi-protocol system-on-chip (SoC) from Nordic Semiconductor is in stock at Mouser Electronics. Based on Nordic’s nRF52 Series architecture and compatible with Nordic’s existing nRF52 Series, nRF51 Series, and nRF24 Series products, the ultra-low power SoC is one of the only single-chip solutions on the market to offer simultaneous Bluetooth 5 and Thread support, with Zigbee support coming soon.

3D Glass Solutions (3DGS) has released a glass-based RF integrated passive devices (IPDs) process design kit (PDK) specifically for NI AWR Design Environment customers.  Developed in collaboration with NI AWR software experts, the 3DGS IPD PDK enables the design of high-performance components for internet of things (IoT), LTE, 5G and satellite communications. 

The line between what is considered technology for telecommunications vs industrial control and other operations technology applications is becoming blurry. Software is being used in more instances across more industries because it provides a level of flexibility and cost savings like we’ve never seen before. Guest blog written by Jeff Gowan.

The MGM13P Mighty Gecko wireless mesh modules from Silicon Labs are now being shipped by Mouser Electronics. Based on the Silicon Labs EFR32MG13 Mighty Gecko system-on-chip (SoC), these modules are a pre-certified, multi-protocol solution for wireless networking.

Cypress Semiconductor has announced that its USB-C technology brings versatile connectivity and fast charging to Samsung’s DeX Pad, helping to deliver a full-screen desktop experience to Samsung DeX users. Samsung DeX is a service that provides a PC-like experience with mobile devices. The DeX Pad accessory provides easy connection to peripherals such as a monitor, keyboard and mouse to use Samsung DeX.

The SX1261 and SX1262 LoRa transceivers from Semtech are in stock at Mouser Electronics. Designed for extended battery life with just 4.2mA of active receive current consumption, the SX126x sub-GHz radio transceivers are ideal for long-range RF wireless applications and are fully compliant with the physical layer requirements of the LoRaWAN specification released by the LoRa Alliance.