Wireless

The 1st June marked the day that Elari 4G SmartWifi portable router became available for sale on board Aeroflot international flights. With so many visitors set to descend on Russia for the football World Cup, the Aeroflot SkyShop launch of this innovative device couldn't have been better timed. Delivering high-speed 4G internet access almost anywhere in the world, the Elari SmartWiFi is set to become the must-have travel companion for anyone who needs to get online when on the go.

Link Microtek has created and shipped a one-metre-long microwave rotating joint assembly for an S-band ground-based radar. Allowing microwave signals to be fed to and from a radar antenna, such large rotating joint assemblies are an important component of the S-band radar systems that are used around the world in air-traffic control, weather forecasting and shipborne applications.

Increasing numbers of connected devices can cause connection drop offs, slow performance and dead spots. Most homes in the UK suffer from these common WiFi problems as our lives get smarter. The Nova MW3 Mesh WiFi system from Tenda has been launched following the success of the MW6, the technology aims to solve these problems. Key benefits of the technology provide optimisation of home networks, eliminate connection frustration, and extend the reach in homes. With the Nova MW3 in place, householders will be able to make the most of their smart home.

Yes, says Magnus Moller-Petersen, the EVP Sales and Marketing at global mobile device intelligence specialist, Sicap. “But only if operators are able to manage the standard RCS Universal Profile handsets and those built according to proprietary solutions”.

Pentek has announced the new member of its Jade family of high-speed data converter XMC FPGA modules: the 2-channel Jade Model 71865, a 200MHz 16-bit A/D channeliser with 762 narrowband digital down converters (DDCs) and 4 wideband DDCs, based on the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA. The Model 71865 is an economical and energy efficient, complete software radio receiver solution for commercial, military and government high-channel count applications.

Microsemi has announced it has enabled cable TV and internet provider Stofa, based in Denmark, to successfully complete the first trial in Europe deploying a new type of architecture--Remote PHY (R-PHY)--based upon the DOCSIS 3.1 standard in Europe.

  Kerlink has announced the launch of Wanesy Small Private Network 2.0 (Wanesy SPN 2.0), its second-generation small private network solution for multiple indoor and outdoor vertical applications, like precision agriculture, industrial equipment monitoring, building facility management and asset tracking at airports or harbours.

Two neural network cores, the AX2185 and AX2145, have been announced by Imagination Technologies, and are designed to enable high-performance computation of neural networks at very low power consumption in minimal silicon area. The cores are based on Imagination’s neural network accelerator (NNA) architecture, PowerVR Series2NX, which enables ‘smartness’ to move from the cloud into edge devices, enabling greater efficiency and real-time responsiveness.

u-blox and Arduino have introduced four boards to their MKR family, delivering wireless connectivity options for IoT applications. Previously Arduino adopted u-blox for their MKR GSM 1400, now one of the most popular boards of the MKR family. Arduino introduced the MKR family and form factor to address IoT use cases by focusing on a standard blue print including a hardware crypto chip for enhanced security, a LiPo charger for power management, and an ARM Cortex M0 microcontroller.

  Kerlink and eleven-x has announced eleven-x has launched pilot programmes in smart parking, asset tracking, water metering, fuel tank monitoring, smart waste management and other applications across Canada on its recently deployed LoRaWANTM IoT network.