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New Tech Tuesdays: Track Assets with these LoRaWAN® Solutions

On February 9, 2021 in All, General, Industrial, Low Power, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays, RF, Wireless by Tommy Cummings

Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN®) products can cast a wide communications net, which leads to more effective wireless monitoring and management. This week's New Tech Tuesdays highlights two LoRaWAN® products available to designers for solution-based development.

New Tech Tuesdays: Designers Have More USB Type-C Power Choices

On January 12, 2021 in All, Connectors, General, Low Power, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

Not all future smartphones will include chargers, so engineers have an opportunity to step up designs for USB Type-C power systems. Let’s take a look at some options.

Tagged With: applications, controller, devices, fit, footprint, receptacle, semiconductor, solution, suppliers, voltage

A Year Later, How Does My Smart Mailbox Perform?

On January 4, 2021 in All, Automation, Dev Tools, IoT, Low Power, Maker, Open Source, Wireless by Rafik Mitry

The Arduino MKRFOX 1200 Smart Mailbox was constructed at the Mouser Electronics Germany branch in Munich, and we have been testing it for the past year. In the following, we review the performance of the board over the previous year.

Moving from Smart to Brilliant Energy

On October 14, 2020 in All, General, IoT, Low Power, Power, Sensors by Jon Gabay

Making energy use more efficient on a device is common. Doing it with a distributed random needs-based environment is more difficult. Appliances that can work together to assure peak-demand load conformity will have an advantage over those that don’t.

Cypress’ MCU Platform Built for IoT Apps

On August 19, 2020 in All, IoT, Low Power, Wireless by Paul Golata

Cypress Semiconductors’ PSoC 6 MCU is a high-performance, ultra-low-power, and secure MCU platform, purpose-built for IoT applications. With the enablement software in ModusToolbox, support for Cypress Wi-Fi/Bluetooth modules, it allows developers to create integrated low-power, secure, cloud-connected designs.

How Wearables Will Facilitate Healthcare

On July 13, 2020 in All, IoT, Low Power, Medical, Sensors, Wireless by Stephen Evanczuk

The importance of timely healthcare data has gained special recognition during the COVID-19 pandemic, but better data will be needed well after the pandemic fades. Healthcare wearables offer an effective, long-term solution for delivering essential patient data required by healthcare workers.

Reality.2020 Symposium Focuses on Adaptive Design

On May 20, 2020 in All, Computing, Connectors, General, Industrial, IoT, Low Power, Security, Sensors by Tommy Cummings

The TTI family of companies are sponsoring Reality.2020, a two-day online symposium that will bring together product experts from some of the world's leading electronic component suppliers. Eleven speakers will discuss topics ranging from 5G to Internet of Things to the cloud.

ZigBee vs. Z-Wave: What’s the Difference?

On April 29, 2020 in All, Automation, IoT, Low Power, Wireless by Tyler Wojciechowicz

With a myriad of IoT products available, consumers and engineers are left to wonder which technology best suits their needs. Popular IoT ecosystems ZigBee and Z-Wave offer two unique solutions to this design question. Learn how their specifications differ to decide the optimal use for your application.

Don’t Overlook LDOs for Efficient Voltage Regulation

On February 13, 2020 in All, Low Power, Sensors, Wireless by Steven Keeping

Switching voltage regulators are a popular solution when long battery life is required as they have a reputation for high efficiency. But when closely matched to the demands of the application, LDOs can be just as battery-friendly and a simpler solution too.

Connecting to the Google Cloud IoT with the AVR-IoT WG Eval Board

On March 4, 2019 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, IoT, Low Power, Security, Sensors, Wireless by Greg Toth

The Microchip AC164160 AVR-IoT WG Evaluation Board allows you to prototype sensor applications using a secure-element cryptographic coprocessor and low-power microcontroller to securely connect to the Google Cloud IoT.

Tagged With: AVR, Cryptographic coprocessor, Google Cloud, IoT, Prototype, Pub/Sub, Secure element, Sensor

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