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How Being Bold Brings Smart Automation Solutions

On January 21, 2021 in All, Automation, Industrial, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Jeff DeAngelis

Industry 4.0 smart factories require design attention to realize smarter, faster, and lower power solutions. The most successful companies set themselves apart through a bold approach in executing their smart automation strategy. In this post, we will present an example.

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.

STM32WL Nucleo-64 Board Can Test Diverse IoT Concepts

On December 8, 2020 in All, Dev Tools, IoT, Power, Wireless by Tommy Cummings

Using the STM32WL Nucleo-64 boards—the WL55JC1 and WL55JC2—developers can test combinations of the STM32WL wireless controller’s performance, power consumption, and features.

Tagged With: fsk, lora, mbus lorawan®, msk, nucleo-64, sigfox, soc, stm32wl, system-on-chip

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Slow to Take Hold

On November 25, 2020 in All, IoT, Medical, Wireless by Stephen Evanczuk

Limitations in Bluetooth®-based distance measurement and conflicting requirements for privacy and public health have slowed the emergence of automated COVID-19 contact tracing, but the availability of effective solutions is only a matter of time.

Tagged With: apps, bluetooth, contact, contact tracing, covid-19, device, identifiers, privacy, rf, rssi, smartphone, user

Keeping a Virtual Eye on your Assets

On November 11, 2020 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Greg Toth

The STMicroelectronics LoRa® IoT tracker allows you to prototype asset tracking applications using LoRaWAN™ for low-power, long-range communications to backend services such as data dashboards and moving map displays.

Tagged With: dashboard, iot, lora, lorawan, prototype, sensor, stm32, stmicroelectronics

Connect Microchip AVR128DA48 to Medium One IoT Cloud

On October 6, 2020 in All, Computing, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Greg Toth

The Microchip AVR128DA48 Curiosity Nano Evaluation Kit, along with the cloud-based Medium One IoT Platform, provides hardware, software, and cloud-based tools to create applications that collect, process, and visualize IoT data.

Tagged With: avr, avr128da48, curiosity nano, dashboard, iot, medium one, microchip, prototype, sandbox, sensor

Mesh Networking for Smart Buildings and IoT

On September 18, 2020 in All, Wireless by Will Abdeh

Bluetooth® mesh networking promises to accelerate smart buildings, IoT design, and deployment. This blog explores the basics of Bluetooth mesh networking and describes how ON Semiconductor develops the products and tools to help speed your design.

Tagged With: bluetooth, mesh, mesh networking, on semi, on semiconductor, rsl10

Remote Sensing Fosters Healthier Lives

On September 8, 2020 in All, Dev Tools, General, IoT, Medical, Sensors, Wireless by Marcel Consée

Companies developing applications for first responders, seniors, and fitness face the same challenges and requirements from a design and development perspective. One of the major product groups for collecting health or fitness data are smartwatches or fitness wristbands.

Tagged With: apple watch, applications, covid-19, data, ecg, electronics, healthcare, leds, pulse, sensor, smart watch, toshiba

Connect Renesas EK-RA6M3 to Medium One IoT Cloud

On September 4, 2020 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, IoT, Sensors, Wireless by Greg Toth

The Renesas EK-RA6M3 Evaluation Kit, along with the cloud-based Medium One IoT Platform, provide hardware, software, and cloud-based tools to create applications that collect, process, and visualize IoT data.

Tagged With: dashboard, iot, medium one, prototype, ra6m3, renesas, sandbox, sensor

Keeping Machines Healthy and Running

On September 2, 2020 in All, Industrial, IoT, Wireless by Joseph Downing

STMicroelectronics STWIN Sensor Tile can accelerate the design of Predictive Maintenance IIoT applications that monitor essential equipment to prevent unexpected failures by allowing scheduling of maintenance and provide a potential cost-savings benefit.

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