Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a part of Bluetooth 4.0. BLE is also called Bluetooth Smart. Former it was called Bluetooth Ultra Low Power and in the beginning the name was WiBree. A lot of names and all mean the same. See also:What Do The iPhone 4S And The Lord Of The Rings Have In […]
Remote control for TV and set-up box on Bluetooth Low Energy made easy
Reference design with multi-touch touch-pad, 6-axis motion sensing, and full QWERTY keyboard The hardware and software reference design includes a multi-touch touch-pad, 6-axis motion sensing, and full QWERTY keyboard. The reference design contains a multi-protocol nRF51822 System on Chip (SoC) to offer simultaneous single chip Bluetooth low energy and a 2.4GHz proprietary RF protocol support. […]
Wireless link on 2400 MHz is far better in latency than a state of the art cable link
You play the electric guitar? You are worry about the latency in your cable? You feel handcuffed by the ugly cable? Just replace the cable to a wireless link made by Systec Designs. The Dutch developer Systec Designs claims its ‘stageClix’ wireless guitar jack – which employs Nordic RF technology – is the lowest latency […]
Apple versus Samsung versus Google – and the magic of round corners
Out of the bothering patent war – the most innovative products lately are by Samsung. But all offer round corners – what is state of the art on any mobile product – not just for tablets or smart-phones only. Round corners save mechanical stress. It saved stress before somebody launched any tablet. Just go to […]
NFC / RFID on chip – simple paring of Bluetooth of WIFI for all of us
Paring by NFC/RFID for any M2M device – a dream comes true With this new NFC/RFID on chip all NFC/RFID enabled devices like smart phones or tablets or RFID readers can read and write to the chip. The chip is a NFC/RID tag on ISO/IEC 15693 that you just solder on your PCB. The NFC/RFID […]
JPEG camera – wireless
Features of the JPEG camera JPEG camera with ZigBee connectivity (easy to replace to GPRS or Bluetooth 4.0) MicroSD card and ZigBee module in evaluation kit included JPEG camera unit can be powered either by USB or battery The ZigBee module can be replaced to GPRS, Bluetooth 4.0 or and other radio module easy. The […]
The Smart Home Market shall rise by 60% next 5 years
60% of zero is zero. What will be the realistic quantity? Which technologies will be used? Which protocols will be used? Right now the Smart Home market is a nightmare. http://news.ne2ne.com/articles/share/251173/ Babylon of Smart Home protocols There are tons of protocols like ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, DECT and further. On ZigBee we have not just one ZigBee […]
GSM watch
GSM watch with mechanical clockwork Challenges of the GSM watch Small GSM module Small round shaped customised antenna Tiny mechanical clockwork Small battery that can drive up to 2 Ampere peak current Does who want a small GSM application like a GSM watch, GSM /GPS tracker or wireless sensor should not hesitate to send an […]
Bluetooth Proximity Tag plus free of charge Android utility app
The free Bluetooth 4.0 utility app is available for all of us at Google Play Store. Right now it supports Samsung S3, S3 mini, Note 2 and Note 10.1 . Android developers can make their Bluetooth 4.0 dreams come true. Nevertheless I put Bluetooth Proximity Tags for all of us on top. Such a Bluetooth […]
Wireless M2M – 19 presentations for download – free
19 presentations about wireless M2M for download: https://www.box.com/s/oh7bxu8g23wis1bmqxla Day 1: Positioning: GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Beidou, WIFI, Bluetooth Smart and GSM cell locating Day 2: Controlled by Smartphone: WIFI, ANT+, Bluetooth Smart, NFC, GPRS, HSPA Day 3: Internet of Things If you want for more details about the mentioned M2M components, a free of charge M2M […]