IoT & Smart Cities

    January 2014
    Quintic unveils wearable tech chip

    Quintic 9020

    Quintic, a leading developer of integrated nano-power wearable platforms, introduced its 9020 for wearable technology applications. The 9020 is designed specifically for the wearable technology market. It provides the best power consumption along with best performance on the market; enabling more intelligence in
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    01/31/2014
    Atmel, a global leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, will be powering the Internet of Things at embedded world 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany. From February 25th – 27th Atmel will show its broadest portfolio of 8- and 32-bit MCU architectures that puts it at the heart of the Maker community an
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    01/30/2014
    Can the Internet of Things drive adoption of energy harvesters?

    The energy harvesting market

    The Internet of Things adds connectivity to things. It is a broad term referring to applications as diverse as internet connected vehicles to consumer electronics such as smart phones. However, the edge of the Internet of Things network will consist of simpler sensors and wireless devices that provide, among ot
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    01/24/2014
    Microchip announces Arduino-compatible chipKIT ecosystem expansion

    Digilent’s chipKIT WF32 board

    Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the expansion of its Arduino™ compatible chipKIT™ ecosystem, with two new development tools from Digilent, Inc., and an embedded cloud software framework. Digilent’s chipKIT WF32 board minimizes th
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    01/22/2014
    SuVolta raises $10.6 Million in funding

    SuVolta low-power chip technology

    SuVolta,a developer of scalable semiconductor technologies for low-power, high-performance integrated circuits (ICs), announced that it has secured $10.6 million in funding. New investor Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited participated in the round along with existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (K
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    01/15/2014
    Greenvity Communications now offers total turn-key solutions comprising system-on-chips (SoC), modules, software and mobile apps that enable any home device or Internet of Things (IoT) device to be smart and controllable for energy-saving and home and building automation purposes. At the core of these solutions ar
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    01/13/2014
    Freescale-enabled Wearables Reference Platform supports multiple applications

    Freescale wearables reference platform (WaRP)

    To help systems designers more easily navigate the quickly evolving consumer wearables market, Freescale Semiconductor is enabling an open-source, scalable reference platform that gives OEMs the building blocks they need to rapidly develop a wide range of wearable product designs from a common platform. Unlike other wea
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    Date:
    01/06/2014
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