All items tagged with connected devices (131)
U-blox IRIS-W1 Tri-Radio Stand-Alone Module Features Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE 5.3 and Matter Support
March 15, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

U-blox IRIS-W1 Tri-Radio Stand-Alone Module Features Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE 5.3 and Matter Support

U-blox has announced IRIS-W1, its first compact stand-alone Wi-Fi module combining dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) 5.3, and Thread including support for Matter. IRIS-W1 comes in four variants, each enabling the user to select among various antennas and software environments. The u-blox IRIS-W1 offers a powerful wireless MCU and delivers high-standard security to support a wide range of market segments.
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Infineon Announces AIROC CYW43022 Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth Combo for Low Power Designs
March 6, 2023 by Cristina Costa

Infineon Announces AIROC CYW43022 Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth Combo for Low Power Designs

Infineon Technologies announced the new AIROC CYW43022 ultra-low power, dual-band Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.3 combo, extending its broad portfolio of existing AIROC Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products. The CYW43022 ultra-low power architecture delivers industry-leading performance, with up to a 65 percent reduction in power usage during "deep sleep," significantly extending battery life for applications in connected smart home devices and wearables.
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Linkplay Technology Launches WiiM Pro Music Streamer
March 1, 2023 by Joao Martins

Linkplay Technology Launches WiiM Pro Music Streamer

Linkplay Technology is the technology company recognized by delivering the most widely adopted wireless audio streaming modules to the industry, and a recognized source for premium smart home and affordable connected AI products. Once in a while, Linkplay makes available its own reference designs directly on the market. The new WiiM Pro is a versatile music streamer that combines all the latest technologies and protocols, making it the ultimate (and most affordable) home audio hub available.
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LEA Professional Unveils Amplifier Management Tool Sharkware
January 25, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

LEA Professional Unveils Amplifier Management Tool Sharkware

LEA Professional, the Indiana-based manufacturer of cloud-connected pro audio amplifiers, announced the launch of its first ever application software, Sharkware. Developed in part based on integrator and customer feedback, the free Windows and Mac supported software includes customer-requested features such as offline design, graphical EQ, locked speaker tunings, amplifier grouping and granular user access controls to all LEA Professional Connect Series amplifiers.
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Athom to Showcase Homey Pro Matter-Ready Smart Home Hub at CES 2023
December 22, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Athom to Showcase Homey Pro Matter-Ready Smart Home Hub at CES 2023

Athom, a smart home solutions startup, will showcase the all new Homey Pro smart home hub at CES 2023, before introducing it in worldwide retail in 2023. Embedded with eight smart home technologies including Matter, Homey Pro offers a privacy-aware alternative for a better smart home. Now available for pre-order worldwide, the solution combines wireless and smart home devices from over 1000 brands in a unified home network with enhanced speed, privacy and ease of use.
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Knowles Teams With Trillbit to Simplify Setup of Voice-Integrated Smart Devices for OEMs and Consumers
December 22, 2022 by Joao Martins

Knowles Teams With Trillbit to Simplify Setup of Voice-Integrated Smart Devices for OEMs and Consumers

OEMs can now pair low-power Knowles IA61x SmartMics with wake-on-voice capabilities with Trillbit’s ‘Data Over Sound’ for frictionless smart device setup of connected devices and appliances. Knowles announced a collaboration with Trillbit, the Boston-based data-over-sound company that offers next-generation software solutions to authenticate people and things without the use of passwords.
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StreamUnlimited Showcases Matter Functionality at CES 2023
December 20, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

StreamUnlimited Showcases Matter Functionality at CES 2023

StreamUnlimited will attend CES 2023, promoting itself as the Matter System Integrator. With the strong momentum in the industry about the evolution of smart home solutions benefiting from Matter functionality, at CES 2023 the company will demonstrate the latest systems integrations as part of its StreamThings software stack. Matter, the highly anticipated standard for interoperable connectivity within the IoT space, has been a popular request from StreamUnlimited partners.
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Synaptics Launches KatanaConnect Miniature Wireless AI Vision and Audio Module
November 25, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Synaptics Launches KatanaConnect Miniature Wireless AI Vision and Audio Module

Synaptics launched an interesting new AI System on Module (SoM) at electronica 2022. KatanaConnect combines the Katana low-power Edge AI SoC with Wi-Fi / Bluetooth wireless connectivity in an ultra-small-form-factor package to deliver AI-enabled computer vision and audio sensing capabilities. The SoM, developed with leading module vendor AMPAK, is a ready-to-use solution that enables rapid implementation of AI sensing features for connected designs targeting a range of applications, including smart home and security, and many others.
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Texas Instruments Unifies Smart Home Connected Ecosystems with Matter-Enabled SimpleLink Wireless MCUs
November 22, 2022 by Cristina Costa

Texas Instruments Unifies Smart Home Connected Ecosystems with Matter-Enabled SimpleLink Wireless MCUs

Enabling smarter connections to the world around us, Texas Instruments (TI) introduced new Matter-enabled software development kits for Wi-Fi and Thread SimpleLink wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) that will streamline adoption of the Matter protocol in connected applications (also named sometimes as Internet of Things or IoT). The software builds on TI’s close involvement with the Connectivity Standards Alliance and innovation in the 2.4-GHz connectivity space.
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Renesas Lays Out Roadmap for Wi-Fi 6/6E and 7 Chipsets
November 18, 2022 by Joao Martins

Renesas Lays Out Roadmap for Wi-Fi 6/6E and 7 Chipsets

During the electronica 2022 show in Munich, Germany, Renesas Electronics unveiled plans to deliver a comprehensive set of advanced Wi-Fi offerings to complement its broad portfolio of industrial and connected products. In 2021, Renesas completed its acquisition of Celeno, a company from Israel specializing in wireless communication solutions, including advanced Wi-Fi chipsets for high-performance home networks, and is leveraging that technology to address a wide range WLAN access point applications for Wi-Fi 6/6E and Wi-Fi 7.
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