CEVA NB-IoT IP Completes Release 14 GCF Certification with Rohde & Schwarz

CEVA, the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, and Rohde & Schwarz, a leading supplier of test and measurement equipment, announced that CEVA has successfully completed Protocol Conformance testing of the CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 IP platform for Narrowband IoT Release 14 as defined by the Global Certification Forum (GCF). The comprehensive testing was performed using the Rohde & Schwarz R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester, a GCF validated platform for NB-IoT protocol conformance testing.

Chirp, the pioneer of data-over-sound technology, and DSP Group, the specialist in wireless chipsets for smart-enabled devices, announced a turnkey solution leveraging embedded data-over-sound to improve user experiences with enhanced provisioning for consumer applications. The design kit combines Chirp’s ultrasonic signaling protocol for smart-enabled devices with DSP Group’s SmartVoice technology to allow connectivity between nearby devices without requiring any set up, pairing, or configuration.

Chirp, the company that pioneered data-over-sound technology, announced its support of Arm Cortex-A and Cortex-M based architectures, enhancing device-to-device connectivity on any Arm-based product with audio capabilities. This follows the recent release of Chirp’s Arm SDK, which provides a software-defined acoustic data transmission solution, optimized for Arm processors and substantially lowers the cost for applications such as device provisioning, proximity detection, 2-way acoustic NFC and telemetry in RF-restricted environments.