A preview development kit (PDK) from Nordic Semiconductor is now available at Rutronik UK. Developers can test and evaluate designs based on the dual processor SoC. The nRF5340 supports Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth 5.1 and Bluetooth 5, as well as Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee, NFC, ANT, 802.15.4 and 2,4GHz proprietary.
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IAR Systems and The Qt Company collaborate on UI development
IAR Systems and The Qt Company have announced a partnership to streamline the development of user interfaces (UIs) in connected applications.
Sensor hub DSP architecture makes sense of surroundings
Claimed to be the industry’s first high performance sensor hub DSP architecture, SensPro is configurable for parallel processing floating point and integer data types, as well as deep learning training and inferencing.
Bluetooth wristband could slow the spread of Covid-19
Spanish engineering company, Accent Systems, has developed a Covid-19 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wristband that could help contain and prevent the accelerated spread of the virus by high accuracy contact tracing of any individuals who test positive for the disease. This course of action, Accent says, could avoid many large-scale lockdowns as only individuals at risk of contracting the virus would be required to go into quarantine.
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