Powercast believes it offers the industry’s first radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor tags which can include multiple sensors in a single tag. They also have the industry’s longest read range of 10 meters, or 32 feet, says Powercast. High accuracy temperature, humidity and light sensors are available now, and Powercast plans more sensor types for the future.
Wearable
Dot introduces Braille to smartwatch
Powered by Dot’s Dot Rotor technology, the Dot Watch is believed to be the first smartwatch to use Braille, bringing the smartwatch to the blind.
u‑blox claims quad‑band LTE Cat M1 module is world’s smallest
The low‑power u‑blox SARA‑R410M is the world’s smallest quad-band LTE Cat M1 module, says u-blox. It can be used in a range of markets including smart cities and connected healthcare.
Neural network DSP IP from Cadence offers 1TMAC/s computational capacity
Offered as a standalone digital signal processor (DP) for automotive, surveillance, drone and mobile markets, Cadence has released the Tensilica Vision C5 DSP at the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara, California, this week.
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