Short range wireless transceivers are FCC- and IC-approved

Wireless eRIC modules by LPRS (Low Power Radio Solutions) have been approved for USA and Canadian markets. The easyRadio Integrated Controller transceiver module eRIC9-FCC, has been FCC- and IC-approved.

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Low power Bluetooth Smart opens up possibilities for wearables

Claimed to be the industry’s lowest power, smallest footprint Bluetooth Smart solution, the Atmel SmartConnect Bluetooth Smart BTLC1000 consumes less than 4mA in RX and less than 3mA TX at 3.6V. According to the company, it can increases battery life by as much as one year or more for certain applications.
The 2.2 x 2.1mm WLCSP is ‘unparalleled’ says the company and significantly smaller than alternatives available on the market today. The tiny, low-power SoC opens up possibilities for IoT and wearable markets, says the company, enabling applications such as fitness trackers and medical devices, along with human Interface devices, asset trackers and beacons.

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Sensor hub IC includes Bluetooth v4.1

Designed for wearable products, the TZ1041MBG is an application processor that has been added to Toshiba Electronics Europe’s ApP LiteM TZ1000 family.

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Evaluation board simplifies NFC in wearables, IoT, smart cities

To accelerate the design of wearables, product identification, and smart-city applications, the Cloud-ST25TA evaluation board is based on STMicroelectronics’ ST25TA02K chip. Engineers can use it to start adding an NFC interface to any kind of electronic device, from Bluetooth audio products and wearable devices to NFC posters and business cards.
The board consists of a range of NFC Forum Type 4 tag chips with what is claimed to be the industry’s widest range of integrated EEPROM size (512bit up to 64kbit) with data retention times of up to 200 years. It also operates across the industry’s widest temperature range (-40 to +85°C), and can endure one million erase-write cycles.

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