An Eventful Year Ahead
This past year has undeniably been a nightmare, but better times are around the corner and RFID Journal’s 2021 event lineup can help companies return to normalcy as we finally begin to put the pandemic behind us.
RFID News Roundup
Fresenius Kabi, Kit Check collaborate on RFID inventory-management solution; LoRa Alliance intros zero-touch device provisioning for Internet of Things; Avnet offers BLE-IoT cellular module with Nordic Semiconductor tech; IOTech, RSA partner on security-monitoring software; Filipino Dept. of Transportation urged to extend RFID deadline; STMicroelectronics joins UWB Alliance; A2B Tracking updates its software platform’s RFID capabilities.
Doctor Who Brings IoT to Young Developers
SiFive’s HiFive Inventor Coding Kit comes with Wi-Fi and BLE functionality to drive Internet of Things programming for inventors ranging from seven-year-old students solving a quest to commercial companies creating solutions for smart-city and wearable technologies.
FCC Proposes to Ease Regulatory Hurdles on the Marketing and Importation of Radio Frequency-Emitting Devices
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking input regarding restrictions and legal liability that could be imposed on RF equipment manufacturers.
Companies Offer Low-Power, Precise Location with UWB Social Distancing
A solution from Altran, containing a Renesas Electronics UWB microcontroller and a 3db Access low-power chip, consists of a wearable wristband that wakes up via BLE when individuals are in close proximity, then calculates their distance within centimeters.