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Strategy Group Invites New Members to Build IoT Standard for Commercial Solutions
Project CHIP, led by the Zigbee Alliance, is expanding its efforts from a connected-home open internet standard to include commercial IoT products, with the aim of helping the industry develop solutions with Wi-Fi-, BLE- and Thread-based technologies using a standard IP backbone.
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.
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.
RFID News Roundup
XO2Tech unveils RFID tag for FMCG; SODAQ adds Nordic SiP to its solar-powered cellular IoT asset tracker; LoRa Alliance announces LoRaWAN webcast, releases white paper with Wireless Broadband Alliance; Litmus, Industrial-IoT Solutions distribute edge-computing platform in Brazil; Kerlink, Richardson RFPD sign distribution agreement for IoT network solutions; Avnet offers LTE-M development for IoT solution developers; Industrial Internet Consortium publishes COVID-19 edition of Journal of Innovation; ARMOR Solar Power Films launches IoT innovation competition; CEVA BLE 5.2 platform receives Bluetooth SIG qualification.
Lighting Company Builds RTLS Into Its Automation System
A system from Cooper Lighting Solutions provides BLE-based data, with Vizzia software for asset and people management via light fixtures, in order to provide indoor locating without a reader infrastructure or batteries.
Patented Pandemic-Era Safe Workplace Technology Opened to Developers
Kinetic's Reflex technology for monitoring workers' movements to prevent injuries can now track social distancing and provide contact tracing via BLE at construction sites, warehouses and factories.
Form-Factor Considerations for Embedded System RFID Readers
What physical specifications play a role in integrating card readers?
Build-Your-Own IoT Solution Aimed at Hobbyists
Quantum Integration is preparing a shipment of starter bundles for easy Internet of Things development, to enable everyone from students to systems integrators to build IoT systems for homes or businesses.