Mouser is now shipping the XPLR-HPG-1 Explorer kit from u-blox. This Explorer kit is comprised of a baseboard populated with a NORA-W106 module, which integrates a powerful dual-core 32-bit microcontroller with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and dual-mode Bluetooth LE 5 connectivity. The baseboard also features three mikroBUS connectors with pre-mounted click boards hosting u-blox positioning and cellular modules. The GNSS RTK 2 click board features the ZED-F9R module, a high-precision dead-reckoning. The LBAND RTK click board includes the NEO-D9S module, a satellite data receiver for the L-band correction broadcast. The 4G LTE 2 click board features the LARA-R6001D, a compact LTE Cat 1 multi-mode module offering global coverage, enabling the reception of PointPerfect correction data via mobile networks. Equipped with its GNSS and communication modules, this Explorer kit can access correction data from a satellite broadcast via L-band satellite GNSS receiver or IP connectivity using LTE or Wi-Fi. PointPerfect, the u-blox GNSS augmentation service, provides correction data delivered via the Thingstream IoT service delivery platform. The XPLR-HPG-1 also supports the Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol (NTRIP. The XPLR-HPG-1 kit’s modular design also enables users to switch out Mikroe click boards. The Explorer kit provides a flexible, modular development and prototyping platform for centimetre-level accuracy positioning applications, such as autonomous robotics, asset tracking and connected health.
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Arduino’s Pro 4G module delivers fast and reliable 4G connectivity worldwide
Mouser Electronics, is now stocking the Pro 4G module from Arduino. Powered by a Quectel LTE Cat 4 modem, the Pro 4G module’s fast data throughput and high bandwidths ensure reliable and quick data download and upload, even in remote locations. The Pro 4G Module expands the connectivity capabilities of Portenta boards for use in smart city infrastructure, industrial automation, fleet management systems, remote maintenance, and other applications.
The Arduino Pro 4G module, now available at Mouser, guarantees reliable 4G connectivity and backward compatibility with existing 2G and 3G networks. The Arduino Pro 4G module connects devices through Arduino Cloud, simplifying error analysis, firmware updates, and remote maintenance. For larger projects such as smart buildings, the modules can be used to remotely monitor temperature, moisture, and deformity levels, accelerating response times when safety is at risk. The Pro 4G module is also an effective connectivity solution in challenging environments, providing long-range coverage and secure data transfer both indoors and outdoors.
Developed in the widely accepted Mini PCIe form factor, the Pro 4G module is compatible with a range of devices for applications, including pipeline monitoring, smart parking, and waste management.
TI’s SimpleLink wireless microcontroller enables reliable long-range communication
Mouser Electronics, is now stocking the CC1354P10 SimpleLink wireless microcontroller (MCU) from Texas Instruments. The CC1354P10 device, optimised for low-power wireless communications, features on-chip over-the-air update capabilities and advanced security features. The CC1354P10 SimpleLink wireless microcontroller enables long-range and reliable communication in a range of applications, including building security systems, smart meters, HVAC, medical, wired networking, portable electronics, home theatre and entertainment, and connected peripherals.
The Texas Instruments CC1354P10 is a multiprotocol and multi-band Sub-1 GHz and 2.4 GHz wireless microcontroller. The CC1354P10 device includes wireless protocol support for Thread, Zigbee, Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy, IEEE 802.15.4, IPv6-enabled smart objects, and proprietary systems. The CC1354P10 also supports Matter, an industry-unifying, IP-based connectivity protocol that streamlines the development of IoT applications while allowing seamless integration into a variety of ecosystems for smart homes, industrial automation, consumer electronics, smart agriculture, healthcare, and more.
The CC1354P10 device is part of the SimpleLink platform, which consists of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread, Zigbee, Sub-1 GHz MCUs, and host MCUs that share a single-core software development kit (SDK) and rich tool set. A one-time integration of the SimpleLink platform allows users to add any combination of the portfolio’s devices into a design, allowing 100 percent code reuse when design requirements change. The multi-band wireless MCUs offer pin-to-pin compatibility from 352KBytes of Flash up to 1MByte of Flash in the 7 mm2 QFN package for maximum design scalability.
New adapter board from Rutronik for radar-based applications in distance measurement and people detection
Reliable solutions for distance measurement as well as people and surface detection play a key role in IoT applications. With the RAB3, Rutronik System Solutions are expanding their board family with an Adapter Board to test the use of a fully integrated module as well as the possibility of a discrete development. By accelerating the pre-development phase and reducing costs, the RAB3 helps to bring radar-based applications to market faster.
IoT control applications have become a trend and with it the demand for sensing devices to collect information. Here radar sensing is highly robust and stable with respect to external conditions such as temperature changes and ambient light. “Furthermore, radar detects motion, but does not use the actual images, thus providing a real privacy benefit. With our RAB3, you benefit from a development environment to test compact and lower power radar applications,” notes Stephan Menze, Head of Global Innovation Management at Rutronik.
The Nisshinbo 60 GHz Smart Sensor Micro-Module offers a non-contact and highly accurate measurement solution. Radar sensing at 60 GHz is a non-contact and highly accurate measurement solution. This is beneficial for realising applications for distance measurement or people counting with the distance, angle, and state detection sensor using 60 GHz band millimetre wave. With the Infineon XENSIVTM 60 GHz Radar Sensor, a discrete radar IC complements the latest radar technology provided with the RAB3 to work on your application. Thanks to its small form factor and low power consumption, this 60GHz radar sensor comes with one transmitting and three receiving antennas. The L-shaped antenna can be used for array, horizontal, and vertical angular measurement. This enables advanced radar sensing.
Thanks to the Arduino interface, the RAB3 is easy to combine with all other Base Boards and Adapter Boards from Rutronik System Solutions. The modular concept opens up various development approaches that you can implement quickly, cost-effectively, and simply, but in a technically sophisticated way. By combining the RAB3 with the Base Board RDK3, it is possible to implement both detection without privacy issues and also in badly lit and dark surroundings and localized use via Bluetooth Low Energy, which is sufficient for some applications such as people detection and presence detection in factories, conference and exhibitions halls, shopping malls or similar. It is also possible, for example, to connect it to the Text To Speech Adapter Board, which is based on Epson core hardware and software. This second Adapter Board makes it then possible to use the voice output to communicate that a maximum of people are in a room or hall. With the Text To Speech Adapter Board up to twelve languages can be realized as voice output.
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