UK-designed LTE-A board is key for cognitive radio in Europe
Lime Microsystems has said its field programmable RF transceiver, LMS6002D, has been adopted by Eurecom for its ExpressMIMO2 baseband platform
Communications
ZigBee RF4CE demonstrator controls and monitors a home appliance
To demonstrate ZigBee RF4CE wireless interfacing in the home, NXP has developed a remote control and remote monitor for multiple domestic appliances. Built around the firm's JN5161 wireless…
Module adds Bluetooth to DAB for wireless speakers
Frontier Silicon has announced a Bluetooth-enabled audio module for 'wireless' speakers, docks and sound bars. Called Tuscany, the London-based firm said it is for audio devices with any combination of…
Altera shows 20nm 32-Gbps transceiver
Altera has announced the successfull demonstration of a programmable device, with 32-Gbps transceiver capabilities, based on TSMC's 20SoC process technology.
Talking cars will require smart infrastructure
The universal expansion of vehicle communications systems will drive growth in the demand for automotive and roadside sensor systems
Connected car initiative gets technology suppliers
NXP Semiconductors has partnered with Australia-based Cohda Wireless to develop technology for the wireless communications between cars and traffic infrastructure, in Europe
ST multi-band antenna-tuning chip supports MIPI
An antenna-tuning circuit from STMicroelectronics has a 4-channel output for adjusting up to four tunable BST capacitors in the antenna-matching circuits of multi-band smartphones
Spreadtrum launches dual-core ARM chips in China
The chips are based on a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A5 core processor, a dual-core Mali 400 graphics processor with multimedia and hardware accelerators