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Nowi Energy Harvesting Technology Enables Groundbreaking Hybrid Smart Watch Module for MMT

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Monday, January 6, 2020
Technology, Semiconductor, Consumer electronics, Human–computer interaction, Distributed computing architecture, Ubiquitous computing, Wearable computers, Mobile computers, Personal digital assistants, Technology, Smartwatch, Manufacture Modules Technologies, Watch, Nordic Semiconductor

Dutch semiconductor firm Nowi and Swiss smartwatch module company MMT (Manufacture Modules Technologies SA) announce commercial availability of the new MMT 285EH module for use in hybrid smart watches.

Key Points: 
  • Dutch semiconductor firm Nowi and Swiss smartwatch module company MMT (Manufacture Modules Technologies SA) announce commercial availability of the new MMT 285EH module for use in hybrid smart watches.
  • The solar power module offers a package of Nowi energy harvesting power management, Nordic semiconductor Bluetooth communication, accelerometer functionality and smartphone connectivity in an extremely small module footprint previously unavailable.
  • By utilizing Nowis advanced energy harvesting integrated circuit MMT is able to offer watchmakers a platform to design unique hybrid smartwatches that eliminate the need to be charged by consumers.
  • MMT has understood from the beginning the opportunity that a greatly reduced energy harvesting PCB footprint offers for hybrid watches.

Bluetooth 5: System-on-Chip Comparison 2018: Breakdown of QN9080 from NXP; the QCC5121 from Qualcomm; the DA14585 from Dialog Semiconductor; and the nRF52810 from Nordic Semiconductor

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Monday, November 5, 2018
Technology, Private equity, Fabless semiconductor companies, Computing, Bluetooth, Wireless, NXP Semiconductors, Internet of things, Qualcomm, Nordic Semiconductor, Dialog Semiconductor, Bluetooth Low Energy

Of this myriad of connected smart devices, it is estimated to 30% of them will include Bluetooth technology.

Key Points: 
  • Of this myriad of connected smart devices, it is estimated to 30% of them will include Bluetooth technology.
  • The low energy Bluetooth 5 specification has been developed to be a key IoT enabler.
  • They are: the QN9080 from NXP; the QCC5121 from Qualcomm; the DA14585 from Dialog Semiconductor; and the nRF52810 from Nordic Semiconductor.
  • Finally, it features an exhaustive comparison between the studied samples, highlighting the similarities and differences and their impact on cost.