Semtech and SAS announced a collaboration on Wednesday to expand the use of data analytics for industrial automation, asset tracking, agriculture and environmental management. Their combined technologies are set to address an ambitious set of goals: flood prevention, livestock wellness and precision agriculture for global food production and better energy forecasting to lower risk and to maximize grid efficiency. Read more
Semtech Corporation announced its collaboration with InVue, the leading global provider of intelligent hardware and software systems for retail, consumer electronics and data centers, to integrate the LoRaWAN® protocol into InVue LIVE compatible products across retail display, security and operations. Read more
Semtech Corporation, a supplier of high performance analogue and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced its collaboration with InVue, the global provider of intelligent hardware and software systems for retail, consumer electronics and data centres, to integrate the LoRaWAN protocol into InVue LIVE compatible products across retail display, security and operations. Read more
Semtech has announced the launch of a new product in its LoRa Core portfolio, the LoRa Corecell Reference Design for full duplex gateway applications in the U.S. 902 – 928MHz ISM band. The new turnkey gateway solution enables the expansion of network capacity for outdoor and indoor applications, such as smart metering, smart building and smart factory, says Semtech. Moreover, the reference design enables network owners to increase network capacity while deploying fewer gateways, providing cost savings to end customers when compared to cellular alternatives. Read more
A conversation with Remi Lorrain, LoRaWAN Network Director at Semtech discussing the recently-released white paper from ABI Research titled, “LoRaWAN and Multi-RAN Architecture Connecting the Next Billion IoT Devices.” Read more
Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. announced it will have 36 customer payloads onboard the next SpaceX rideshare mission. The Transporter-2 Falcon 9 launch to sun synchronous orbit (SSO) is expected no earlier than late June 2021 from Florida and will include numerous IoT satellites, a couple of RF survey satellites, and likely several imaging satellites. The SpaceBEEs are 1/4 U cubesats using licensed spectrum to communicate with Semtech LoRA devices on the ground. Read more
In addition to Bluetooth, Amazon Sidewalk is adding “long-range wireless technology known as LoRa to the Sidewalk network via certain Echo and Ring devices.” According to Semtech’s vice president, IoT product marketing and strategy, “when placed inside a device like an Echo speaker, inside a home, the range can … be about a mile.” Read more
In this episode, we discuss the tradeoffs between alternative wireless connectivity solutions and how LoRa is being used in applications to combat the spread of COVID-19. Read more