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new products
options also support DirectX 11, Open GL 4.0, and full
HD video playback.
“This ultra-compact ADLEPC-1500 really resonates
with embedded engineers in a variety of markets. Early
interest and design wins include industrial printing, traffic
monitoring, cyber security, security scanning and toll road
or border camera applications,” explains Martin Kristof,
Managing Director of ADL Embedded Solutions GmbH.
ALTAIR INTRODUCES THE ALT1250, THE
MOST ADVANCED AND INTEGRATED
NARROWBAND CAT-M1 AND NB1 CELLULAR
IOT CHIP
Leading Chipset Provider UnveilsMiniature and Feature-
Rich Chipset Platform to Support Next Generation of
IoT Applications
Altair Semiconductor
(altair-semi.com), a leading
provider of LTE chipsets, today introduced the ALT1250,
a narrowband CAT-M1 and NB1 (NB-IoT) chipset that
redefines the cellular IoT connectivity space, featuring
global band support, advanced security and location
capabilities far surpassing the functionality of existing
chipsets.
“With carriers expected to begin operating IoT services
on CAT-M1 and NB1 networks by the middle of the year,
the new ALT1250 comes at the right time. It possesses
the much anticipated combination of features, power
and cost required to support massive rollout of such
services,” said Eran Eshed, Co-founder and VP of
Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Altair. “We’ve taken
a fresh look at what the market expects from us, and
produced the most integrated, feature rich and cost-
optimized chipset we’ve ever developed.”
The ALT1250’s extreme level of integration eliminates
most of the external components required to design a
cellular IoT module. Approximately the size of a shirt
button and less than 100mm2 in size, an ALT1250
module features support for both Release 13 standards
– CAT-M1 and NB1, and includes a wideband RF front-
end supporting unlimited combinations of LTE bands
within a single hardware design, an integrated GPS
receiver, a multi-layered and hardware-based security
framework, an internal application MCU subsystem
and packaging that enables standard, low-cost PCB
manufacturing.
“Altair’s new ALT1250 chipset is a true Low Power
Wide Area solution for IoT,” said Philippe Guillemette,
CTO for Sierra Wireless. “As a market leader in IoT,
Sierra Wireless is always in pursuit of the best chipset
platforms that will enable us to offer highly differentiated
products to our customers. We believe the ALT1250 will
provide us with that kind of a competitive edge, on top
of which we can build our added value and features to
meet our customers’ needs.”
“This chipset is a real game-changer,” added Eshed.
“The long debate is over regarding how competitive
cellular chipsets can be compared to proprietary LPWA.
The ALT1250 is the evidence that cellular technologies
are not only superior in functionality, reliability and
security, but are also as cost-efficient or more compared
to non-cellular options.”
Vishay Intertechnology Extends
Capacitance Range of MIL-PRF-39006/33-
Qualified Wet Tantalum Capacitor
Tantalum-Cased, Hermetically Sealed Device Offers
Established Reliability for Avionics and Aerospace
Systems.
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today
announced that it has expanded the capacitance
range of its M39006/33 (Style CLR93) tantalum-cased,
hermetically sealed wet tantalum capacitor. Offering
established reliability for critical avionics and aerospace
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