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The AS7264N is available for sampling. Unit pricing is
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An evaluation board for the AS7264N color sensor is
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New Bluetooth® Low Energy and
Energy Harvesting Sensor Shields Further
Extend the Capabilities of ON
Semiconductor’s IoT Development Kit
Internet of Things (IoT) Tech Expo 2017 ON Semiconductor,
driving energy efficient innovations, has released two new
boards (shields) further extending the recently launched
Internet of Things (IoT) Development Kit (IDK) platform’s
capabilities. With the addition of two new shields that
include Bluetooth low energy technology and Smart Passive
Sensors (SPS), customers are now able to create diverse
and unique use cases that target smart home/building,
smart city, industrial automation and mHealth applications.
The Bluetooth low energy shield features the recently
launched RSL10 multi-protocol Bluetooth 5 certified radio
System-on-Chip (SoC). With the industry’s lowest deep
sleep current and receive power, the RSL10 enables
manufacturers to create IoT devices with extended
battery life. The small form factor of the RSL10 delivers
the ultra-compact, cost effective end designs demanded
by low power IoT sensor networks. By integrating the
Bluetooth low energy shield with the IDK, customers get a
complementary choice of connectivity for extending reach,
and sensing and actuator options, including lighting and
motors.
The SPS shield extends the IDK to capture data from ON
Semiconductor’s battery-free wireless sensors that measure
temperature, moisture and pressure. The sensors are ideal
for industrial and other applications with hard to access
areas where zero maintenance is a necessity, and battery
replacement is a challenge. Pairing the SPS shield with the
IDK enables rapid prototyping of IoT applications that require
battery-free sensing and wide area or local connectivity and
actuation options.
Both new shields expand the configurable, modular options
for sensing, actuation and wired/wireless connectivity of the
IDK, thereby giving application designers complete flexibility
agnostic of the communication protocol chosen. They offer
rapid and easy start-up of projects right out of the box,
allowing developers to deliver data directly into the cloud,
thereby enabling value-added services, including analytics.
IDK shields are supplied with full documentation including
complete design schematics, PCB layouts and Gerber
files to facilitate rapid transition of designs from concept,
through development and into production. The industry
standard interfaces ensure that current and future
modules from ON Semiconductor and other vendors can
be seamlessly integrated into designs while the simple
‘cut-and-paste’ approach to end product design reduces
R&D time, expense and risk.
“The new shields take the IDK to a whole new tier
and enable a unique class of IoT applications,” said
Wiren Perera, who heads IoT at ON Semiconductor.
“Energy harvesting, battery-free sensing enables a
new paradigm for IoT use cases in quality control and
predictive maintenance through asset health monitoring
to agriculture. The ubiquity of Bluetooth technology
creates a new realm of possibilities for low power
connectivity. Coupling these with an already extensive
portfolio of complementary, energy efficient connectivity
and actuation choices and the node to cloud capabilities
of the IDK creates a powerful tool for rapidly delivering
IoT solutions and services to the market.”
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