Nordic Semiconductors offer a leading solution for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) applications. In their first technology tour since the Covid pandemic began, Nordic showcased their product lines and discussed their highly anticipated, upcoming Wi-Fi module. I was fortunate to attend the Seattle session at the McMenamins Anderson School. nRF52/53 Series: BLE The Nordic nRF52 series…
Microchip has been very acquisition-hungry as of late, recently purchasing Atmel among many others. While their product line expands, the most noticeable might be the merging of the two largest 8-bit microcontroller providers. The PIC Micro and the AVR are now owned by Microchip and both have a stronghold in the industry and in the maker community. The most…
A group of us just had a working lunch with Arrow Electronics and TE Connectivity. TE is one of those companies some people in the industry may not have heard of, but they know of their subsidiaries: Tyco Electronics, AMP, Corcom, etc. Their breadth and depth of product is quite impressive: antennas, connectors, EMI filters,…