Silicon Labs debuts Series 3 platform for advancing IoT intelligence

Silicon Labs has announced their Series 3 platform, purpose-built for embedded IoT (internet of things) devices. With a move to the 22 nanometer (nm) process node, new Silicon Labs Series 3 devices will be designed to offer compute, wireless performance, and energy efficiency with high levels of IoT security architected to the silicon.

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Silicon Labs accelerates adoption with Amazon Sidewalk SoCs, developer tools

Silicon Labs has announced a new family of systems on chips (SoCs) optimised for Amazon Sidewalk, SG23 and SG28 SoCs, as well as an developer journey that provides step-by-step direction and advice for Amazon Sidewalk development.

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New Connectivity Lab brings ecosystems, developers together at Silicon Labs Boston

Silicon Labs, a provider of secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world has announced the opening of the new Silicon Labs Connectivity Lab in their Boston facility. The Connectivity Lab simulates a modern Smart Home, with a range of IoT devices, applications, ecosystems, and networks. It offers developers an ideal environment to test their Matter prototypes operating within real-world scenarios across

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Laird Connectivity extends global partnership with Silicon Labs announcing Lyra 24 Series

Laird Connectivity, a global provider of wireless technology, announces a new addition to its bluetooth portfolio through the extended development partnership with Silicon Labs. The upcoming Lyra 24 Series of flexible Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) modules, USB adapters, and development kits delivers significant feature and performance enhancements ideally suited for scalable, next generation bluetooth LE development.

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Silicon Labs, Wirepas offer smart buildings, smart tracking, smart metering

Wirepas, a IoT connectivity SW provider has announced its Wirepas Mesh 2.4 GHz connectivity suite will be available on Silicon Labs EFR32MG24 and that their Sub-GHz connectivity is now available on EFR32FG23 SoCs. The MG24 features high security, large memory and low power which makes it particularly interesting for smart building applications. The FG23 is

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IIIT Hyderabad, Silicon Labs launch campus-wide Wi-SUN FAN 1.1 network for smart city applications

Hyderabad, India – IIITH Smart City Living Lab in partnership with Silicon Labs, a provider in secure, intelligent wireless technologies, launched a campus-wide Wi-SUN backbone Mesh network at IIITH Living Lab supporting field area network (FAN) 1.1 specification as a continuation to Phase 1 launch supporting FAN 1.0 back in Sept 2022, to establish a reliable, reachable communication network to enable research and

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Amazon invites developers to test Sidewalk, build next billion connected devices

Seattle. United States – Amazon, Inc., has announced that Amazon Sidewalk, a secure, low-bandwidth, long-range network designed to connect the next billion devices, is now open for developer testing. Sidewalk coverage now extends to 90% of the U.S. population, and free test kits are available for developers to validate the breadth of Sidewalk coverage for

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Silicon Labs announces new Bluetooth SoC, MCU ideal for small form-factor devices

Austin, Texas, 14 March 2023 – Silicon Labs, a provider of secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, has announced two new integrated circuit families designed for the smallest form factor IoT devices: the xG27 family of Bluetooth systems on chips (SoCs) and the BB50 microcontroller unit (MCU).

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Silicon Labs, SparkFun Electronics reveal Thing Plus Matter board to support interoperability

Boulder, United States – SparkFun Electronics and Silicon Labs have announced the release of the Thing Plus Matter MGM240P Board – a development board that supports interoperability between different communication protocols and product ecosystems. With this board, SparkFun adds to the momentum behind Matter, which is driven by the Connectivity Standard Alliance.

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Silicon Labs ushers in the future of IoT at works with developer conference

Austin, Texas, 13 September 2022 – Silicon Labs, the specialist in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, has announced a slate of new products that further extend its multiprotocol-supporting, interoperability-driven, and robustly-secure portfolio with new products to advance the innovations and trends shaping the Internet of Things including Matter, Amazon Sidewalk, Wi-SUN, and Wi-Fi 6.

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Zoning systems in smart buildings – Part II

In part 1 of this article, we looked at how heating ventilation and cooling (HVAC) systems can be controlled in smart buildings, and the role of zoning systems in improving efficiency and comfort. Now, let’s take a look at how this zoning can be implemented in practice, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in

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Zoning systems in smart buildings – Part I

Working in an office can be fun, sociable and productive. But if the temperature isn’t right, it can make work uncomfortable, and is likely to lead to lower outputs and higher absenteeism. It’s a familiar feeling for most of us you’re always too hot or too cold, regardless of the season. Traditional heating ventilation and

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Silicon Labs announces new bluetooth location services with advanced hardware and software

Austin, United States. 21 June, 2022 – Silicon Labs, a provider in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, announced its new, bluetooth location services solution using accurate, low-power bluetooth devices to simplify angle of arrival (AoA) and angle of departure (AoD) location services.

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Silicon Labs brings AI and ML to the edge with matter-ready platform

Austin, TX, USA. 24 January 2022 – Silicon Labs, a specialist in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, announced the BG24 and MG24 families of 2.4 GHz wireless SoCs for Bluetooth and Multiple-protocol operations, respectively, and a new software toolkit. This new co-optimised hardware and software platform will help bring AI/ML applications

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Amazon, Google, IKEA, Schneider Electric, Tencent Cloud and more join Silicon Labs’ ‘Works With 2021’

Silicon Labs, a provider of secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, announced that Amazon, Google, IKEA, Schneider Electric, Konke, Lifesmart, Tencent Cloud and Tuya will be delivering keynotes at Works With 2021, the defining Internet of Things (IoT) conference livestreaming for free to thousands of engineers, developers and technologists worldwide on September

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‘Smartest sensor ever’ claimed by Europe’s Allterco Robotics partnered by Silicon Labs

Allterco Robotics used IFA 2020 to announce the new Shelly Motion sensor. The device is developed in partnership with Silicon Labs and claims a 1-year battery life with 24/7 internet connectivity.

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