Tag: Wireless

Get the latest news on developments in the wider community and topics including wireless, embedded and open source silicon.

CRU: York’s LoRaWAN Plan, HiFive Unleashed Unleashed, and More

First unveiled back at FOSDEM, the SiFive HiFive Unleashed Linux-compatible RISC-V development board heralds an exciting time in the world of free and open source silicon – and AB Open’s Andrew Back has been working with one. “It’s great that we now have a Linux capable development board for 64-bit… Read More

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City of York to Launch Open-Access LoRaWAN Network

The City of York Council has announced a deal with Pinacl to launch a LoRaWAN network, which it pledges will be open access and available for Internet of Things (IoT) entrepreneurs and tinkerers to use. Pinacl, which entered into a managed service contract with the Council in 2009 and has… Read More

Cypress, Semtech Announce Two-Chip LoRaWAN Module

Cypress Semiconductor and Semtech Corporation have announced their collaboration on a new, two-chip module combining a microcontroller with a long-range low-power LoRaWAN radio, to first appear in the Onethinx Core. “With its long range and low power capabilities in a compact footprint, Semtech’s LoRa Technology is ideal for vertical applications,”… Read More

CRU: Trusted Computing, OsmoCon, and Bob Pease Books

The Trusted Computing Group, in partnership with Embedded Computing Design and OpenSystemsMedia, has launched a new website which aims to provide developers with the tools and resources to integrate trusted platforms for embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) projects. The site, which is configured as a searchable blog, provides information… Read More

Osmocom Conference 2018 CfP

Talk submissions are sought for annual conference of family of projects for open source mobile communications. The venerable Osmocom family of open source projects span technologies ranging from GNU Radio blocks that support a variety of hardware platforms, to TETRA and GEO Mobile Radio implementations, through to 2, 2.5… Read More

CRU: HiFive Expansion, Computer Vision, Osmocom, and More

AB Open and its hardware division Ground Electronics have launch a campaign for Circumference, a family of custom-designed desktop cluster computing units based around the popular Raspberry Pi and UDOO x86 single-board computer families. Available to pre-order now on crowdfunding site Crowd Supply, the Circumference C25 boasts support for… Read More

Silicon Labs Puts Zigbee, Thread, Bluetooth Mesh to the Test

Wireless semiconductor specialist Silicon Labs has published a summary of its recent long-term test into mesh network technology for the Internet of Things (IoT), putting Zigbee, Bluetooth Mesh, and Thread through their paces. Designed to simplify the deployment and management of sensor networks, mesh networking allows each node in the… Read More

Osmocom Cellular Network Infrastructure Benefits from Many Updates

New Osmocom Cellular Network Infrastructure (CNI) releases bring over 70 noteworthy updates to the free and open source field proven mobile stack. As noted in a post back in March the Osmocom CNI stack has come a long way since the OpenBSC “network-in-the-box” which originally grew out of a… Read More

IEEE to Host Webinar on Resilient Networks for the IIoT

IEEE Spectrum, the magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, has announced a webinar discussing the deployment of resilient network architectures for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), to take place in June. “A resilient, holistic network architecture can help create the secure, scalable and robust infrastructure needed… Read More

CRU: Homebrew Silicon, OSHCamp 2018, eSIMs Delayed, and More

The cause of truly home-made semiconductors hit a major milestone late last month when engineer Sam Zeloof became, to common knowledge, the first person to successfully create an integrated circuit using a fully photolithographic process in a home lab, building a dual differential amplifier using entirely homebrew equipment. Hobbyists around… Read More

Wireshark Gets Support for Osmocom Generic Subscriber Update Protocol

Popular free and open source network analysis tool gains support for lightweight GSUP protocol used between Osmocom HLR, and MSC and SGSN, cellular network components. With its first release back in 1998 when it was still named Ethereal, the Wireshark packet analyser is now over 20 years old and… Read More

GSMA Delays eSIM Standard Over Collusion Claims

The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) has announced that its planned universal embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) standard is being postponed, following the launch of an investigation by the US Department of Justice into alleged mobile network collusion designed to throw the technology off track. First introduced in… Read More