Thalwil, Switzerland – u-blox and GMV are collaborating on ready-to-use functional safe positioning solution to accompany u-blox’s current GNSS receiver portfolio and advanced GNSS augmentation service PointPerfect.

Thalwil, Switzerland. Move-X released its LoRa connectivity platform, Cicerone board, integrating u-blox positioning technology and u-blox cloud positioning service (CloudLocate). CloudLocate offers power saving ability at the edge when it analyzes and locates position in the cloud, not on the device, saving 10X energy over standalone GNSS.

THALWIL, SWITZERLAND. A new firmware update added support for SPARTN 2.0 and QZSS CLAS positioning augmentation on u-blox ZED-F9R-03B GNSS dead reckoning modules that now provide 3-6 cm-level accuracy within seconds.

The increasing complexity of IoT devices, which often require satellite-based positioning, Bluetooth low energy, Wi-Fi, and cellular connectivity via, for example, LTE-M is raising the importance of prototyping and validating ideas before bringing them to production. This trend is driving demand for multifunctional application boards over evaluation kits (EVKs), intended to comprehensively test a product’s entire feature set.

u-blox announced the u-blox NORA-W10 Wi-Fi 4 and Bluetooth low energy 5.0 module. The module targets applications in harsh industrial environments, where reliable RF performance and small size are critical, as well as medical equipment, smart city solutions, and warehouse and retail applications. 

You’ll no doubt have read about the increasingly autonomous vehicles appearing on our streets. You may have seen adverts for robotic lawnmowers. And you’ve probably heard how autonomous equipment is transforming virtually every industry. There’s huge excitement around the opportunities this type of self-guiding technology promises – not least its ability to liberate humans to spend more time on high-value tasks where machines can’t (yet) compete.