The amount of connected devices is projected to grow from 2 billion objects in 2006 to 200 billion by 2020. That’s the equivalent of 26 smart devices for every person on the planet! The time to sit up and take notice is now, so let’s take a look at the impact this trend will have on your business.

In the fast-moving world of the Internet of Things, it’s more important than ever to make sure you can keep your products up to date quickly, securely and easily. Updating firmware remotely brings benefits to both companies and consumers.

When designing your product, it’s crucial that you choose a memory technology that lets you update your firmware easily. Otherwise, you may have to scrap a lot of products if you find errors. If this happens after they've been shipped to end customers, the negative impacts will be severe.

Firmware is held in non-volatile memory such as ROM, EPROM or flash memory. Let’s take a closer look at one of them: flash memory, which enables device firmware updates (DFU) and the advantages that this gives.

Get to know the differences between memory options and the trade-offs you need to make when working with Bluetooth Low Energy development projects.

A growing number of everyday digital devices, including things like smartphones, door locks, and even the latest cars, now use a wireless feature called spatial awareness. A spatially aware digital device can understand where it is in relation to other devices, and then respond to changes in the positioning of those devices. Spatial awareness makes it easier for us, the users of digital devices, to move through our days.

• 恩智浦宣布推出首款支持6GHz频段的Wi-Fi 6E三频段片上系统（SoC），该频段将Wi-Fi可用频谱最高扩展1.2GHz
• CW64专为接入点和服务提供商网关而设计，助力终端网络设备充分利用6GHz频谱
• 恩智浦满足了客户对于更大无线网络容量的需求，能够以4.8Gbps的PHY速率和超过4Gbps的实际吞吐量，支持160-MHz的通道带宽

• NXP announces its first Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band system-on-chip (SoC) to support the 6GHz band that expands spectrum available for Wi-Fi by up to 1.2GHz.
• The CW641 is designed for access points and service provider gateways to enable end network devices to take full advantage of the 6GHz spectrum.
• NXP answers customer demands for greater capacity in wireless networking and supports 160-MHz channel bandwidth with PHY rates of 4.8Gbps and over 4Gbps of real-world throughput.

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra delivers unprecedented multi-gigabit, low-latency Wi-Fi leveraging the 6 GHz band

The AT25EU product family of ultra-low energy, fast read NOR Flash devices deliver significantly faster erase times and power-saving features to reduce energy consumption of IoT devices

Low power Wi-Fi technology will make the smart home network a lot simpler by eliminating the need for an expensive hub and solving the issue of protocol fragmentation. Dialog is disrupting the smart home industry with its low power Wi-Fi technology. The DPM algorithms based on Dialog’s VirtualZero technology allow IoT devices to have a year of battery life or even more. This effectively makes Wi-Fi a great alternative to both Zigbee and Z-wave.

Dialog Semiconductor plc announced that its DA16200 SoC has scored 815 on the EEMBC IoTMark™-Wi-Fi benchmark. The DA16200’s achievement solidifies Dialog’s position as a leader in the ultra-low-power Wi-Fi networking SoC market.