Alpha Micro adds u-blox 4G LTE Cat4 wireless modules to line-card
Basingstoke, UK – 22 September 2015 – Alpha Micro today announced the availability of the TOBY-L201 4G LTE high speed WCDMA wireless module from u-blox. Capable of providing 150 Mbps download speeds...
View ArticleAlpha Micro to showcase SmartMesh solutions at Building Controls Show
Basingstoke, UK – 13 October 2015 – Alpha Micro, provider of wireless technology solutions for the industrial M2M and IoT sectors, will be exhibiting alongside Linear Technology Corporation at the...
View ArticleBLE security solved with a whisper
As a means of bringing wireless to simple and inexpensive devices, Bluetooth Low Energy, otherwise known as BLE or Bluetooth SMART, is impressive. It uses just a tenth of the power of classic Bluetooth...
View ArticleUSB 3.0 USB to FIFO bridge evaluation boards equipped with popular FPGA...
Basingstoke, UK – 20 October 2015 – Alpha Micro today announced the availability of four USB 3.0 SuperSpeed USB-to-FIFO evaluation boards from FTDI. Using FTDI’s FT600 series of USB 3.0 to FIFO bridge...
View ArticleFTDI FT81x development modules now available from Alpha Micro
Basingstoke, UK – November 2015 – Alpha Micro today announced the availability of the VM810C50 family of compact HMI development modules from FTDI Chip. Based around FTDI’s FT81x series of high...
View ArticleLTE for the machine masses
It may be somewhat surprising, but the latest generation of cellular technology, LTE, is the most successful standard in telecom history. Overcoming the geographical challenges of GSM by reaching...
View ArticleGainSpan Concurrent mode Wi-Fi modules now available from Alpha Micro
Basingstoke, UK – 25 November 2015 – Alpha Micro today announced that the GainSpan line-up of Wi-Fi wireless modules are now being shipped with a concurrent mode feature. Ideally suited to provisioning...
View ArticleSerial to Ethernet adaptor gives plug and play internet connectivity
Basingstoke, UK – 9 December 2015 – Alpha Micro Components’ NetPort II is a plug and play Serial to Ethernet adaptor that enables any device or machine with a serial port to instantly and securely...
View ArticlexPico Wi-Fi SMT board with u.fl and on-board antennas converts serial ports...
Basingstoke, UK – 15 December 2015 – Alpha Micro AMC has added the Lantronix xPico® Wi-Fi SMT embedded device server to its product portfolio, enabling its customers to quickly convert serial ports to...
View ArticleWhy choose a multiradio module for your IoT application?
Until recently, in any specific application, only one wireless technology was generally used for end-to-end wireless transmission. However, that model has changed with the evolution of the Internet of...
View ArticleTFT for Industrial Designs
Gone are the days you could get away with a set of buttons and maybe an LED or two for the control interface of an industrial automation control unit. Today’s industrial designs demand operational...
View ArticleFTDI’s FT51A Series of 8-bit MCU with USB hub ICs and modules available...
Basingstoke, UK – 26 January 2016 – Alpha Micro has announced the availability of FTDI’s FT51A Series of 8-bit microcontrollers with two development modules. The FT51A is an 8051 compatible MCU that...
View ArticleMulti-GNSS receiver with embedded security gives exceptional accuracy and...
Basingstoke, UK – 18 February 2015 – Alpha Micro has announced the availability of the u-blox M8 with new 3.01 firmware, a multi-GNSS receiver platform with a -167dBm sensitivity (dynamic 5m/sec),...
View ArticleNew Wi-Fi transceiver module assures in-device co-existence with LTE
Basingstoke, UK – 16 March 2016 – Alpha Micro is now shipping u-blox’s ultra-compact LILY-W1 single band 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi transceiver module. Providing 802.11n connectivity to a broad range of IoT...
View ArticleUltra-compact 3G/2G cellular module now available from Alpha Micro
Basingstoke, UK – 19 April 2016 – Alpha Micro Components today announced the availability of SARA-U201, the smallest cellular module available supporting 2G and 3G. The SARA-U201 is pin and form factor...
View ArticleNarrowband IoT: the little things in life…
The Internet of Things (IoT) is undoubtedly the buzzword technology of the decade. When you get industry giants such as Intel estimating that 200 billion devices will be IoT-connected by 2020, it’s...
View ArticleSigfox and the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things requires a number of different elements to come together. Across homes and cities around the world, millions of sensors and actuators at one end need to be connected to the...
View ArticleReplacing NFC with BLE Whisper Mode
Thanks to Bluetooth, it’s never been easier to connect our devices. But while the absence of cables has simplified some things, other aspects are now more complicated. When we connected devices with...
View ArticleBluetooth low energy 4.2 module and evaluation boards with NFC pairing speeds...
Basingstoke, UK – 4 May 2016 – Alpha Micro has added the Bluetooth low energy wireless standard to its portfolio of IoT (Internet of Things) enabling technologies. u-blox’s NINA-B111 and B112 modules...
View ArticleiBeacons vs Eddystone – Which Beacon Format is Better?
Beacons are a new type of energy efficient, broadcast-only Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device that promises to add location awareness to our apps. These cheap, small and long lasting broadcasters...
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