Nordic ($NOD.OL) Semiconductor nRF52 Series-based
Bluetooth low energy and NFC module offers ultra-compact wireless solution for
smart cards and wearables
NXT-ID's (NASDAQ: $NXTD) IoT Stamp module employs Nordic's
nRF52832 SoC to deliver connectivity solution for space-constrained low power
IoT applications
January
24, 2017 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Nordic Semiconductor (NOD.OL) announces
that Melbourne, FL-based security technology company, NXT-ID (NASDAQ:NXTD), has selected
Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth® low energy System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide
Bluetooth low energy and Near Field Communication (NFC™) wireless connectivity
for its ‘IoT Stamp’ module. The module is designed for integration into
wearables, portable devices, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
The IoT Stamp is said to have the smallest footprint
of any combined Bluetooth low energy and NFC module on the market, suitable for
ultra-compact, low energy applications, for example smartcards or smartwatches.
The module is designed as a ‘drop-in’ solution to help manufacturers with
little or no RF engineering expertise reduce development time and speed
time-to-market for connected products. The module supports a range of
personalized services including identity management, multifactor biometric
authentication, and payment methods including Bluetooth low energy, NFC, and
dynamic magnetic stripe.
The IoT Stamp can be used with a range of batteries
from 10mAh to 480mAh or above.
With a 10mAh battery the IoT Stamp can last for
several months prior to recharge, thanks to the ultra low power operating
characteristics of the nRF52832 SoC, as well as other low power techniques
including motion activation, a low power touch control user interface, and
patent pending ultra low power ‘buttonless’ wake-up technology.
Nordic’s nRF52832 Bluetooth low energy SoC, a member
of Nordic’s sixth generation of ultra low power (ULP) wireless connectivity
solutions, has been engineered to minimize power consumption with features such
as the 2.4GHz radio’s 5.5mA peak RX/TX currents and a fully-automatic power
management system that reduces power consumption by up to 80 percent compared
with Nordic’s nRF51 Series SoCs. The result is a Bluetooth low energy solution
which offers 90 CoreMark/mA, up to twice as power efficient as competing
devices.
The nRF52832 SoC combines a 64MHz, 32-bit ARM® Cortex®
M4F processor with a 2.4GHz multiprotocol radio (fully compatible with
Bluetooth 4.2, ANT™ and proprietary 2.4GHz RF software) featuring -96dB RX
sensitivity, with 512kB Flash memory, 64kB RAM, and an NFC-A tag for
“Touch-to-Pair” operations. When launched, the SoC was the world’s highest
performance single-chip Bluetooth low energy solution, delivering up to 60
percent more generic processing power, offering 10 times the Floating Point
performance, and twice the DSP performance compared to competing solutions.
“We selected Nordic’s nRF52832 SoC because it provided
us with both a Bluetooth low energy and NFC solution on a single chip, giving
us a smaller footprint as well as the low power consumption we required,” says
David Tunnell, NXT-ID CTO and Executive VP. “Moreover, Nordic’s technical
support proved outstanding and the company’s engineers were always very
responsive.”
NXT-ID has already partnered with travel and lifestyle
community membership vendor WorldVentures to develop the flye smartcard which
will be one of the first applications of the nRF52832-powered NXT-ID IoT Stamp.
The flye smartcard can be used by WorldVentures’ 500,000 worldwide members for
electronic payment, rewards, and other purposes. Users can load up to ten
records—for example credit, debit, ID, and loyalty cards—on the ‘all-in-one’
smartcard.
Read this release in full at http://www.investorideas.com/CO/NXT/news/2017/01241Wearables.asp
About NXT-ID
NXT-ID (NASDAQ:NXTD) is a
security technology Company providing security for finance, assets and
healthcare. The Company's innovative MobileBio® solution mitigates risks
associated with mobile computing, m-commerce and smart OS-enabled devices. With
extensive experience in biometric identity verification, security and privacy,
encryption and data protection, payments, miniaturization and sensor
technologies, the Company partners with industry leading companies to provide
solutions for modern payment and Internet of Things ("IoT")
applications. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, LogicMark, LLC,
manufactures and distributes nonmonitored and monitored personal emergency
response systems ("PERS") sold through the United States Department
of Veterans Affairs ("VA"), healthcare durable medical equipment
dealers and distributors and monitored security dealers and distributors. http://nxt-id.com/, http://www.logicmark.com.
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risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include statements herein with
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Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in
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uncertainties include, among other things, our ability to establish and
maintain the proprietary nature of our technology through the patent process,
as well as our ability to possibly license from others patents and patent
applications necessary to develop products; the availability of financing; the
Company's ability to implement its long range business plan for various
applications of its technology; the Company's ability to enter into agreements
with any necessary marketing and/or distribution partners; the impact of competition,
the obtaining and maintenance of any necessary regulatory clearances applicable
to applications of the Company's technology; and management of growth and other
risks and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to time in the Company's
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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