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Arrow Electronics has announced a global distribution agreement with Truesense, a globally renowned company in edge AI, software algorithms and Ultra-WideBand (UWB) radar and ranging technology, to distribute Truesense modules, development kits and software. The agreement lets Arrow’s customers accelerate new product designs by leveraging Truesense UWB modules for roles such as communication, ranging and localisation, real-time location, asset tracking, gesture detection, access control, and environmental sensing. Arrow Electronics adds Truesense Ultra-Wideband portfolio Adding the Truesense portfolio to our lineup expands our offer to customers" “Adding the Truesense portfolio to our lineup expands our offer to customers, provides easy access to cutting-edge UWB technology that permits high-value functionality with excellent power efficiency ideal for IoT devices and portable products,” said Matthias Hutter, the Vice President - Supplier Marketing and Product Management, EMEA, Arrow Electronics. He adds, “With the supporting ecosystem comprising evaluation hardware and ready-to-use software, we can help our customers quickly bring new concepts to market that are innovative and disruptive, as well as robust and reliable.” Arrow Electronics and Truesense partnership “Our agreement with Arrow strengthens our market presence and enables a broader customer base to unleash the inherent strengths of UWB in future generations of smart products,” said Alessandro Bassi, the Chief Marketing Officer, Truesense. He adds, “Teaming our specialised knowhow and R&D resources with Arrow’s in-house engineering skills and commercial services is a combination that’s sure to deliver success.” Ultra-WideBand (UWB) technology UWB technology is based on IEEE 802.15.4a/z and optimised for precise location, with strengths including high accuracy and reliability, low latency, security, and low power consumption. Resistant to obstructions, interference, and multipath errors, UWB performs strongly in indoor contexts Resistant to obstructions, interference, and multipath errors, UWB performs strongly in indoor contexts, such as in smart buildings, smart factories, medical applications such as patient and equipment monitoring, and the enhanced spatial awareness in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) equipment. Truesense was founded in 2020 and is closely connected to the Politecnico University in Milan. The current portfolio, now available from Arrow, comprises the DCU040, and DCU150 modules for ranging use cases based on NXP® Semiconductors’ Trimension® ICs, and very soon will make available a new module and platforms for radar use cases. Truesense modules integrate antennas, external components Truesense modules integrate antennas, and external components, such as a clock, filter, so there is no requirement of RF design by the user. Also available, the Truesense UWB development kit is ready to plug into Arduino hardware and is easily configured to assist development of new products that incorporate UWB technology. Customers can also take advantage of Truesense UWB software libraries, AI algorithms, smart-app and code examples to facilitate their projects and minimise time to market for new product designs.

Arduino Yun and Tian enable Wi-Fi and BLE connectivity, bridging wireless sensors and IoT devices to QNAP NAS, which currently supports Ethernet and USB QNAP Systems, Inc. announced a partnership with Arduino—the leading open-source ecosystem for educators, makers, and IoT developers—to give IoT developers the ability to enable secure processing and storage of local data with extended connectivity by using a wide range of Arduino hardware with QNAP NAS. The QIoT Suite Lite software (using container technology) will be “Arduino ready” by Q1 2017, providing developers with great potential for deploying and storing the massive data generated by their IoT applications. Personalised IoT cloud “This partnership is giving creative IoT makers the ability to build, or download third-party applications that can be run on QNAP, their own personal IoT cloud,” said Kathy Giori, VP of Operations, Arduino. “IoT developers need to be able to connect to and store various types of data; and with a lack of agreed upon ecosystem standards, and the fear of sending everything to the cloud, open source plus local processing and storage becomes critical. "In addition to QNAP’s direct Ethernet and USB ports, developers can use the Arduino Yun or Tian platforms to connect to IoT devices over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Other connectivity such as LoRa can be included as a shield. Arduino boards plus QNAP functionality enables creative IoT solutions to be easily created and deployed. Users can install both commercial IoT products and Arduino-based widgets designed just for themselves, then create their own logic on QNAP to tie the things together.” "Arduino provides low-cost, open microcontroller technology, increasingly deployed by makers to create unique IoT devices" “Arduino provides low-cost, open microcontroller technology, increasingly deployed by makers to create unique IoT devices,” said YT Lee, VP of QNAP. “We continue to serve as storage and high-end data processing, with an easy-to-use UI, giving users the ability to connect to and visualise the data generated by their IoT projects. From streaming IP camera footage, to home audio systems, sensors, smart appliances, locks, and security, connected things generate a variety of data types—with some needing to be stored for long periods of time and others only a few days. Storage, albeit often in the background, is a critical component of IoT.” Arduino Yun and Tian platforms Arduino Yun and Tian enable Wi-Fi and BLE connectivity, bridging wireless sensors and IoT devices to QNAP NAS, which currently supports Ethernet and USB. The new Arduino Uno Wi-Fi, Star Otto, and Primo platforms can be connected wirelessly to the Yun or Tian, giving developers a variety of options as they develop commercial IoT solutions. QIoT Suite Lite provides a variety of protocols and dashboard applications that enable developers to use sensors on development boards, and deploy applications such as Node-RED and Freeboard on QNAP NAS. Data received from sensors can be transmitted to the QNAP NAS using multiple protocols (MQTT, CoAP, etc.) while users remotely monitor their home environment with the dashboard. Save