I am trying to identify "most reliable HARDWARE" based on MSi chips.
( clone brand name would be OK )
I am NOT asking about software....
I am NOT concerned about PCB format - USB dongle or real PCB.
I would prefer single a...
Table of Contents
Introduction
Longitude and Time-keeping
Hyperbolic Radio Navigation
Pulses: Gee System (QH)
Phase: Decca Navigation (QM)
Decca Yacht Navigator Teardown
Summary
Further Reading
Introduction
While working on a GPS project &n...
Curving terahertz signals could become the future of 6G data transfer. (Image Credit: the Mittleman Group)
Future 6G networks may rely on photon curving, rather than a line of sight between the receiver and transmitter, to transmit signals. Rice Uni...
The first-ever 60 GHz DMA could be used for future 6G network communications. (Image Credit: University of Glasgow)
Now that 5G is being deployed worldwide, efforts have shifted toward creating the next-gen communication tech. University of Glasgow ...
Table of Contents
Introduction
Is the Device any Good?
Background
System Overview
Building the Software on Windows
Driver
A First Test
Summary
Introduction
The MSI-SDR M1 is a very low-cost Software Defined Radio (SDR) that appears to be an open ...
The DOSC flight laser transceiver aboard the Psyche spacecraft beamed a laser message from 10 million miles, reaching Earth in 50 seconds. (Image CreditL NASA/JPL-Caltech)
On November 14th, NASA transmitted data to Earth via a laser from ten million...
Hi all, I'm hoping someone will have some insights or experience with home WiFi that might give me some direction.
TL;DR, aka Cliff Notes, aka Summary:
My network is flaky. I need to reboot it every few days.
My ISP upgraded all of my hardware a mon...
Introduction
This blog post is about RF SMA connectors that, as the title suggests, are not soldered onto circuit boards; they are screw-fit!
I wish I had known about these connectors when I built up a component analyzer testbed (photo further below...
Table of Contents
Introduction
RF Signal Delivery using Transmission Lines
PCB and Layers Selection
Transmission Line Calculations
PCB Layout Elements
Connector Footprint
PCB Layout
What’s Next?
Introduction
The interfacing to circuits that...
I've been playing with Cellular IoT this year.
I did a project with the Nordic Thingy:91 back in May - Thingy91 Dog Tracker to use GPS to record walks with my granddog.
And even earlier in the year I wrote a post when I started using ...
Wi-Fi 6 (aka IEEE 802.11ax) is the latest iteration of the Wi-Fi network protocol. It is a significant upgrade over its predecessor 802.11ac (retroactively renamed Wi-Fi 5). This advanced network protocol allows for faster connection speeds with impr...
Introduction
Learning about Bluetooth has been on my to do list for quite some time, but up until now I haven't been very good about setting the time aside to pursue this endeavor.
Recently I participated in the IO Link quiz and as luck would have it...
I was recently given a circuit board for a car diagnostics tool (also perhaps known as a vehicle communication interface or VCI) to repair. It is used to attach to vehicle diagnostic connectors like OBD-II so that a PC can be used to interrogate...
Many wireless transceivers are now available as pluggable modules using high density connectors like the M.2 edge connector or plug and socket board-to-board connectors. This provides to implement custom PCBs where you can quickly add or custom...
There seems to have been a lot of activity recently in cellular IoT - webinars and contests, etc. Or maybe I've just started to notice it. There was a webinar on E14 a couple of months ago on the Nordic Thingy:91 which is an amazing fully...
Citizens Broadband Radio Service is a new block of 150MHz-wide spectrum in the 3.5GHz band (also known as C-band) primarily used by the federal government for radar systems. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned a frequency in the 3550...
WPA3 (Wi-Fi Protected Access®) -Personal provides next-generation security for private Wi-Fi® networks and improves security effectiveness compared to its predecessor WPA2 standard, yet maintains backward compatibility. The third editio...
A private 5G network comprises a wireless local area network (LAN) based on 5G new radio (NR) technology that uses 5G-enabled technologies to create a network with dedicated bandwidth. The network does not share traffic with other licensed cellular n...
Monarch Go – The Fastest Way to Achieve ROI in Cellular IoT Almost everywhere you look, there’s a great idea for a cellular IoT business case looking for a place to start. The problem is that cellular IoT is not easy and generally requires...
NXP Semiconductors today announced the availability of a comprehensive Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) portfolio, which expands the number of products and markets able to adopt the latest Wi-Fi standards. NXP’s expanded Wi-Fi 6 portfolio represents the company’s ...
ON Semiconductor has introduced the Connected Lighting Platform, leveraging the company's expertise in Power over Ethernet (PoE) and ultra-low-power Bluetooth®︎ Low Energy connectivity, along with AC/DC and DC/DC power conversion design. The prot...
With almost all modern smartphones featuring RFID readers, RFID tags are becoming more prevalent in our everyday lives, and they can be found on food packaging, anti-theft devices, shipping containers, and everything else in between, but engineers at...
With the shutdown of 2G and 3G networks looming on the horizon, many organizations are faced with the difficult question of “So, what’s next?” The key question to really ask is, “Well, what is the application?” Meaning, what is the current or project...
Right on the edge of an interconnectedness world, where the life of millions of people around the globe changes daily because of the advances in technology, the evolution of mobile communications will revolutionize our world and benefit entire econom...
