Nordic Semiconductor to unveil wireless solutions for complex IoT applications at CES 2020

Nordic Semiconductor unveils latest LTE-M/NB-IoT, Bluetooth 5.1, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, and Zigbee solutions at CES 2020

Nordic’s nRF9160 SiP for low power cellular IoT, the world’s first dual Arm Cortex-M33 SoC, Bluetooth 5.1 Direction Finding and Thread solutions power a range of innovative demonstrations to fuel the developer’s imagination at giant consumer electronics event.     

Wireless IoT specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA today announces it will host a range of demonstrations highlighting the capabilities of its low power cellular IoT and low power, short range wireless products at CES 2020. The demonstrations will take place on the company’s booth (#44949 in Sands Exhibition Hall (Wearables)) at CES.

On the booth, the Nordic Thingy:91 multisensor cellular IoT prototyping platform, which incorporates Nordic’s nRF9160 System-on-Chip (SiP) with integrated LTE-M/NB-IoT modem and GPS, will form the basis of a cellular IoT (LTE-M) asset tracker connected to nRF Connect for Cloud, Nordic’s software tool for Cloud connectivity.

The company will also demonstrate a Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE)-to-cellular IoT (LTE-M) bridge. The demonstration, based on the nRF9160 DK (Development Kit) which incorporates Nordic’s nRF9160 SiP and the nRF52840 advanced Bluetooth 5, Thread and Zigbee multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC), will show how Nordic technology can be used to connect inexpensive short range wireless sensors to the Cloud.

Notable among the booth’s short range wireless exhibits will be the nRF5340 dual processor SoC supporting Bluetooth 5.1, Bluetooth mesh, NFC, Thread, and Zigbee. The nRF5340 is the latest product to join Nordic’s short range wireless portfolio and is the world’s first wireless SoC with two Arm® Cortex®-M33 processors. 

Other exhibits will show Nordic’s nRF52840 advanced multiprotocol SoC powering smart home applications. Other demonstrations will show Bluetooth 5 high throughput and multilink capability.  In addition, Nordic will demonstrate the capabilities of its nRF52811 and nRF52833 Bluetooth 5.1 Direction Finding SoCs.