Bluetooth mesh networking and beacon functionality are now allowing smart lighting startups like PURillume to simplify installation complexity, reduce energy consumption, and automate lighting controls merely by using a smartphone or a tablet.

It has been announced that Nordic Semiconductor will demonstrate Bluetooth low energy- (including Bluetooth 5) and IEEE 802.15.4-enabled technologies at International CES 2017. The company is also confirming details of exhibits, demonstrations, and design partner companies it will be hosting on its booth (#44744 in Sands A-D, Sands Exhibition Hall) at CES. CES will be held in Las Vegas, NV, 5th-8th January 2017.

Nordic Semiconductor announces the launch of the Bluetooth 5 ready nRF52840 SoC with features and capabilities that redefine the performance envelope of single-chip Bluetooth low energy applications. The nRF52840 SoC is especially suited to smart home and advanced wearables applications, including wearables for payments and medical, as well as industrial sensor and other IoT devices.

One of the key players within the Chinese smartphone industry, Xiaomi, has introduced a competitively priced mobile VR headset which incorporates Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 SoC-based wireless motion controller.

Nordic’s newly released nRF5 SDK v12.0 allows firmware updates over-the-air to be accompanied by a secure signature that ensures the update comes from a verified and trusted source. In addition, the SDK now supports the Arduino development kit used with the Nordic nRF52832 SoC-based Arduino Primo base board.

  Nordic Semiconductor's 'nRFready Smart Remote 3 for nRF52 Series' reference design leverages the processing power and feature set of the nRF52832 BLE SoC to marry unparallelled voice input performance with ultra low power consumption.

Entering its last week on Kickstarter for delivery in December (campaign ends Friday 5th August at 8pm GMT) the $30 Puck.js has all the required programing and debug software tools built-in and runs from a single Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 BLE SoC with built-in ARM Cortex M4F processor.

Nordic Semiconductor announces the development of a low power LTE technology for cellular IoT. Designed specifically to address the needs of the emerging low power cellular IoT market, the upcoming Nordic Semiconductor nRF91 series includes highly integrated chipsets and software for the forthcoming 3GPP Release 13 LTE-M and NB-IoT cellular technologies.

Designed for next-gen wearables and space-constrained IoT applications, Nordic Semiconductor has announced that the nRF52832 BLE SoC is now available in a WL-CSP measuring 3.0x3.2mm. It offers the same full feature set in one quarter of the footprint area of the company's standard 6.0x6.0mm QFN48-packaged nRF52832.

Designed for connected car intelligent automotive applications and wireless in-car charging, the nRF51824 BLE SoC has been introduced by Nordic Semiconductor. Under-the-hood systems could also benefit from Bluetooth wireless functionality, because this would enable manufacturers to reduce the cost and weight of traditional cable looms to offer simpler factory assembly, maintenance and replacement, as well as increased fuel economy.

Bachmann Trains is employing Nordic Semiconductor BLE nRF51822 SoCs at the heart of its E-Z App system. E-Z App was developed in conjunction with Bluetooth model train PCB design specialist and game developer, BlueRail Trains, using Nordic nRF51822-based BMD-200 modules from U.S. engineering firm Rigado that also contributed design expertise to the project.

Nordic Semiconductor has announced that Arduino - the world's most successful open-source ecosystem for education, maker and IoT markets - has specified the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52832 BLE SoC at the heart of its latest product: a low cost IoT-targeted programmable SBC (or base board) called the Arduino Primo.

  Google has announced a more secure version of its Eddystone beacon format - Eddystone-EID - and Nordic Semiconductor simultaneously announced that it has launched a full Software Development Kit (SDK) and supporting tools.

Nordic Semiconductor announces that the nRF52832, the first member of its latest nRF52 Series SoCs - the most advanced Bluetooth Smart single-chip available on the market today - is now entering mass production and includes a range of new, previously unannounced features.

Nordic Semiconductor has announced it is showcasing its latest Bluetooth Smart technology at Embedded World 2016, held in Nuremberg, Germany, February 23rd to 25th, 2016. Nordic will present its wireless connectivity solutions in Hall 5 on booth 5-374. Embedded World is described as the leading international fair for embedded systems.

Nordic Semiconductor announces the demonstrations of the latest Bluetooth Smart technology the company will unveil at the world's largest gathering for the mobile industry, Mobile World Congress (MWC). Nordic is in Hall 6 on booth 6H20 at MWC, held in Barcelona, Spain, February 22 to 25th, 2016.

Plugging straight into any standard bread board used by makers and hobbyists, a third-party open source module supplied in a specially-developed 16-pin through-hold DIP style package allows Bluetooth Smart and 2.4GHz proprietary wireless prototypes using Nordic chips to be built without soldering.

Nordic Semiconductor announces it has launched its latest 'nRFready Smart Remote 3' reference design that is said to make the development of advanced Bluetooth smart remotes as easy as clicking on a list of check box options and so minimising time-to-market and unnecessary design risk.

Ultra low power RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor announces it will demonstrate Bluetooth Smart-enabled smart home technologies at International CES 2016. The company is also confirming details of exhibits, demonstrations and design partner companies it will be hosting on its booth (Booth 73566 at the Sands Exhibition hall) at CES.

Nordic Semiconductor has announced the immediate download availability of its nRF5 SDK for IoT that, for the first time, enables banking grade end-to-end 'https' type Internet security to be added to IPv6 over Bluetooth Smart IoT applications and networks.