This Week's Focus: IoT Technology Focus
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GNSS Modules Enable Low-Power 
Location-Based IoT

Telit has announced the SE878Kx-A series of GPS and GNSS integrated antenna receiver modules for applications that require high performance, maximum reliability and low power consumption. Compatible with GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and Galileo, the new SE878K3-A and SE878K7-A enable device vendors to develop quickly and cost-effectively location-based IoT solutions for use in virtually any country worldwide.
The SE878Kx-A series supports dual internal-external antennas to ensure connectivity when one is broken or compromised, along with a SAW filter to maximize jamming immunity. These features make the modules well suited for mission-critical applications and other use cases where reliability is key, such as alarms, stolen cars or high-end asset tracking. The SE878Kx-A series also provides seamless integration with Telit's cellular modules, including eCall/ERA-GLONASS compliant solutions, making them ideal for telematics applications such as fleet management, road tolling and in-vehicle navigation systems.



Eurotech IoT Tech Tapped for 
Smart Agriculture Projects

Eurotech has announced that AVR, a potato harvester manufacturer based in Belgium, has chosen the ReliaGATE family of intelligent edge computers running Eurotech's Everyware Software Framework and Everyware Cloud to manage the edge devices for its smart agriculture project to connect its harvesting machinery. These IoT building blocks are integrated by AVR partner Delaware Consulting with a Microsoft Azure-based IoT platform that gathers, analyzes and visualizes data from sensors on tractors and other farming vehicles.
With a showcase version up and running, AVR plans to release the platform for end users later in 2018, gathering market feedback to drive the development of new capabilities. No financial information has been disclosed. AVR has a decades-long history in the field of potato agriculture, designing and manufacturing harvesters, planters and cultivators. It's a niche market, but they are one of the world's biggest players, exporting equipment to every continent. However, even a traditional industry like agriculture is being impacted by emerging IoT innovations.

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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that Peter Liu from Bose and Ron Wong from Cypress Semiconductor will be joining the board of directors of the Bluetooth SIG as Associate Member Directors. The Bluetooth SIG Board of Directors is responsible for the governance of the organization and plays a vital role in driving the expansion of Bluetooth technology to address the needs of a growing number of consumer and commercial markets. Both will serve a two-year term starting this month (July 2018).
Peter Liu (left) is an Architect of Wearable Systems at Bose, leading programs and creating technology platforms for hearables. Previously, he led the Advanced Electronic Systems group in Bose Consumer Headphones to deliver enabling technologies and architectures for the wireless and noise-cancelling headphones enjoyed today by audio enthusiasts worldwide. Ron Wong (right) is Director, Product Marketing in the Microcontroller & Connectivity Division of Cypress Semiconductor and manages connectivity software solutions that help companies bring innovative, low-power connected products to market. He is responsible for defining and driving Cypress' IoT product portfolio, including Bluetooth software and Wireless Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) development kits.

With these new appointments, the Bluetooth SIG board now consists of individuals from the following member companies; Apple, Bose, Cypress Semiconductor, Ericsson, Google, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nokia, Signify and Toshiba.