Module maker u-blox teams-up with Wi-fi Logic, intros extremely low-power GNSS tracker

Swiss IoT module maker u-blox is working with UK-based IoT connectivity supplier Wi-fi Logic to mix and combine their wares in easier and higher IoT options for IoT builders, they’ve stated. They’ve proclaimed a “strategic partnership” to ship “seamless, sturdy, and scalable” connectivity options for “dependable IoT deployments throughout varied industries”. They cited automotive, industrial, healthcare, and sensible cities as prime goal ‘verticals’.

The deal will see Wi-fi Logic’s world IoT digital operator community (MVNO) platform, branded Conexa, built-in by way of embedded SIM (eSIM) {hardware} into choose u-blox mobile IoT modules. Prospects will be capable to swap between Wi-fi Logic’s roster of worldwide cellular networks within the Conexa platform for optimum protection and efficiency, as required, with out the necessity for bodily SIM modifications. A press assertion talked-up “unparalleled scalability and adaptability”, because of this.

The duo stated: “The flexibility to handle and monitor connectivity by Wi-fi Logic’s intuitive platform will present customers with larger management and visibility over their IoT deployments.” In addition to simpler world scalability, they stated the mixture will allow IoT builders to get merchandise to market (TTM) sooner, and to additionally ship extra fast innovation. 

Martin Leach, head of u-blox’s mobile enterprise unit, stated: “Wi-fi Logic’s… main eSIM options and technical experience aligns with our dedication to delivering state-of-the-art merchandise that meet the evolving wants of our clients. By combining our applied sciences, we’re enhancing the worth proposition for IoT deployments, offering unmatched connectivity, safety, and adaptability.”

John Dillon, managing director of product and advertising and marketing at Wi-fi Logic, stated: “This… marks a major milestone in our mission to simplify IoT connectivity… By combining our connectivity providers with u-blox’s high-performance mobile modules, we’re enabling companies to deploy IoT options extra effectively and cost-effectively. We sit up for seeing the progressive units and purposes that our mixed providing will create.”

In the meantime, u-blox leads has launched a brand new low-power IoT asset monitoring service, referred to as u-blox CloudTrack, which mixes dependable GNSS positioning with information comms, cloud analytics, and superior power financial savings in a single service. It stated the service “breaks new floor” by combining “the last word” in low-power positioning” – six-times power financial savings, it says, in comparison with a standalone GNSS repair from a ‘chilly begin’ – with built-in IoT connectivity and cloud providers.

The CloudTrack service calculates the place of an IoT gadget utilizing a mixture of knowledge from GNSS, mobile, and Wi-Fi sources – together with the place a GNSS sign is proscribed or unavailable, and a location repair can be difficult and in addition drain the battery. It’s being provided with a single u-blox Thingstream SIM card, which attaches to its cloud-based supply platform and administration interface and connects globally, and a per-location-request pricing mannequin 

The thought is clients can remove the complexity and inconvenience of coping with a number of location information and regional connectivity suppliers, utilizing a single-provider resolution primarily based on a single module stock-keeping unit (SKU) for world asset monitoring. CloudTrack works “optimally” with u-blox mobile ”combo” modules, the corporate stated, notably its LENA-R8 LTE Cat 1bis module with built-in M10 GNSS receiver.

Individually, Wi-fi Logic has stated it’s exhibiting and talking on the upcoming Engineering Design Present on October 9-10 in London to “assist gadget producers, integrators and design engineers navigate present connectivity tendencies”. The corporate stated: “As mobile IoT continues to advance and develop in complexity… some engineers may really feel overwhelmed… The primary hurdle is commonly figuring out the place to focus, which may be as daunting because the technical points themselves.”