Qualcomm said its Qualcomm Atheros subsidiary expanded distribution...

Qualcomm said its Qualcomm Atheros subsidiary expanded distribution with Arrow Electronics for the U.S. and China and Codico for Europe in an effort to broaden support for QCA4002/4004, its low-power Wi-Fi platform designed for the Internet of Things. Qualcomm Atheros is offering an IoT development kit to enable low-power Wi-Fi in a range of connected products including light bulbs, home automation devices and security systems, it said. The kit includes support for AllJoyn, an open-source software and services framework from the AllSeen Alliance; a hosted mode for designs that pair the QCA4002/4004 with a microcontroller; 21emetry’s IoT platform, ThingFabric, which provides secure communication between devices and the cloud; peer-to-peer connectivity via Wi-Fi Direct; and Green Transmit to dynamically adjust output power, Qualcomm said Thursday.