Nordic Plans Range of Demonstrations for Wearables, Home Automation at CES

Nordic Semiconductor (booth #44744) will bow at CES a wearable device that integrates an AirFuel power receive unit, said the company in a Thursday announcement. It also will highlight its nRF52 series SoCs, based on Bluetooth low energy (BLE) for wearable contactless payments. In its home automation portfolio, Nordic will demonstrate two technologies: one based on BLE and another using the Thread protocol based on the IEEE 802.15.4 low-power wireless network standard. It will show its latest RF protocol stack supporting Bluetooth 5 and a reference design targeting remote control OEMs and manufacturers of smart TVs, set-top boxes and streaming media players, the company said.