UL Completes Thread Certification for NXP IoT Microcontroller Unit

Underwriters Laboratories completed the first Thread testing for NXP Semiconductors, it said in a Monday announcement. NXP’s Kinetis KW41Z wireless microcontroller unit enables connectivity and control and can be designed into IoT applications for home control, fitness monitoring, asset monitoring and metering, UL said. UL began working with the Thread Group in 2015 to develop the certification program.