IPv4 has been the reigning Internet Protocol version for several decades now, even to this date. The IPv4 address space is 32-bits which allows for just over 2^32, or, 4 billion addresses which, up until now, has been sufficient. Recently, we are seeing a trend where virtually everything and anything is connected to the internet. … Read more
Radiocrafts is now offering 433MHz Wireless MBUS modules, Rc1140-MBUS3, and RC1140-MPC1, targeting the Middle East Market. Wireless communication systems based on Wireless M-Bus has proved its efficiency in terms of low power for battery operation, low operational cost and ease of installation and use. The European Standard EN13757-4, Wireless M-Bus, was developed for reading battery … Read more
What IoT Sensors Can Learn from Automatic Meter Reading Wireless M-Bus(wMBus) was first designed to meet the requirements for the automatic reading of water and gas meters, which require only a low data rate. However, as we enter the Internet of Things (IoT), network designers are realizing that many industrial and commercial sensing applications also … Read more
1) Field Proven By Some Very Cautious Companies (Utilities) Over the last ten years, Wireless M-Bus has become the most commonly used wireless technology in Europe for reading electricity, gas, water, and heat meters. Its European installation base is measured in tens of millions. When you think about it, there is not much difference between the … Read more
Sigfox Workshop – September 21, 2017 in Düsseldorf Sigfox is already one of the basic standards in IoT communication. The network, which is already available in 33 countries worldwide, offers some basic advantages: extremely low energy consumption, very low costs and worldwide availability. Recent studies are predicting a huge growth potential in the area of networked … Read more
Radiocrafts AS, a leading provider of RF modules and wireless connectivity solutions, announced today a new ultra-low power radio module platform for Smart Metering, Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensor Networks applications. The new compact RF module is also suitable for 6LoWPAN based IP networks. The RC18x0 Radio Module platform is a series of … Read more
Radiocrafts AS, a leading provider of RF modules, today announced that it has entered a distribution agreement for the German speaking European market with Unitronic Gmbh. “We are excited to team up with Untronic”, said Anders Oldebäck, Sales and Marketing Director of Radiocrafts. “We see Unotrinc’s strategic initiative on Sensor2Clout to match our Wireless Sensor … Read more
Long range and global solution, a tough equation, or…? Many products and applications target a global market and therefore are looking for solutions in the 2.4 GHz ISM band, as this is the lowest frequency band available for a true global solution. However, an issue with 2.4 GHz band is its limited range, typically around … Read more
Radiocrafts AS, a leading provider of RF modules, today announced that it has entered a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Electronics, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability, and delivery. Design engineers around the world get access to RF modules and design tools from Radiocrafts. Radiocrafts provides surface mount RF modules for wireless networking … Read more
At Radiocrafts, we often get the question on how long range our modules can achieve. With all respect that this is a very important question to our customer, the question is impossible to answer in a direct way. The answer will always be: “It depends”. A good way to explain this for non RF geeks, … Read more