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Wi-SUN

Wi-SUN

Silicon Labs is Leading the Way in Wi-SUN FAN 1.1 Certification

At Silicon Labs, we are dedicated to advancing the Wi-SUN standard and ensuring that our solutions meet the highest industry standards. Silicon Labs has been at the forefront of developing Wi-SUN solutions for over a decade, and this continues with the certification of our EFR32FG25 for FAN 1.1 router and border router ap...

3/25/2025 | Ananya Tungaturthi | 2 Min Read

EFR32FG25 Series 2 SoCs, EFR32FG28 Series 2 SoCs, Industrial Asset Tracking, IoT Insights, Metering, Smart Agriculture, Smart Cities, Wi-SUN

IoT Insights

IoT Insights

IC vs Modules: Understanding the Technical Tradeoffs for IoT Applications

As the IoT continues to transform industries, design decisions around wireless connectivity components become increasingly complex. Engineers often face the dilemma of choosing between ICs and wireless modules for their IoT applications. Both options offer unique benefits and trade-offs, impacting factors such as design c...

3/12/2025 | Himanshu Aggarwal | 2 Min Read

Connected Health

Connected Health

Silicon Labs BG29 Bluetooth LE SoC Packs More Compute and Security for the Smallest of Medical and Health Devices

Looking back, we can see now that the COVID-19 pandemic marked an inflection point on the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). Today, technological innovation in this field is flourishing, and the adoption rate of connected medical devices is accelerating continuously. Unit shipments of wireless medical devices are predicte...

3/11/2025 | Mikko Nurmimaki | 3 Min Read

Connected Health, EFR32BG29 Series 2 SoCs, IoT Insights

SiWx917 Wireless SoCs

SiWx917 Wireless SoCs

Silicon Labs SiWx917 Wi-Fi 6 SoC Tested to Deliver Robust Connectivity and Multi-year IoT Battery Life

Battery life is one of the first characteristics buyers compare on wireless IoT devices. The longer it is, the better. According to the interoperability and power consumption test done by Novus Labs, the SiWx917 Wi-Fi 6 SoC proved to deliver robust, energy-efficient connectivity even in extreme congestion scenarios. As a ...

3/7/2025 | Kalevi Ratschunas | 4 Min Read

IoT Insights, SiWx917 Wireless SoCs

Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth Low Energy

Improving Accuracy with a New Channel Sounding Dev Kit

When Bluetooth Channel Sounding was adopted as part of Core Specification 6.0, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) communicated a target accuracy of 0.5 m in most scenarios. This accuracy target created a challenge because in most scenarios it’s difficult or even impossible to reliably achieve 0.5 m of accuracy wit...

3/5/2025 | Parker Dorris | 7 Min Read

Bluetooth Low Energy, IoT Insights

Microcontrollers

Microcontrollers

Silicon Labs Launches the PG26 MCU for Low-Power, High-Performance IoT Applications

Silicon Labs, a leader in IoT connectivity, has consistently set new benchmarks in MCU performance, capabilities, and applications. Today, we’re announcing the general availability of the PG26 – a general-purpose microcontroller with a large combination of flash and RAM that features a dedicated matrix vector processor to...

3/4/2025 | Ananya Tungaturthi | 2 Min Read

EFM32PG26 Series 2, IoT Insights, Microcontrollers

IoT Insights

IoT Insights

Silicon Labs Expands Support for Zephyr Project

Unlocking a New World of Wireless for Zephyr RTOS Users At Silicon Labs, we’re passionate about wireless communication and enabling the IoT’s next generation of connected devices. Of course, innovative wireless solutions amount to more than just a killer Bluetooth or Wi-Fi chip—great software is a must. We’ve been writing...

3/3/2025 | Matt Gordon | 2 Min Read

IoT Insights, Wireless

Matter

Matter

Next-Gen IoT: Arduino and Silicon Labs Make Matter More Accessible with Edge AI and ML

From Partnership to Innovation: Arduino and Silicon Labs Join Forces In January 2024, Arduino and Silicon Labs announced a partnership that set out to simplify access to the Matter protocol in two phases. In the first phase, we saw the release of an extensive Arduino library for Matter along with a core for Silicon Labs m...

2/24/2025 | Stefano Implicito | 3 Min Read

EFR32FG28 Series 2 SoCs, EFR32MG24 Series 2 Modules, EFR32MG24 Series 2 SoCs, EFR32MG26 Series 2 SoCs, IoT Insights, Matter, News and Events, Smart Home

IoT Insights

IoT Insights

Simplifying Ambient IoT with xG22E Energy Harvesting Explorer Kit

Over the past year, Ambient IoT has been one of the fastest growing sectors within the IoT. With an increasing number of device makers and manufacturers looking for energy-optimized, battery-less solutions for long-lasting devices with uninterrupted performance and increased reliability, Ambient SoCs are the ideal choice.

2/19/2025 | Tristan Cool | 6 Min Read

EFR32BG22 Series 2 SoCs, EFR32MG22 Series 2 SoCs, IoT Insights

Matter

Matter

In the Land of the Smart Home, One App to Rule Them… Almost

We recently had a Matter roundtable at Silicon Labs Works With 2024. It was a fantastic chance for ecosystems, device makers, development partners, and others to learn more about the current state of Matter, its challenges and limitations, what is being done to address its shortcomings, new device types coming in the futu...

1/22/2025 | Rob Alexander | 6 Min Read

IoT Insights, Matter, Smart Home