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Akron, Ohio , 27 January 2022 – Global technology leader, Laird Connectivity, has launched the Sterling™-LWB+ Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth 5.2 module , the latest member of the...
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We are pleased to announce the upcoming Sterling-LWB5+ USB adapter . This packaged adapter is rugged, small, simplifies your BOM, is globally certified, has reliable connectivity, and is easy to...
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We are proud to introduce our newest Wi-Fi module series, the Sterling 70 . Powered by the NXP 88W9098 wireless SOC, the Sterling 70 series is the industry’s first Wi-Fi 6 solution based on the...
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On Tuesday May 11th, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced details of a collection of new vulnerabilities affecting Wi-Fi devices. Since a successful attack would allow the cyber-criminal to steal user...
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The Sterling-EWB is now equipped with an AT Command set. With new AT command set firmware implementation, the Sterling-EWB makes it easier than ever to deploy intelligent IoT solutions. The...
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Akron, Ohio , June 11, 2020 – Global technology leader, Laird Connectivity, has announced the upcoming Sterling-LWB5+ Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Bluetooth 5.1 module. Powered by...
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Wireless signal and other RF behavior is one of those things that is so nuanced and bizarre it’s often described by engineers as black magic. The complexity of RF design is legendary among...
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The 60 Series SOM is Ezurio's most secure wireless subsystem ever. Equipped with the latest Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology, the 60 Series SOM provides enterprise-grade connectivity and performance. ...
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The Sentrius IG60 is Now Available! The Sentrius IG60 is a wireless IoT gateways that connects Bluetooth sensors and legacy serial equipment to the Cloud, offering secure out-of-the-box...
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Wi-Fi, one of today's most ubiquitous wireless technologies, has once again reached the point where it's necessary to innovate for its own future. The problem that Wi-Fi has is a good one to have:...
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The Sterling-EWB is the simple, secure, and reliable way to gather meaningful IoT intelligence and wirelessly send it to cloud services Nuremberg, Germany – February 25, 2019 – A global...
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The IoT encompasses a wide variety of wireless technologies across an endless array of applications. From the millions of smartphones and tablets to machines, buildings, and countless other products...
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Everyone has an opinion when it comes to technology, but one thing we can all agree on is the importance of security. No matter the industry, it is always a top concern. Since introduced in 2004,...
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Introduction: A flaw in the WPA2 security protocol has recently been discovered. The bug, known as “KRACK” for Key Reinstallation Attack, exposes a weakness in WPA2 which is one of the...
Laird's new Sterling 60 Series of Professional Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules is now available. Powered by Marvell's state-of-the-art 88W8997 chipset , Laird's Sterling 60 modules achieve the best...
The industrial sector is considered one of the most dynamic areas of the electronics industry, with a broad range of solutions for an equally broad range of applications. In this fiercely...
A new video demonstration for Laird’s Sterling-LWB 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module is now available. The five-part demo features the Sterling-LWB module and walks viewers through the process of...
Today Laird announced the new Sentrius™ RG1xx LoRa Gateway which offers multi-protocol connectivity to long-distance Enterprise Internet of Things (EIoT) sensors and devices to create actionable...
Today at the Electronica 2016 trade show in Munich, Germany Laird announced plans for the new 60 Series of Professional and Enterprise Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules . Specifically designed to offer...
Today at the Electronica 2016 trade show in Munich, Germany Laird announced plans for the new 60 Series of Professional and Enterprise Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules . Specifically designed to offer...
LSR, a Laird business, announced two new solutions that help companies design and certify wirelessly-connected products quickly and successfully. Based on Cypress Semiconductor Corp. radios, these...
Hospitals are one of the most compelling, yet difficult RF environments. To ensure reliable functionality, a Wi-Fi radio that is embedded in a medical device must be tested thoroughly.When choosing...
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This week Wireless Design and Development magazine featured an article written by Laird's Bob Monroe and Kris Sidle. Titled, " This Won’t Hurt a Bit: 5 Key Steps for Deploying Wi-Fi Networks in...
Recognizing the growing need for IoT solution development and prototyping support, Avnet, a leading global technology distributor, recently introduced their latest IoT solution which features two...
Today Laird launches the new 50 Series of Enterprise Wi-Fi ® + Bluetooth ® modules. This latest solution provides unmatched reliable connectivity and performance in challenging wireless...
Welcome to our final post in the Setting Up Wi-Fi in a Medical Center series. So far in this five part series we have covered steps 1-4 of how to successfully set up a secure and reliable Wi-Fi...
In the past weeks a few vulnerabilities have been published that apply to the code components used on Laird’s WB line of products. While these vulnerabilities do not pose a large threat to us,...
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When setting up a Wi-Fi infrastructure in a medical facility such as a hospital, it is important for IT managers to follow certain processes to ensure a reliable and secure wireless network. In...
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Throughout the past few years, we have learned how the idea of the Connected Hospital has rapidly transformed from a vision of the future into a reality. Hospitals are now focusing on providing the...
In hospitals, wireless medical devices transmit data that is critical to patient care. Whether stationary or mobile, these devices must never lose connectivity. Setting up a reliable Wi-Fi network in...
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AES-CCMP is an approved cryptographic method for FIPS 140-2, which defines the standard for cryptographic modules that protect sensitive but unclassified information. Since 2006, support for AES-CCMP...
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To our Valued Customers: Laird is officially announcing the end of production for the SDC-PE15N and SDC-EC25N products. Due to supplier issues for critical components, Laird will no longer be...
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In Connected Hospitals , wireless technology allows caregivers and patients to roam around the hospital freely while providing accurate and timely monitoring. Through successful wireless medical...
An article titled, “ Key Considerations for Designing a Wireless Medical Device ”, was recently featured by RF Globalnet. Written by David Hoglund and Chris Downey, the article covers what you...
The channels that are supported depend on the regulation in each country. Here is a summary of most countries: Indoor Use Only Radar Bands (DFS band) ...
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A few months ago, Marriott International made headlines when they blocked consumers’ Wi-Fi networks at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville. Following a complaint from an...
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The demand for mobility and improved patient care is a growing trend in healthcare, leading to more and more hospitals making the transition to wireless. When dealing with sensitive data, it is...
Chronic diseases and health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and Pulmonary heart disease have been a long running issue for people of all generations. Throughout the past decade, a...
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By James Kalbfleisch, Applications Engineer III Due to new requirements for Electronic Health Records (EHR) generation and storage, hospitals and clinics are looking for more efficient and reliable...
Property of Future Electronics Accelerating Time to Market for Embedding Wireless Connectivity We recently signed a distribution partnership with Future Electronics, a leading global...
As the Connected Hospital continues to become a reality, more and more medical device manufacturers are looking to add wireless capabilities to their devices. Connecting wireless medical devices to...
By Doug Moore, Systems Engineer If I may, I would like to start by repeating the first paragraph of a previous blog post by Natalie Sheerer, Marketing Communications Specialist: “By 2020 the...
By Steve deRosier, Systems Engineer III Let's get this out of the way first: Laird Embedded Wireless Solutions' Linux Wireless Bridge modules (WB40 and WB45) are in no way affected by the new...
As the number of wireless medical devices continues to increase, so does the opportunity for healthcare providers to improve efficiency and patient care. Hospitals that embrace wireless technologies...
A guest blog post written by Chris Downey, Product Manager of the Embedded Wireless Solutions unit of Laird, was recently featured by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Titled, “Mobility Via Wi-Fi: Transforming...
By Natalie Sheerer, Marketing Communications Specialist By 2020 the Internet of Things (IoT) will be worth approximately $7 trillion with billions of connected gadgets, devices, and appliances...
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By Jordan Manser, Technical Writer As the world continues to go wireless, healthcare facilities must keep pace in order to provide the best patient care possible. Healthcare providers that leverage...
Mobility in hospitals is a growing trend, resulting in an increased number of wireless medical devices in hospitals and contributes to the Connected Hospital . The Connected Hospital is a vision of...
What is the Connected Hospital and what does it mean for both patients and staff? The Connected Hospital is a vision of the future that will take place within the next 20 years, and stems from...
In April, ETSI announced new mandatory spectrum sharing requirements for the 2.4 GHz band which will take effect January 2015. Laird’s MSD30AG/SSD30AG, 40NBT Series, WB45NBT, and MSD45N/SSD45N,...
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Today, Laird released the 45 Series Enterprise-Grade Wi-Fi modules and BT830 Series Bluetooth v4.0 HCI UART modules. Together the 45 Series Wi-Fi modules and BT830 BLE provide seamless integration of...
By Jordan Manser, Technical Writer In recent posts, we’ve talked a lot about the Internet of Things (IoT) and how the trend will be a game changing technology in the near future. The phenomenon...
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Wi-Fi is a critical element of business today. With the extreme growth of wireless devices in recent years and the BYOD trend that continues to grow in popularity, a large amount of...
Wi-Fi is a critical element of business today. With the extreme growth of wireless devices in recent years and the BYOD trend that continues to grow in popularity, a large amount of critically...
By Blaine Sheasley, Marketing Intern In April, Wired published a story, titled “It’s Insanely Easy to Hack Hospital Equipment”, that discusses a myriad of security problems discovered...
By: Jordan Manser, Marketing Intern Establishing a reliable Wi-Fi connection in sports arenas, airports, and other large venues has traditionally proven to be a challenge. This is due in part to the...
The Connected Hospital is a vision that will take place within the next two decades. The Connected Hospital is a vision of the future where hospitals can focus on providing the best quality of...
Top Four Healthcare IT Trends of 2014 By: Jordan Manser, Marketing Intern 2014 will be a year full of growth and change in the healthcare IT industry. More advanced technologies are expected to...
By: Jordan Manser, Marketing Intern The IoT will allow everything to connect and communicate The internet of things (IoT) has been a hot topic in recent months. In fact, Quartz goes as far to...
Here’s a look at Laird’s top 10 most popular blog posts on the Wireless Connectivity Blog for 2013: 10. Lumia Black Update to Showcase BLE : Nokia, acquired by Microsoft, announced that...
On December 12, Embedded Wireless Solutions of Laird hosted a webinar titled, Making the Connected Hospital a Reality: Medical Grade Wi-Fi for Hospitals . The webinar featured guest speakers Bill...
Embedded Wireless Solutions of Laird will be hosting a webinar, titled Making the Connected Hospital a Reality: Medical Grade Wi-Fi For Hospitals . The webinar features guest speakers Bill Quatier,...
By: Stephanie Lubrano, Marketing Communications Specialist A new Laird Connection Manager (LCM) for 40 Series radios was announced last week, read this previous blog post for further...
This month, Laird Technologies® is releasing a new version of the popular Laird Connection Manager , or LCM (formerly known as Summit Client Utility (SCU)) a configuration and management utility...
By: Natalie Sheerer, Marketing Specialist Applications on many medical devices require secure and persistent network connections, because a disruption of even a tenth of a second (100...
By: Natalie Sheerer, Marketing Specialist For over 45 years, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has helped the healthcare community develop, manage, and use safe...
Medical Devices Connected to a Cloud Infrastructure By: Stephanie Lubrano, Marketing Communications Specialist An article written by Product Manager Chris Downey of Laird Technologies was...
By: Natalie Sheerer, Marketing Specialist In hospitals where wireless medical devices transmit data that are critical to patient care, it is crucial that these devices never lose connectivity,...
In hospitals where wireless medical devices transmit data that are critical to patient care, it is crucial that these devices never lose connectivity, even when the devices are on the move...
By: Natalie Sheerer, Marketing Specialist In its 2012 white paper, Wi-Fi in Healthcare: Security Solutions for Hospital Wi-Fi Networks , the Wi-Fi Alliance took an in-depth look at security for...
By: Natalie Sheerer, Marketing Specialist In our recent blog post, Engineering the Wireless Hospial: Client Device Requirements , we explored the different types of client devices that typically...
Recognizing the increased importance of providing persistent wireless network connections on mobile devices, Laird Technologies has updated two white papers on Wi-Fi mobility. Both white papers...
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Client Devices in a Hospital By: Natalie Sheerer, Marketing Specialist In a recent post , we introduced a Wi-Fi Alliance® white paper on improving the user experience for client devices...
Wi-Fi Alliance Logo 802.11ac is a draft standard for Wi-Fi® operation developed by the IEEE Standards Association . It is a superset of 802.11n and, more importantly, is interoperable with...
The Wi-Fi Alliance® (WFA) recently published a white paper on improving the user experience for medical devices that use Wi-Fi® to connect to hospital networks. As with two previous WFA...
Laird Technologies White Papers on 5 GHz Operation A recent online editorial from Lisa Phifer argues that enterprise Wi-Fi deployments should focus on the 5 GHz band. According to Phifer, the...
A white paper from David Hoglund, an expert on Wi-Fi in hospitals, discusses the challenges of ensuring that Wi-Fi on medical devices operates reliably in a hospital. The key to ensuring reliable...
Laird Booth at CTIA 2013 CTIA-The Wireless Association® is an international nonprofit membership organization that has represented the wireless communications industry since 1984. The...
For a look at embedded wireless solutions from Laird Technologies, attend CTIA 2013™ on May 21 - 23 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center Las Vegas, NV. Presented by CTIA, the Wireless...
According to a recent eWeek article , 802.11ac (which we discuss in this post ) "could drive a new way of connectivity in hospitals". Unfortunately, this article, which is based on an interview...
The FCC recently made a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding its announcement to free up unlicensed spectra to be used for a variety of technologies, most notably, Wi-Fi. (This topic is...
An article from the Laird Technologies Embedded Wireless Solutions is featured on the Health IT Exchange website. Entitled “ Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Wi-Fi in Hospitals ” , the...
The term medical device can mean anything from a tongue depressor to a pacemaker. Sophisticated medical devices require a very strenuous regulatory procedure, and understanding different classes of...
The term medical device can mean anything from a tongue depressor to a pacemaker. Sophisticated medical devices require a very strenuous regulatory procedure, and understanding different classes...
HIMSS , once known as the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to improve healthcare through optimal use of information technology and...
Mobility trends in healthcare have quickly become a widely discussed topic for medical device manufacturers and healthcare providers. Wi-Fi® infrastructure provider Aruba Networks recently conducted...
According to a 2012 study conducted by Spyglass Consulting®, there are 2.9 million registered working nurses in the United States. While that may sound like a large number, the U.S. Health...
Our recent blog post, FCC to Free Up Wi-Fi Spectrum to Boost Speeds , discusses how the FCC plans to expand the unlicensed spectrum in the 5 GHz frequency band for use by Wi-Fi® devices. While...
According to a recent study conducted by Berg Insight®, the number of remotely monitored patients reached about 2.8 million by the end of 2012. Some of the conditions actively monitored are...
At the Consumer Electronics Show - CES held early this January in Las Vegas, Nevada over 3,000 exhibitors showcased a wide variety of innovative technology to more than 153,000 attendees. Wi-Fi® ...
Wi-Fi operates in two unlicensed frequency bands: the 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) band and the 5 GHz band: The 2.4 GHz band is divided into between 11 and 14 channels. Because the entire band is...
Here are the top 10 most popular blog posts on the Laird Wireless Connectivity Blog from 2012: FDA Regulation of Mobile Medical Apps : The FDA plans to regulate some smartphone medical...
Greenfield mode is an operational mode of an 802.11n network that can maximize the speed of data transfers. The performance boost of Greenfield mode comes with some significant costs in any...
In mid-November, the Connectivity Products Business Unit (CPBU) of Laird Technologies® exhibited at electronica , the 2012 International Trade Fair for Electronic Components, Systems, and...
A new Summit Client Utility (SCU) for 40 Series radios was announced earlier this week, read this blog post for further information. Here, we provide a condensed walk-through of the “new...
This month, Laird Technologies® is releasing a new version of the popular Summit Client Utility (SCU) , a configuration and management utility for wireless radios. The new SCU is available only...
In November, Laird Technologies® will be exhibiting at three trade shows: The Medical Device Connectivity Conference and Exhibition (MDCC), Medica, and electronica. MDCC Laird is a Platinum...
The much anticipated Apple® iPhone 5 made its entrance onto the global scene last week. The public reacted as expected and over 2 million pre orders were taken in the first 24 hours. The device...
802.11ac is a draft standard for Wi-Fi® operation. It is a superset of 802.11n and, more importantly, is interoperable with 802.11n and previous standards. According to a white paper from Ixia: ...
Gillette® Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots, is one of many sports stadiums getting press for attempting to supply all fans with Wi-Fi® connections. An increasing percentage of fans...
A recent study from GE Healthcare® reveals that healthcare organizations such as hospitals are not managing mobile medical devices such as ventilators, infusion pumps, and telemetry units...
FIPS 140-2 is the U.S. federal government standard for encryption and decryption. Our previous blog posts on FIPS 140-2 ( here and here ) noted how few medical devices are validated for FIPS 140-2...
TV White Space has been called beachfront property as it represents the first new frequencies available for unlicensed use in some time. The frequencies are becoming available because the guard bands...
Articles from the Laird Technologies® Connectivity Products Business Unit (CPBU) were recently featured on websites for two publications, ECN and Product Design and Development . The topics...
According to a recent article from Computer Weekly , mobility and accessibility are the driving factors behind the adoption of ruggedized tablets over computers on wheels (CoWs) in healthcare...
Another week goes by and more rumors and speculation leak from “Apple® sources” of further features to be incorporated into the new iPhone 5, slated for release in Q4 this year. This week’s...
According to a press release from Draeger®, the Veteran's Administration® is deploying Draeger’s Infinity M300 patient monitors on its Wi-Fi® networks, even though the monitors are not...
According to Bloomberg and TechCrunch , Lowe’s® is equipping store employees with iPhone 4s to answer shoppers’ questions and ring up purchases. Last year, rival The Home Depot® deployed...
In late April, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) CIO Roger Baker told FierceGovernmentIT that only one-third of VA's large facilities currently have Wi-Fi® but that the VA plans to have...
Connecting medical devices to a hospital’s Wi-Fi® network improves workflow on both the clinical and financial path. With networked devices, a hospital delivers better care to more patients while...
Wi-Fi® involves over-the-air communications in two unlicensed frequency bands, the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, that are available worldwide. 802.11b and 802.11g operate only in the 2.4 GHz band...
The Wi-Fi® Alliance positions Wi-Fi Direct as “a game-changing new technology enabling Wi-Fi devices to connect…to one another without joining a traditional home, office or hotspot network.”...
On March 2, 2012, Laird Technologies, Inc®. announced that it had acquired Summit Data Communications®, a fast-growing provider of industrial and medical-grade wireless modules. “The...
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