Wireless communication and positioning technology developments via collaboration between SPARK Microsystems and Softgent for enhanced efficiency
In an exciting development, Canadian fabless semiconductor company SPARK Microsystems and wireless IoT solutions provider Softgent have joined forces to offer customers flexible, integrated Ultra-Wideband (UWB)-based platforms at unrivaled cost efficiencies and ultra-low power profiles.
The partnership between SPARK Microsystems and Softgent extends the reach of SPARK's breakthrough UWB technology, with the key benefits of SPARK Microsystems' second-generation SR1120 transceiver being its ultra-low power consumption, high-performance wireless data communications combined with precise positioning, ranging, and tracking capabilities. This transceiver offers up to 10 times longer battery life compared to Bluetooth without compromising performance, enabling significantly extended autonomy for IoT devices.
In collaboration with Softgent, SPARK integrates its SR1120 transceiver with Softgent’s scalable wireless IoT platforms, creating flexible, cost-efficient, and ultra-low-power wireless communication and positioning solutions tailored for industrial and healthcare markets. This partnership accelerates customers’ time-to-market by combining SPARK’s advanced UWB transceiver technology with Softgent’s platforms optimized for connectivity, precise location tracking, and ranging.
The applications of this collaboration are vast, including industrial IoT devices to enhance wireless connectivity and positioning to improve operational efficiency, safety, and monitoring in industrial environments. In healthcare, the partnership supports wireless communication and location tracking systems for healthcare monitoring, asset tracking, and patient care devices requiring long battery life and reliable range accuracy.
Softgent supports OEMs worldwide in advancing their wireless solutions, as stated by Sylvain Jalbert, the VP of engineering at SPARK Microsystems. The partnership between SPARK Microsystems and Softgent is aimed at realizing breakthroughs in UWB technology for customers. The collaboration between the two companies is currently active, and they are working on customer designs.
SPARK Microsystems' partnership utilizes the benefits of its ultra-wideband (SPARK LE-UWB) technology, particularly its second-generation SR1120 transceiver. Softgent's collaborative approach to customer enablement is a key aspect of their partnership with SPARK Microsystems. The partnership focuses on helping customers in healthcare and industrial markets achieve breakthrough efficiencies using SPARK technology.
Interested customers can contact SPARK Microsystems and Softgent for potential partnerships. This collaboration aims to provide faster, more efficient, and impactful wireless solutions, helping customers seize the opportunity to differentiate and lead their markets with UWB-based technology.
- The collaboration between SPARK Microsystems and Softgent offers innovative solutions for smart-home-devices and gadgets, as the integration of SPARK's SR1120 transceiver with Softgent’s platforms delivers ultra-low-power wireless communication and positioning.
- The technology advancements from this partnership are molding modern lifestyles, with the opportunity to implement home-and-garden devices that boast long battery life, reliable range accuracy, and precise location tracking, all thanks to the combined efforts of SPARK Microsystems and Softgent.
- The data-and-cloud-computing capabilities of this collaboration extend beyond industrial and healthcare markets, with UWB technology opening doors for technological breakthroughs in various sectors, thereby empowering businesses and transforming the way we live and work.
