LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- (CES
2020) -- Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) and Quuppa,
the world leader in advanced location systems, have collaborated to
deliver a highly accurate indoor asset tracking solution based on
the Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) direction finding feature with
advanced angle-of-arrival (AoA) technology. The solution combines
the Quuppa Intelligent Location System™ with Bluetooth LE asset
tags using Silicon Labs' best-in-class Bluetooth system-on-chip
(SoC) devices including the new EFR32BG22 SoC.
Silicon Labs is demonstrating the new direction finding solution
at CES, Jan. 7-10, 2020, at its
public suite in the Venetian/Sands Expo, Level 3, Toscana 3710. The
demo showcases sub-one-meter indoor asset tracking with Bluetooth
AoA technology and combines Silicon Labs' Thunderboard
Sense evaluation kit and Bluetooth SoCs as asset tags with
Quuppa's Bluetooth locators and position engine for tracking.
The Silicon Labs and Quuppa Bluetooth direction finding solution
targets a wide range of indoor positioning, navigation, and asset
and people tracking applications for industrial IoT, logistics,
security, personal medical devices, smart buildings and retail use
cases. The solution can be used to optimize processes and workflows
for improved productivity and efficiency in commercial and
industrial environments.
"The combination of Quuppa's turnkey infrastructure and Silicon
Labs' silicon, software and tools for asset tag design provides IoT
developers with a comprehensive solution that reduces the cost and
complexity of developing location positioning applications,"
Fabio Belloni, chief customer
officer at Quuppa. "We're delighted to partner with Silicon Labs
because they match our deep commitment and know-how to advance the
state of the art in location services technology."
Silicon Labs' Bluetooth system-on-chip (SoC) devices and
wireless modules enable developers to create ultra-low-power,
low-cost asset tag designs that flexibly support large-scale
applications. Asset tags based on Silicon Labs' new EFR32BG22
Series 2 SoCs can enable 10-year coin cell battery life, less
than one meter accuracy and low BOM cost of less than $1 (USD) for asset tags manufactured in high
volume.
"Quuppa, the pioneer and market leader in accurate Bluetooth
indoor positioning technology, is an ideal infrastructure partner
to help drive widespread deployment of indoor asset tracking
solutions," said Ross Sabolcik, vice
president and general manager of IoT commercial and industrial
products at Silicon Labs. "As the first wireless SoC supplier to
support Bluetooth direction finding, we offer optimized Bluetooth
silicon, software and development tools to help our customers
design low-cost, low-power asset tags compatible with Quuppa's
large and growing location positioning ecosystem."
Quuppa is a leading provider of real-time locating systems
(RTLS) with more than 2,000 deployments in 50 countries. Quuppa
unlocks the full potential of accurate indoor location-based
services with a partner ecosystem of infrastructure, tag providers,
system integrators, application developers and service providers.
The heart of Quuppa's technology solution is the Quuppa Intelligent
Locating System based on standard Bluetooth LE technology using AoA
methodology. Quuppa offers a scalable system comprising locator
hardware, advanced positioning engines, and several software tools
for system planning, configuration and telemetry. The system can be
used for tracking and monitoring Quuppa compatible Bluetooth tags,
mobile devices and sensors. The Quuppa Positioning Engine also
offers an open API to support customer applications and system
monitoring.
For more information about Silicon Labs' Bluetooth direction
finding silicon, software and development tools, visit
silabs.com/bluetooth-direction-finding.
About Quuppa
Quuppa has raised the bar for accurate
location positioning, delivering the world's most open, accurate
and reliable location positioning system thanks to its unique
combination of Bluetooth, the Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of
Departure (AoD) methodologies, as well as its advanced location
algorithms and management software tools that have been developed
over the course of more than 15 years. The Quuppa Ecosystem has
more than 160 partners around the world today who are using
Quuppa's open positioning platform to deliver accurate,
cost-effective location solutions to companies in a range of
industries, including manufacturing and logistics, retail,
healthcare, sports, law enforcement and security, government, asset
tracking and others.
Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is a leading
provider of silicon, software and solutions for a smarter, more
connected world. Our award-winning technologies are shaping the
future of the Internet of Things, Internet infrastructure,
industrial automation, consumer and automotive markets. Our
world-class engineering team creates products focused on
performance, energy savings, connectivity and simplicity.
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Quuppa PR Contact: Sari Arjamo-Tuominen,
sari.arjamo-tuominen@quuppa.com
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on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/quuppa.
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