IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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2015 ANT+ Alliance Symposium Registration Now Open
Technology is changing the world we’re living in. Be part of the change and uncover all that's in store at the ANT+ Alliance Symposium. ANT+ Adopters and Members are invited to join industry leaders, new innovators and game changers as we meet in the renowned Canadian Rockies and discover the edge of technical realities, receive detailed training, and grow your opportunities with ANT and ANT+.
Register before July 31 to take advantage of early bird pricing.
*Current ANT+ Members and Adopters should have received a Symposium invitation email on June 30th. If you have not yet received the invitation email please check your junk-mail folder as some members have reported their email systems have inadvertently filtered the invitation to the junk folder.*
Please contact [email protected] for registration support.
Visit the ANT+ Alliance Symposium web page for event details.
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Join us at CES 2016! Spaces available
Showcase your brand and product at the consumer electronic industry's main showcase event in the most affordable and efficient way.
The ANT Wireless Pavilion, offering turn-key exhibits for our members, is embarking on its sixth year at CES. With a prominent location, we are proud to showcase our ANT+ Annual Members' cutting-edge products to the world at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES®) in Las Vegas, January 2016. Partner with us to unlock a world of industry connections, generate front of the line exposure and enhance your CES opportunities. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
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Eurobike & Interbike are Just Around the Corner
Are you launching a new product at Eurobike or Interbike? Let ANT+ help spread the word!
ANT+ Annual Members planning to release new ANT+ products may contact [email protected] for more information on how the ANT Wireless marketing team can help you promote the release of your new product(s).
*This service is only available to ANT+ Annual Members. Not a member yet? Sign up here.
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NEWS
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Garmin and ANT+ Build Safer Smart Cycling
Garmin has released the first-of-its-kind rearview bike radar, radar display unit, smart bike headlight, tail light and remote using the ANT+ Bike Lights device profile.
Read the full article here.
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ANT Protocol to Complement Nordic Semiconductor’s new nRF52
Nordic Semiconductor announced that it is sampling the first member of its next generation nRF52 Series of ultra- low power wireless solutions – the nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC). Read more about how the nRF52832 redefines the single-chip category by marrying barrier-breaking performance to power efficiency here, and watch the nRF52 announcement video.
ANT Wireless is excited to be making stacks available for single protocol ANT and combined ANT/BLE (Bluetooth Smart) for the recently launched nRF52 Series SoC devices. Read full article here.
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First ANT+ FE-C Enabled Fitness Products Enter the Market
On June 2nd, 2015, Tacx and Kinomap announced new wireless interoperability in their bike trainer products, marking the first market entry of products implementing the ANT+ Fitness Equipment Control (FE-C) device profile. Tacx has implemented the FE-C device profile in its Vortex Smart and Bushido Smart trainer models as well as its new indoor training software, while Kinomap has added FE-C support to its interactive training software, creating a new interoperable training opportunity. Read full article here.
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ANT Technology Incorporated in Second Generation WASP Bridge Products
North Pole Engineering announced the release of three next generation WASP bridge products utilizing ANT Wireless technologies; WASP-N, WASP-PoE-2 and WASP-PoE-3. Click here to read the full article.
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NEWLY CERTIFIED PRODUCTS
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TECH UPDATES
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All ANT Wireless tech announcements, updates and bulletins can be found in our online Developer area. For immediate notification, subscribe to the ANT tech RSS feed.
A summary of recent updates is listed below. Note that you will require a login account to access many of these items.
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N5 Starter Kit SDK Version 3.0 and Update to OTA Updater
A new version of the N5 Starter Kit SDK has been released and is available for download. This update is designed to work with version 9.0.0 of the Nordic SDK. Existing reference code examples including the bootloader have been updated to work with SoftDevices s210 V5.0 and s310 V3.0 and new examples have been added including:
ANT Scalable Channels Demo
Shows how to setup up to 15 ANT channels.
ANT Scalable Encrypted Channels Demo
Shows how to setup up to 15 encrypted ANT channels.
ANT Scan and Forward Demo
Demonstrates an implementation of an ANT adhoc multi-node solution.
ANT Asynchronous Controller Demo
Demonstrates how to use continuous scanning mode to asynchronously send a message to the nearest device. Compatible with Scan and Forward Demo.
Refer to the updated N5 Starter Kit SDK User’s Manual for installation instructions and more information.
OTA Updater 1.2 has been released to support over the air updates using the new bootloader designed for SoftDevices s210 V5.0 and s310 V3.0. OTA Updater 1.2 is also backwards compatible with the bootloader designed for SoftDevices s210 V4.0 and s310 V2.0.
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FIT SDK 15.20 Update
Version 15.20 of the FIT SDK is now available on the downloads page. Changes include a bug fix to float field sizes under Java and C. Listeners may now be unsubscribed in Java and support for fractional timestamps is now available in all SDKs.
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