IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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ANT Wireless Makes IoT Work
We’re attending Consumer Electronics Show 2016! Be sure to visit the ANT Wireless Pavilion (#73723 & #73720) in the Sands for a glimpse at the current and future of ANT Wireless and the Internet of Things. Stop by to say hello and uncover the latest innovation for ANT Wireless.
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Reach new heights at the ANT+ Alliance Symposium – NEW 2016 VENUE!
We are excited to announce the 2016 ANT+ Alliance Symposium will be moving to a new venue, high in the Canadian Rockies!
Join us October 4th – 7th 2016, at the world renowned Banff Centre. More details will be revealed in the coming months, but be sure to mark your calendars for this must attend event.
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NEWS
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ANT Wireless Releases First Interoperable Device Profile for Bike Radar Sensors
ANT Wireless announced the member early release of the ANT+ interoperable device profile for Bike Radar sensors, the cycling industry’s first-of-its-kind wireless standard supporting radar-based cyclist safety.
For bicycle commuters and road cyclists alike, vehicular traffic is a constant source of worry and potential danger. Knowing what’s in front of you is easy, but knowing what’s behind you is not. The new device profile wirelessly transmits live feedback of the relative distance and speed of vehicles behind the cyclist and displays this critical information in front of them so they can keep their eyes on the road.
Full Story here
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TECH UPDATES
Stay Informed
All ANT Wireless tech announcements, updates and bulletins can be found in our online Developer area. For immediate notifications, 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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Preview of nRF52 ANT Stack Commercial Use Agreement Terms Available
A commercial use agreement and license key are required for use of ANT stacks with a Nordic nRF52 SoC in a product intended for commercial or revenue-generating purposes. The terms of the S212 and S332 ANT stack commercial use agreement are now available for preview.
Details regarding the associated royalty fees and payment structure are outlined in the agreement document.
For more information see full update here.
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S212 and S332 ANT Protocol Stacks now available for Nordic nRF52832 Eng Rev B SoCs
Alpha revisions of the ANT capable protocol stacks that are compatible with the Eng Rev B nRF52832 SoC devices from Nordic Semiconductor are now available for download and evaluation. The latest 0.5.1alpha version of the S212 ANT SoftDevice and 0.5.0alpha version of the S332 ANT/BLE SoftDevice can be used with Nordic’s nRF52 SDK 0.9.2 and the nRF52 Development Kit (PCA10040).
More details here
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Critical Bytes
Revision 4.2 of the ANT+ Bike Power Profile Released
Revision 4.2 of the ANT+ Bike Power Profile has been released and is now available in the downloads page. Included in this revision are clarifications around the reporting and setting of the crank length parameter as well as some guidelines for pedal-to-pedal communication for multi-sensor systems.
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ANT AN Multi-Channel Design Considerations Rev 2.0 Update
Revision 2.0 of the Multi-Channel Design Considerations Application Note is now available on the downloads page. This update adds recommendations for new ANT features including; expanded channel counts, search sharing, high duty search, channel search priority, search waveform and fast channel initiation.
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ANT Training Workshops Now Available
A new training page has been added and features a collection of ANT related workshops. Included is all content as presented at previous ANT+ Symposiums.
The Connect IQ and ANT Workshop covers the development of an ANT enabled Connect IQ application interfacing to the ANT Starter Kit. The Android Apps Workshop shows how to create ANT capable Android applications using the ANT generic channel interface. The Android ANT+ Apps Workshop covers use of the ANT+ Plugins to quickly create interoperable ANT+ applications for all popular profiles. Finally the Software Tools Workshop takes in depth look at ANTware II and SimulANT+ covering the scripting capabilities of these powerful ANT and ANT+ development tools.
All workshops are available on the Training page.
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New ANT Application Note Released - Recording Bike Power Data
Thanks to the feedback of the ANT+ Bike Power Technical Working Group, we have released the initial version of the "Bike Power Recording Library" and associated Application Note on the downloads page. This is intended to help manufacturers to record bike power data while properly handling reduced message period counts or data outages by integrating power data as energy.
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NEW CERTIFIED PRODUCTS
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