NXP Combines Ultra-Wideband Secure Ranging and Short-Range Radar to Enable Autonomous Industrial and IoT Applications

• Trimension SR250 is the industry’s first single-chip solution combining on-chip processing with short-range ultra-wideband (UWB) radar and secure UWB ranging, enabling new user experiences in autonomous homes and for Industrial IoT
• Integrated radar processing capabilities enable reduced power consumption for improved efficiency
• NXP’s radar capabilities are supported with firmware, middleware, and sample applications to save effort and simplify deployment for faster design-in
  

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands, Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the Trimension SR250, the industry’s first single-chip solution that integrates on-chip processing capabilities with both short-range UWB radar and secure ranging. This is the next leap forward in NXP’s work to enable a world that anticipates and automates, enabling a wide variety of new user experiences based on location, presence or motion detection across consumer or industrial IoT applications.

The Trimension SR250 combines low-power short-range UWB radar operating at 6-8.5 GHz, secure ranging and angle-of-arrival (AoA) calculations to enable new use cases based on UWB mapping, human or object detection and secure positioning. This allows it to deliver convenience, efficiency, safety and privacy features in a smart home, such as turning lights or TVs on or off based on presence, enabling secure home access capabilities, or even monitoring the safety of an elderly person living alone without intrusive cameras. It also supports safety, security and productivity applications in industrial environments, being capable of tracking location for workers, goods or assets, access control, collision avoidance, danger zone detection and more.

“The Trimension SR250 represents the next generation of NXP’s advanced UWB solutions, delivering a giant leap towards a world that anticipates and automates,” said Philippe Dubois, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Secure Transactions and Identification, NXP. “The precise, secure and energy-efficient detection of presence, motion or location enables an almost unlimited number of new user experiences. Our customers across the consumer and industrial IoT will benefit from the reduced power consumption and the streamlined design process enabled by this industry-first solution.”