HERMOSA BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RF Digital, a Heptagon company and manufacturer of Simblee™ and other market-leading wireless solutions, today announced the formation of the Simblee™ Alliance, an industry group dedicated to accelerating IoT product and application development and deployment, with adoption of the Simblee platform and ecosystem, and to delivering immediate and tangible results to member companies. Armen Kazanchian and Steve Praed, veteran IoT experts and the creators of Simblee, have proudly appointed the former Executive Director of the Bluetooth® SIG, Mike Foley, Ph.D., as Chairman of the Simblee Alliance.
“Creating a robust wireless technology which serves multiple industries is difficult, and creating a viable ecosystem for projects implementing that technology is even harder,” said Mike Foley, Simblee Alliance Chair. “But that’s exactly what RF Digital has done with its development of Simblee and the new Simblee Alliance. Bluetooth plays an important part in many IoT solutions, but it is just a part. Simblee is a creative and needed platform for scaling IoT applications and I’m looking forward to helping our members shape the future of the IoT landscape.”
The Internet of Things is comprised of many independent technologies. Expertise in network connectivity, mobile applications, back-end services, interfaces, interoperability and web visualization are all required for successful IoT product development and deployment. The multidisciplinary skill set required is disparate and expensive, and coupled with the relentless pace of evolving demand and the speed to market required, most companies find they can’t keep up with the latest innovations required to remain competitive.
“The challenges faced by manufacturers implementing IoT solutions, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies and irrespective of industry or market, are exactly the same problems – achieving quality and reliability while reducing cost and development times,” said Armen Kazanchian, President of RF Digital. “Simblee is about getting IoT done, today, not some time in the distant future. It’s making tomorrow’s IoT dreams into today’s reality.”
“We created Simblee to address these exact challenges,” said Steve Praed, CTO of RF Digital. “The Simblee platform and newly created Simblee Alliance provide the tools and knowledge to help companies stay competitive by becoming IoT enabled with a functional solution focused on the customer.”
The alliance will be structured into industry verticals. Industries as diverse as everyday consumer items to critical industrial equipment will be represented. Members will gain access to a wealth of knowledge and experience, rapid prototyping and proof of concept, white-labeled Simblee-For-Mobile applications, SimbleeCom mesh networks, and SimbleeCloud.
To learn more about Simblee and the Simblee Alliance, come see us at IoT Emerge, November 2-3 in Chicago, or visit www.SimbleeAlliance.org.
About Simblee™
Simblee is Internet of Things (IoT) for connecting Everyone and Everything (IoT4EE). The Simblee module is a revolutionary, high-quality, cutting-edge, performance focused 7×10 mm low energy wireless module with built-in antenna and ARM controller with 29 GPIOs. Simblee supports standard Bluetooth Smart and also has communication modes with 3 millisecond latency and 10 microsecond accuracy. Simblee incorporates Mobile, Bluetooth® Smart, Mesh, Cloud, and other forms of wireless connectivity, opening up possibilities in applications across countless industries.
About RF Digital
RF Digital (www.rfdigital.com), a subsidiary of Heptagon, designs and manufactures an extensive line of fully integrated, high quality, high performance, configurable Wireless RF Transmitter, Receiver & Transceiver Modules, suitable for nearly every type of application. For over 17 years RF Digital has supplied the aerospace, public safety, industrial and medical industries with high quality, reliable wireless modules, accompanied by excellent support.
About Heptagon
Heptagon (www.hptg.com) provides complete, simple and seamless 3D imaging, illumination, sensing, and connectivity solutions powering the Interface of Things™ and Mobile Innovation. We enable new and unique ways for people to interact and interface with a smart connected world. With over 2 billion units shipped and 20 years of industry firsts in miniaturizing and integrating complex optical, mechanical, electrical, wireless and software systems, Heptagon has industry leading technology and services to enhance our customers’ competitiveness. Backed by world-class investors, Heptagon is a global company with research and development, sales and customer services teams located in Singapore, Switzerland, Silicon Valley and Hermosa Beach USA, Taiwan and China.
