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USI is the leader in making the complex simple. Their wireless module technology is utilised by the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of consumer and communication products, with SiP and miniaturisation capabilities respected on a global scale.
World leader in SiP modules
As an advanced provider of System in Package (SiP) modules, ranging from IoT solutions, through to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and LoRa, USI work with the best chip suppliers in the world to offer a range of impressive capabilities and benefits such as:
- Advanced SiP & miniaturisation technology
- High quality & reliability
- Wide variety of module choice
They pride themselves on being able to provide an end-to-end service of design, manufacture, test, distribution and repair for electronic components and assemblies for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM).
Acal BFi has the capabilities to combine our own in-house expertise with the skill and resources of USI to assist from design through to post-production quickly and easily, helping you develop ground-breaking designs incorporating the most advanced technologies.
Our IoT and Wi-Fi experts are on hand to offer advice and answer any questions you may have on the USI range.
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IoT module solutions
USI offer a wide range of miniaturised hosted and hostless IoT SiP solutions that have comprehensive design capabilities and advanced packaging solutions. Providing many advantages such as faster design cycles, simplified bill of materials (BoM) and increased performance within many different applications in multiple markets.
Key features:
- Lowest total cost solution
- No driver porting required
- Lower power consumption
- Smaller footprint
Their lower power consumption and excellent radio performance make them the best solutions for embedded 802.11 a/b/g/n dual-band Wi-Fi requirements such as industrial and wireless devices.
Wi-Fi & combo module solutions
USI have over 20 years’ experience in wireless technology and have developed a unique SiP and miniaturisation process that enables embedded applications to have the benefits of high design flexibility and short-term development cycles, that will accelerate your time to market, as well as providing increased performance within multiple applications.
Both their Wi-Fi and combo SiP modules are based on IEEE 802.11 standards and provide full function of 802.11 a/b/g/n, with the combo modules up to Bluetooth 4.0 and FM receiver in small modules.
Key features
- More flexible and expanded set of peripheral interfaces
- Large number of extra general-purpose input/ output pins
- Large amount of memory
- Higher performance CPU/ MCU
- High-level operating system
- Advances security with WEP 64/128, WPA and TKIP, AES, CCX
Hosted vs hostless IoT solutions
Deciding if your IoT solution should be hosted or hostless is down to preference. Typical IoT applications will require smaller modules, especially for battery-operated applications, where these devices would benefit from using a hostless USI solution. The hostless module’s internal MCU acts as a host with the application running from the internal memory and connecting to the MCU using an interface such as UART, SPI, I2C, 12S, ADC, PWM and GPIOs.
Another option is to use an external Host MCU, where the customer application runs on the Host MCU and communicates to the IoT module where the Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth network stack/ drivers are located. Communication between the IoT module and Host MCU can be via an interface with a AT-Command set or an application specific protocol.
LoRa module solutions
USI provide a low cost, low power, wide area network (LPWAN) wireless module that supports the LoRaWAN long-range wireless protocol with an AT command set. LoRa technology offers efficient, flexible and economical solutions to real-world problems for rural and indoor use cases, where cellular and Wi-Fi/ BLE based networks are ineffective.
Key features
- Long range
- Low power
- Secure encryption
- Enables GPS free tracking applications
- Maintains mobile communication
- High capacity
- Low cost
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Our IoT and Wireless Technology Centre will advance your ability to deliver innovative technology solutions for complex applications – from sensors to the cloud.
Creating custom solutions and navigating adding challenging connectivity to an application requires specialist expertise and capabilities. Our team of hardware design and software application engineers have extensive experience, ensuring we can bring your concept to life.
Covering proof of concept and feasibility studies for development, through to working prototype realisation and initial production management, our team delivers you complete project support.
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Our approach
When it comes to developing custom solutions for tomorrow's technologies, we trust our approach to deliver the best possible outcome.
Our engineers will skilfully guide you through each stage of your project, working with you to understand and identify a solution that meets your technical and commercial needs before designing and integrating your solution.
