About U-Blox

U-Blox is a leading designer and developer of semiconductors and modular products. Since its inception in 1997, the firm has grown into a specialist in providing GNSS solutions. The headquarters of the multinational electronic component provider is in Thalwil, Switzerland. The company has upcoming engineering centers in 16 different countries across Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

What kind of products does U-Blox offer?

With a broad portfolio of chips, modules, and secure data services and connectivity, U-Blox collaborates with many businesses, helping them with innovative and reliable solutions for the Internet of Things. The company’s product portfolio includes cellular chips, narrowband (NB) IoT modules, short-range radio components, antennas, and positioning systems in packages (SIPs).

What are some examples of outstanding U-Blox products?

The corporation provides cutting-edge high-quality products like chip antennas, modular, GNSS antennas, cellular chips. Some of the best products from the firm include SARA-U201-03B-00, which is a part of the SARA-U2 series modules. The product is a 3.75G UMTS/HSPA solution with GSM/(E)GPRS fall-back in the miniature (26.0 x 16.0 mm, 96-pin) SARA LGA form factor, allowing for seamless drop-in migration from/to other U-Blox cellular module families.

The SARA-U2 modules have HSPA data rates of 7.2 Mbit/s (downlink) and 5.76 Mbit/s (uplink) (uplink). The modules provide data and voice communication over a wide operating temperature range of -40 °C to +85 °C, with low-power consumption and a comprehensive feature set that includes dual-stack IPv4 / IPv6. The SARA-U2 series includes variants that support band combinations for global operation, including North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions. There is also a low-cost UMTS-only variant.

The EVK-JODY-W2 module in the JODY-W2 series enables an external host processor to access several useful features for testing and evaluating the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity supported by JODY-W2 series modules. The JODY-W2 series is a family of compact modules based on the NXP 88W8987 chipset. AEC-Q100 compliant chipsets are used in the automotive-grade JODY-W2 modules. They support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) communication and are ideal for automotive and industrial use.

The U-Blox ANN-MB1 multi-band (L1/L5/E5a/B2a/NavIC) active GNSS antenna is intended to shorten the time-to-market for the next generation of high-precision GNSS applications that require highly accurate location capabilities. It is an extremely fast, easy, and dependable multi-band antenna solution due to its compact design, excellent price-to-performance ratio, and versatile mounting options. The ANN-MB1 antenna is a perfect match for the U-Blox F9 platform, supporting L1 and L5 bands and providing customers with the valuable antenna solution they require to minimize evaluation and design-in efforts.