Vendor: Ceva, Inc. Category: Cellular

NB-IoT Based Cellular IoT Platform with GNSS support

The Ceva-Waves Dragonfly platform is a turnkey platform with optimized, low-power hardware IP and protocol software for implement…

Overview

The Ceva-Waves Dragonfly platform is a turnkey platform with optimized, low-power hardware IP and protocol software for implementing narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) cellular modem SoCs. Extensions provide support for GNSS such as GPS and BeiDou and for sensor-fusion applications.

The Solution

The Ceva-Waves Dragonfly platform comprises hardware IP with an enhanced Ceva-BX1 processor, specific hardware accelerators, and SoC infrastructure IP. Software includes NB-IoT protocol stack for L1 through L3 functions including encryption and software PHY, a task-optimized RTOS, and optional GNSS receiver and control software, all executing on the Ceva-BX1. Pre-certified for 3GPP Release 15 CAT NB2, the solution is tuned for small footprint and extremely low power, yet has headroom for additional software-defined functions, such as sensor fusion.

Key features

  • Based on the field-proven Ceva-BX1 digital signal controller enhanced with dedicated instructions for NB-IoT and GNSS
  • Digital front-ends for NB-IoT and GNSS
  • System infrastructure IP and drivers
  • Architected as a fully software-defined radio with specific hardware accelerators
  • Software for 3GPP Release 15 CAT-NB2, L1 through L3 including PHY and encryption functions
  • Software extensions for GPS and BeiDou positioning, and capacity for sensor fusion, NB IoT or proprietary IoT communications

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Benefits

  • As a complete hardware/software Release 15 CAT-NB2 modem executing on the Ceva-BX1 processor, the Ceva-Waves Dragonfly is at once a low-footprint and energy-efficient connectivity solution and a flexible software-defined radio, capable of extension to GNSS or sensor-fusion tasks by simply adding software.
  • It is ideal for narrowband IoT cellular connectivity in cost-sensitive SoCs. The pre-integrated platform slashes design time and risk for the SoC design team.

Applications

  • Consumer IoT
  • Industrial 

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CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 - the World’s First eNB-IoT Rel15 Solution
CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 is a highly-integrated and modular solution optimized for Cat-NB2 (3GPP Release 15 eNB-IoT) that can seamlessly be incorporated into chips and modules by the multitude of companies looking to address the large and fast-growing cellular IoT space. Key Benefits include: - Reduces time-to-market with fully integrated reference silicon, that enables real-time, over the air, system and software development in parallel with SoC development - Single-processor, software-configurable solution is guaranteed futureproof for LTE Release 15 updates

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Specifications

Identity

Part Number
Ceva-Waves Dragonfly
Vendor
Ceva, Inc.

Provider

Ceva, Inc.
HQ: USA
The Smart Edge runs on Ceva! Ceva is the leader in innovative silicon and software IP solutions that enable smart edge products to connect, sense, and infer data more reliably and efficiently. At Ceva, we are passionate about the smart edge. Providing the technology and market expertise our customers need to be successful is what we do best, and we’ve been doing it for over 30 years. With the industry’s only portfolio of comprehensive communications and scalable edge AI IP, Ceva powers the connectivity, sensing, and inference in today’s most advanced smart edge products across consumer IoT, mobile, automotive, infrastructure, industrial, and personal computing. More than 17 billion of the world’s most innovative smart edge products from smartphones to drones to cellular base stations and more are powered by Ceva. We create innovative technologies that help our customers turn great ideas into extraordinary products. We license our portfolio of wireless communications and scalable edge AI IP to our customers, breaking down barriers to entry and enabling them to bring new cutting-edge products to market faster, more reliably, efficiently, and economically. Ceva is a trusted partner to over 400 of the leading semiconductor and OEM companies including Actions, Artosyn, ASR, Atmosic, Autotalks, Beken, Bestechnic, Brite, Broadcom, Celeno, Ceragon, Cirrus Logic, Dialog Semiconductor, DSP Group, Espressif, FujiFilm, GCT Semi, iCatch, InPlay, Intel, Itron, Leadcore, LG Electronics, Mediatek, Microchip, Nextchip, Nokia, Novatek, NXP, ON Semiconductor, Optek, Oticon, Panasonic, RDA, Renesas, Rockchip, Rohm, Samsung, Sanechips, Sharp, Siflower, SigmaStar, Socionext, Sony, Socionext, Sonova, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Unisoc, Vatics, Yamaha and ZTE all leverage Ceva’s industry-leading IP. These companies incorporate our IP into application-specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”) and application-specific standard products (“ASSPs”) that they manufacture, market and sell to consumer electronics companies. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, Ceva has over 400 employees worldwide, with design centers in Israel, Ireland, France, United Kingdom, United States, Serbia, and sales and support offices located in Europe, the U.S. and throughout Asia. Ceva is a sustainable and environmentally conscious company, adhering to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. As such, we emphasize and focus on environmental preservation, recycling, the welfare of our employees and privacy – which we promote on a corporate level. At Ceva, we are committed to social responsibility, values of preservation and consciousness towards these purposes.

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