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Vendor Lock-In in SOM Selection
Why Ezurio built EZ BSP on open source foundations and what that means for your product roadmap
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Why Wi-Fi 6 Belongs Inside Your Next Industrial SOM
A look at what changes when you move from Wi-Fi 5 to 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 in embedded industrial design
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Ezurio Appoints Isaac Lund as Chief Financial Officer to Strengthen Financial Leadership and Drive Continued Growth
Akron, Ohio – 18 June 2026 – Ezurio, a global leader in connectivity and compute, today announces the appointment of Isaac Lund as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately. A...
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Ezurio Acquires Gateworks Corporation, Expanding its Embedded Compute Portfolio into Mission-Critical Markets
Adds Ruggedized SBC Engineering and Defense, Aerospace and Industrial customers to Ezurio's Growing Portfolio
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What You Need to Know About the FCC’s Recent Proposal on Chinese Test Labs
At the end of April, the FCC proposed expansion on a previous action, prohibiting Chinese laboratories from certifying electronics for the US market. Here’s how it impacts manufacturers in general – and how Ezurio customers are affected.
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How Does Wi-Fi 7 Compare to Wi-Fi 6 & 6E?
Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be), the latest generation of Wi-Fi, builds on the foundation of Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E with major improvements in speed, latency, capacity, and efficiency. All three are part of...
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What Defines a Long-Term Embedded Platform
Manufacturing is just the start. The real challenge is maintaining software, managing component changes, certifications, and keeping systems online over many years.
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Security Is All About Trust. The US Cyber Trust Mark Aims to Deliver It.
A new US program attempts to provide a seal on IoT products that inspires trust in customers for products that meet the standard. Here’s what that looks like, and when it could come to electronics near you.
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Why Connected MCUs Will Replace Bolt-On Wireless
Bolt-on wireless looked simple, but it created the same failures across every industry: RF issues, missed deadlines, rising BOM costs, and endless integration work. Connected MCUs remove that entire class of problems.
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Our RS26x Is RED Cyber-Ready – What That Means for Our Customers
Ezurio takes security very seriously. It’s woven into everything we do, and not as an afterthought. That helped us certify our RS26x LoRaWAN sensors, and it helps our customers on the road to their own RED Cyber compliance.
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Top 5 Design Mistakes OEMs Make with Industrial HMIs (and How to Avoid Them)
Too many OEMs cut corners on HMI design, leading to redesigns, downtime, and costly delays. This blog breaks down the five most common mistakes and how to avoid them with smarter hardware, connectivity, and lifecycle choices.
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Yocto vs. Buildroot: Comparing the Two Platforms
Embedded Linux has become a cornerstone of IoT devices and wireless systems, enabling customizable operating systems for everything from smart appliances to industrial gateways. When it comes to...
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Cybersecurity Compliance Countdown - What Customers Need to Know
As deadlines approach, here's the information customers need to know about RED Cyber, CRA, and PSTI.
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How Our ISO 13485 Certification Can Transform Your Medical Devices
Our Irvine, CA manufacturing facility recently secured ISO 13485 certification, and the impact cannot be understated for those building into medical applications.
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Cold Chain: Connected, Compliant, and Without Compromise
Every break in the cold chain puts food safety, compliance, and profitability at risk. Without reliable, long-range wireless monitoring, businesses face inventory loss, failed audits, and costly disruptions. Are you prepared?
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Ensuring Compliance with EN18031 and RED: Our Commitment to Cyber Security Resiliency
We have undertaken a structured approach to ensure that our products meet the EN18031 requirements under RED-DA 2022/30.
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Understanding EU Commission Implementation of Decision (EU) 2025/138 - New Harmonized Standards and Restrictions
In this post, Ezurio breaks down the EU's new amendment to RED Implementation Decision (EU) 2022-2191, which adds harmonized standards and restrictions to EN 18031-1:2024, EN 18031-2:2024, and EN 18031-3:2024.
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Smart Devices and Connectivity Shaping Modern Dentistry
Explore the impact of AI and next-generation connectivity in reshaping dental care, from real-time diagnostics to seamless device integration. Find out how Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth are creating smarter dental practices.
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Solving IoT & Connectivity Challenges in Next-Gen Industrial Systems
As industrial facilities embrace automation and data-driven technologies, they face many challenges. Next-gen solutions like Wi-Fi 6/6E and lifecycle management from a premium partner is key.
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From Standard to Custom: Overcoming the Limits of Off-the-Shelf SBCs in Medical Applications
Understand how transitioning from standard to custom SBCs can improve performance, save costs, and tailor a design to your specific requirements to meet the demands of medical applications.
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The Latest Bluetooth SIG Qualification Process is Official – Here’s What You Need to Know
The first update to the Bluetooth qualification process in a decade took effect July 1, 2024. Here’s what’s changed for manufacturers seeking a qualified design.
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Enhancing Efficiency in Factories with SOMs and Expert Support
Streamline your facilities success with expert guidance for SOM integration, providing top-tier connectivity, compliance, and faster time to market.
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From Fines to Failures: The Hidden Costs of Regulatory Non- Compliance
The truth about securing regulatory compliance is that it’s costly and it takes a lot of work. Being found to be non-compliant has no end of consequences for a business, and can ultimately end up in a failed product, a pile of costs, and a wounded reputation.
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Watch on Demand: Securing the Future of Connected Healthcare - Strategies for Product Lifecycle Compliance and Protection
Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Time: 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Duration: 1 hour Watch on Demand With more clinical environments taking advantage of technology and connected...
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How Ezurio is Diversifying Our Global Manufacturing Footprint
Global businesses must position themselves to be responsive to single points of failure in their supply chain. Business as usual isn’t good enough. So here’s how Ezurio is adapting.
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Is Your Wireless SOM Certified? What Boundary Devices and Ezurio Bring to the Table
System-on-module providers offer varying levels of support and services, a fact that can have serious consequences for your project at a critical time. This is how Boundary Devices and Laird Connectivity pull out the stops to keep you on track.
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Common Misconceptions and New Requirements in Radio Authorizations
This presentation aims to provide visibility to some very important updates to radio certification requirements for the US and Canada, as well as discuss the most common misconceptions we mitigate while helping manufacturers navigate the waters of radio regulation.
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Future Proofing Your Industrial or Commercial Device Platform
Find out how SOMs, like the NXP i.MX-based solutions from Laird Connectivity address wired and wireless applications. This includes the Summit Suite security solutions offering that provides advanced security to connected systems.
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The Women of Ezurio: Celebrating Our Women in Tech for International Women’s Day
Ezurio values celebrating diversity, inclusion, empowerment, and collaboration. Here’s some of the women of our company in their own words on what it means to be a woman in tech.
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The 4 Biggest Misconceptions about Regulatory Testing and Compliance
The words “pre-certified” sound like the work is already done. It isn’t – and OEMs need to shift perspectives to achieve true partnership and better outcomes with their test house.
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Elevating Food Safety Execution: How Zenput Enables Always-On Temperature Monitoring
With Laird Connectivity, Zenput stays nimble and flexible against changing conditions, supply chain delays, and more.
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How to Integrate a Wireless Module – A Comprehensive Approach
The Module-Based Approach – Eliminating Unknowns Ezurio’s decades in wireless design and hardware engineering have helped make us experts in providing pre-certified wireless modules...
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Something New from Ezurio and Infineon
Better Together: Ezurio and Infineon In early November, Infineon shared in the announcement of ModusToolboxTM 2.4, a software toolbox suite designed to make development easier than...
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Inside the Black Box: LineMetrics Creates Smart Buildings with Ezurio's Sentrius RS186 Sensors
The Challenge The Internet of Things means bringing control and intelligence to all areas of our lives, from the personal area to the home, from buildings to whole cities. And as the trend towards...
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Automated Temperature Monitoring - By Actility, Ezurio, and MyDevices
The Need For logistics, transport, restaurants, hospitals, and other service/hospitality companies that need to monitor their inventory, a broken cold chain is an interrupted series...
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Regulatory Approvals for Radio Technologies
As the global economy continues to grow and evolve, your products must keep pace to remain competitive. This not only applies to current technologies and the ability to provide global distribution...
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ETSI EN 300 328 Updates: What They Mean for You
The Radio Equipment Directive (RED) is the European Union’s collection of harmonized standards which specifies the requirements for placing radio-electric devices on the market. On 5th February,...
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Our Four Rules for Successful Certifications
Everywhere, the Same Concerns: Cost, Time, and Support Navigating the certifications process, as we’ve discussed on this blog, is a difficult process. At its best, it requires...
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Protecting the Cold Chain with IoT Sensors
The Problem: Critical Needs and Imperfect Solutions From frozen french fries to life-saving medications, many products must be carefully monitored from manufacture through to the point...
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EMC Testing Defines Your Product's Future - Here's How
Understanding the Problem – Interference is Everywhere No matter what your device does or where it operates, if it’s an electronic device it is capable of both creating and...
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Ezurio Brings OPKIX’s Revolutionary Phone-Enabled Camera to Life
Ezurio gave us more than wireless, they were a reliable partner. They provided extensive support and kept pace with our critical design timelines. For us, that was everything.
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For FirstNet, the vehicle is the hub. Here’s how to get FirstNet antennas right.
In 2017, the first contract for a FirstNet network was awarded to AT&T, and in 2018, the first implementation went live, serving 9000 first responders. This represented the beginning...
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Navigating the Road to IoT: Sign Up for our Joint Webinar with Cypress
Designing products today increasingly means going wireless, as users in every industry have come to expect smart products with internet connectivity that make their lives better and their work...
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How a Custom Antenna Can Take Your Design to the Next Level
Just about everything is going wireless these days, as the Internet of Things continues to gain steam. This has been the trend for some time in consumer electronics, like lighting that you can...
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Radio Module Testing Europe
LSR is commonly answering questions regarding the requirements for radio products in Europe.
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FCC Testing Requirement for Your Product
We are often asked: “What are the FCC’s testing requirements for my product?” The FCC has defined three categories of equipment approval for Part 15 devices: Verification Declaration of...
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The Hows & Why's of SAR Testing
RF exposure and safety concerns about wireless products have been getting increased news coverage in the past few years. The massive increase in wireless device usage and the emergence of mobile...
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How to Properly Implement Chip Antennas
Written by: Johnny Lienau Johnny is the RF/EMC Engineer at LSR. Johnny graduated from Marquette University with a BSEE in 2008, and a MSEE in 2009. He has experience in the development of small...
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Understanding Antenna Design
The basic terms + definitions commonly used in antenna design and RF design are provided below. Today we will review: Smith Chart, VSWR, Return Loss, and Γ or Reflection coefficient. Smith...
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FCC Guidance for Incorporating Transmitter Modules
Written by: Shane Rismeyer Shane is currently an EMC Engineer working at LSR located in Cedarburg, WI, where he has worked since 2009. His primary engineering focus is on compliance testing and...
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So you want WiFi? Tips on Selecting a Wi-Fi Module
Written by: Jen Sarto Jen is the Vice President of Sales at LSR. Prior to her work at LSR, Ms. Sarto worked for a manufacturer's representative in the New York Metro Area. Jen has a bachelor's...
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A Guide to the FCC and Industry Canada Certification Process
In previous articles, we have discussed various technical requirements regarding certification of wireless devices; however, the actual testing is only part of the process of qualifying [TS1]...
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Designing for Success: An Engineer’s Guide to Practical FCC Compliance Pre-Scans
Register and attend the upcoming live webinar on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 at 2PM ET. In this presentation, EMC design experts from LSR (a Laird Business) will discuss the benefits of using...
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Danfoss Power Electronics
Danfoss Power Electronics designs and manufactures inverters and power conversion equipment for industrial applications that requir anywhere from 90kW to multi-mega watt solutions. They recently...
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Propeller Health - Medical
Propeller Health is an organization dedicated to improving the management of asthma for patients and healthcare professionals. Prior to the development of the Inhalation Sensor, there was a lack of...
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Case Study: Compliance Mate
Food safety compliance is more than a matter of following the law. It can also be a serious matter of health, safety, and consumer confidence for a restaurant’s customers. Since 2001,...
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Webinar: Designing for Success: An Engineer’s Guide to Practical FCC Compliance Pre-Scans
In this presentation, EMC design experts from LSR (a Laird Business) will discuss the benefits of using ‘pre-scans’ to minimize the risk of failing FCC certification. Our engineers will walk...
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Webinar: Demystify the Steps Towards SIG Qualification for Your Bluetooth 5 Enabled Design
The introduction of the Bluetooth Core Specification version 5 presented several new and exciting features including LE Long Range and 2 Mbps PHY for BLE connections. To simplify the Qualification...
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Webinar Recap: An Engineer’s Guide to Practical FCC Compliance Pre-Scans
Navigating certifications and regulatory compliance can be a daunting task. Earlier this month EMC design experts from LSR, now a Laird business, hosted a live webinar and Q&A session on the...
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New White Paper: Navigating Compliance in the EU’s Radio Equipment Directive (RED)
The EU published the new Radio Equipment Directive (RED) or RED 2014/53/EU on April 16, 2014 as part of an effort to implement the EU’s New Legislative Framework (NLF), which hopes to harmonize and...
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Are your products ready for the upcoming v1.9.1 & v1.8.1 CE Mark changes?
You’ve likely heard by now that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) will be implementing a new set of compliance standards for 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz wireless products,...
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New ETSI Compliance Standards for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Products
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is implementing a new set of compliance standards for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz products in order to address and clarify test methods and limits...
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Selling a 5 GHz-Based Wireless Product in Europe? Here's What You Need to Know About the New ETSI EN 301 893 v1.7.1
You’ve likely heard by now that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) will be implementing a new set of compliance standards for 2.4 GHz wireless products , effective ...
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CE Marking: Know your standards
LSR’s Test Services Division commonly answers questions regarding selecting the appropriate standards for demonstrating conformity to the essential requirements of the EC Directives when CE...
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Bigger is Better for our EMC Customers!
What’s new in the world of LSR? Our new test chamber, of course! You may have heard the news of its recent debut, but we invite you to learn more about exactly how this new chamber optimizes our...
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The Clock is Ticking! Are you ready for ETSI EN 300 328 v1.8.1?
You’ve likely heard by now that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) will be implementing a new set of compliance standards for 2.4 GHz wireless products, effective January 1...
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The 4th Edition of IEC 60601-1-2 and How it will Affect You!
About the Author: Shane Rismeyer is an EMC Engineer for LSR’s Compliance Division. He received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from MSOE, is a member of IEEE, and is involved with the...
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ETSI to Implement GHz Band Standards Updates
As a result of the growing number of innovative devices equipped with wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee coming to market, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute...
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FCC Certification: FCC Proposes Major Changes to Certification Rules
On February 15, 2013, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend FCC Parts 0, 1, 2, 15, and 68. The PDF document can be found here (ET Docket No. 13-44 RM-11652). The changes...
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FCC Certification: OET KDB Updates
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) laboratory division periodically releases lists of updates to the OET Knowledge Database (KDB); the following are some of the latest KDB updates,...
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EMC Testing: The New Legislative Framework for the EU
The European Union (EU) has assembled regulations and decisions, known as the New Legislative Framework (NLF), with the primary tasks of improving market surveillance, improving the quality of...
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Laird Technologies Achieves Registration to the ISO 14001 Environmental Standard
St. Louis (April 1, 2005) Laird Technologies, a leading designer and manufacturer of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, thermal interface and wireless antenna solutions, is proud to...