Embedded Computing Design

Franz Dugand

Director of Sales Marketing - Wireless IoT Business

CEVA, Inc.

I have a broad knowledge of the wireless connectivity and Internet of Things (IoT) markets including the Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NB-IoT, GNSS, Zigbee and NFC wireless technologies. With more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry in general, and in the semiconductor IP business in particular, I have been in charge of product strategy, Operational and Strategic Marketing as well as Business Development.

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IoT

Bluetooth SIG Releases LE Audio at CES - Story

January 06, 2020
Franz Dugand

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group will announce LE (low energy) Audio and True Wireless Stereo (TWS) at CES in las Vegas, Nevada.

Networking & 5G

Scale Wi-Fi to the IoT with embedded 802.11ax - Blog

July 16, 2018
Franz Dugand

In the smart home, we already see smart speakers, TVs, heating and A/C, security systems, video doorbells, and exercise machines. Where will it end?

Networking & 5G

Implementing a mesh network? Here's why you should use Bluetooth - Other

November 03, 2017
Franz Dugand

The main reason that implementations of mesh over WiFi and Zigbee have failed to gain mass adoption is lack of interoperability between vendors. Bluetooth is about to change that.

Consumer

Bluetooth Smart and ZigBee: If you can't beat them, join them - Other

September 21, 2015
Franz Dugand

Combining Bluetooth Smart with ZigBee offers the classical 1 + 1 = 3. The trade media loves the standards war as competing technology narratives keep...

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