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The Realtek IoT/Wi-Fi MCU Ameba Pro2 supports Amazon Kinesis Video Streams, offering camera devices high-quality video streaming
As various innovative technologies continue to emerge, smart camera equipment is gradually moving towards a more intelligent and real-time connected imaging future. The Realtek Ameba Pro2 supports Amazon Kinesis Video Streams. Through Amazon Kinesis Video Streams, video can be securely and easily streamed from connected devices to AWS. Combined with the high-performance microcontroller of Ameba Pro2, it can effectively process complex scenes and support high-speed computation, thus offering cameras enhanced image quality. Please refer to details.
2023/11/13
Realtek participates in the 2023 Arm Tech Symposia, showcasing the latest IoT Wi-Fi and Bluetooth solutions
The 2023 Arm Tech Symposia annual technology conference aims to showcase the innovative technologies and future trends of Arm and its partners. The annual technology conference will tour seven cities across four regions from November 1 to December 1, 2023. Realtek's IoT Wi-Fi and Bluetooth product lines will participate in the Arm Tech Symposia events in Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, South Korea, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, China, with speeches and booth presentations. Participating in the Arm Tech Symposia annual technology conference aims to showcase Realtek's IoT Wi-Fi solutions - the Ameba series, and Bluetooth solutions - the BEE series, which combine the design advantages of ARM's security platform and advanced technology. Please refer to details.
2023/11/07
Welcome to our AMB82 MINI YouTube live streaming event
Join us for an exciting YouTube Live Event where we'll showcase the outstanding features of the AMB82 MINI and give away complimentary AMB82 MINI boards! Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to discover the remarkable capabilities of the AMB82 MINI and have a chance to get your own AMB82 MINI for free! Please refer to details.
2023/10/20
AMB82 MINI makes you to easily connect with AI
AMB82 MINI is the latest highly integrated development board combining camera and AI, everyone can easily get started with ARDUINO. It also provides common and well-trained AI models, so that you can easily use AI to make your project unique even if you have no AI foundation. Try it now.
2023/06/12
Realtek to Showcase Advanced Comprehensive Home Communication Network Solutions at AWE China 2023
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation showcases its latest solutions for Smart Home IoT, Low Power Bluetooth, NB-IoT, and Wi-Fi routers at the Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE) from April 27 to April 30, 2023. Location: Hall W4, Shanghai New International Expo Center (2345 Longyang Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China). Please refer to details.
2023/05/09
Realtek’s IoT System Integrator Partner u-blox Announces New Compact Dual-Band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE Modules
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., one of the world’s leading network and multimedia IC providers, and ublox, a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, have announced a new joint development – the ublox NORA-W3 modules – which comprise dual band Wi Fi 4 (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth LE 5, based on the Realtek RTL8720DF. This series is aimed at market segments such as HVAC, energy management, EV charging, professional grade power tools, and industrial sensing or monitoring applications. Please refer to details.
2022/11/29
Realtek worked with AWS to roll out AWS IoT ExpressLink Module
Realtek worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to roll out the Ameba Z2 AWS IoT ExpressLink module, its simplified instruction set can optimize the development process and cost, and equipped with both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, it allows more customers to migrate their products quickly and easily into IoT-connected devices and ready to connect to AWS cloud, significantly shortening product time to market. Through this cooperation with AWS, we aim to remove developer’s barriers for cloud integration, while meeting all critical security requirements with the best network quality. Please refer to details.
2022/11/17
Realtek Wi-Fi 6 Solutions, Ready For The Future! Fast, Efficient, and Designed to Connect more Devices
Given the development of smart homes and smart cities, Wi-Fi6 technology is constantly updated. Wi-Fi6 and Wi-Fi6E will surpass Wi-Fi5 to become a mainstream technology. We start from home to the city, wireless to the wire. Realtek’s AP Router SoC, Wi-Fi NIC, IoT MCU, Multimedia SoC, PoE, xPON, xDSL, Switch controller, Automotive Ethernet, Ethernet NIC PHY and 10G xPON has solutions for Wi-Fi6 and Wi-Fi6E. We can assist customers in developing and obtaining market opportunities.
Realtek participates in India's largest exhibition for the first time to introduce IoT and BT products
Realtek will participate in the Convergence India workshop project for the first time, and will introduce IoT and BT products via online live broadcast on 3/23 1:30PM~3:00PM (TST). The IoT product line will introduce the full range of Ameba products. The application focuses more on the development trend and integration of smart home, including the latest Matter Alliance support and the introduction of the world's smallest Wi-Fi 2.4GHz/5GHz SoC. Finally, IoT has also joined the Ameba SDK implementation to demonstrate the world's popular AI Tenserflow designs and develops board applications. Please refer to details.
RTL8720DF - The smallest dual-band AIoT SoC
Realtek's RTL8720DF Wi-Fi Dual Band IoT SoC has the smallest size QFN48 6x6 mm design, and the lightweight chip meets a variety of different IoT product applications. Its excellent dual-core dual-band technology effectively improves the connection quality and achieves the best power consumption performance. It also supports BLE5.0 and upgrades the user experience. In addition, RTL8720DF also pioneered the integration of ARM TrustZone hardware security architecture to solve information security needs.
2021/12/29
New Ameba D module is available now
The integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 combination module WE310F5 designed by Telit can provide a low-cost and high-speed solution for IoT applications. The WE310F5 is featured with low power consumption, compact size for space-constrained applications, and Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) upgrades and support. For more information, please refer to the details.
Ameba IoT Will Support Matter Smart Home Standards in the Future
Matter (formerly known as Project Connected Home over IP or Project CHIP) is an open source standard project for smart homes, jointly launched by Amazon, Apple, Google, and the ZigBee Alliance in 2019. Realtek’s Ameba IoT is participating in the protocol development of Matter and various test events, and will fully support the Matter smart home standard in 2022. Please refer to the news.
2021 Industry Tech Days Recap
The 2021Industy Tech Days online exhibition has ended successfully! There has a total of 40,122 participants from 210 countries. Many popular keynote speakers in the industry were invited to the exhibition, including Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi, NASA navigator Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins. All videos will be keep until October 17, 2021.You can watch it anytime! Please refer to the news.
Industry Tech Days
It is the first time that Realtek takes part in Industry Tech Days which is held by EETech on All ABOUT CIRCUITS. The exhibition will be held for five days, from September 13 to 17, 2021. Welcome to sign up.
Azure Certified Device
Congratulations to the two main members of Ameba for passing the Azure certification, making our cloud connection capabilities even more perfect. For more information, please refer to Microsoft Azure.
RTL8722DM MINI Board
The brand new RTL8722DM MINI responds to everyone’s needs and is made smaller in appearance. The PIN design is convenient to plug into the solderless breadboard during the development stage. In terms of functions, it takes the RTL8722DM to the extreme and integrates dual-band Wi-Fi, BLE, Audio, SD card together. Let your creativity even more powerful. For more information, please refer to the Introduction.
RTL8722DM Bluetooth configuration makes your device connect to the Internet super Easy
The most annoying thing about buying a new device is how to connect it to the home network. Now start the Bluetooth configuration of RTL8722DM. With a few simple steps, you can get your device connected in a few minutes. Please refer to Example。
Ameba ARDUINO starts to support RTL8722DM
The new member of Ameba ARDUINO RTL8722DM provides abundant functions. In addition to supporting dual-band Wi-Fi to avoid the crowded 2.4G. At the same time, it supports Bluetooth 5.0, which makes your application more diverse and solves the difficulty of Wi-Fi settings. Please refer to the Getting Started.
Congratulations! Ameba Z2 becomes one of AWS Partner Device
After the team's efforts, Ameba's new member Ameba Z2 has officially become AWS Partner Device. Welcome Amazon partners who have IoT application needs to use. Please refer to the AWS Partner Device Catalog and Getting Started.
Easily connect security and convenience with Ameba – v2.0.5
Still worrying about too many passwords? Biometrics is a common solution. Combine fingerprint recognition with Ameba to make your creative device safe and convenient. Start to do it by yourself! Example.
Audio Shield make audio application simple – v2.0.3
We introduce audio shield with Ameba to let Maker develop audio application. Based on Arduino easy-to-use feature, plug and play, and send audio to cloud by just one click. Take your first step to the smart audio! Example.
Ameba supports latest Google Cloud IoT release
Ameba is one of the development partners with latest Google Cloud IoT release, and Ameba continues to offer cloud solutions in IoT to let people focus on the realization of creativity. Realtek supports Cloud IoT application, please refer to Example.
Congratulate Ameba for becoming Arm Mbed enabled platform
With a lot of effort, Ameba has been certified by Arm and officially becomes Arm Mbed enabled platform. Welcome the Arm users to evaluate and adopt it, please refer to Arm Platforms.
Welcome Ameba ARDUINO new member RTL8710 – v2.0.0
Voice assistant is a popular topic recently. It gets rid of physical keyboard and touch screen. We can reach the goals via hands-free voice commands. Through the combination with cloud can control many devices in life. Let's make Ameba smart together to take a step forward to the smart home! See example.
Welcome Ameba ARDUINO new member RTL8710 – v2.0.0
On the anniversary of Ameba ARDUINO releasing, we realize that the only one choice of board can not meet all the Makers' requirements. Therefore, we prepare smaller board RTL8710 for everyone. The design feature is the mother-daughter board which can make your implementation lightweight and competitive without inconvenient development. Welcome to make use of it.
Care can be simple - V1.1.5
PM2.5 is the issue of concern from everyone and Facebook has already become part of people's daily lives. And we use the most instinctive way to care about the important issue by the combination of the two. Do you like it? Let's implement to send the concerned information to ourselves with Ameba now, see example.
Easy Upgrade - V1.1.4
Software updates are commonplace for developers, but sometimes it becomes time consuming and complicated due to the design of architecture. We are willing to solve the problem for everyone. Please update and use if required, see example.
Build voice control application with Ameba RTL8195
From iPhone Siri to Amazon ECHO, the popularity of voice assistants grows rapidly. With Amazon AWS IoT and Amazon Alexa, we can build our voice-control application with Ameba. Please refer to our Example.
Standard SDK is released - V3.4b3
Full-fledged Standard SDK is now released for download. In the Standard SDK, we provide support to cost-effective Ameba IC and connect to a number of cloud services easily. With the detailed control in all aspects, Standard SDK is your best choice. Please refer to Getting Started with RTL8195.
Ameba RTL8195 Quadcopter - V1.1.1
Quadcopter is a popular application of development boards. Try to build an Ameba quadcopter on your own and enjoy aviation! Please refer to our example.
Ameba RTL8195 Time-lapse Photography - V1.1.0
In the limited time in our everyday life, how to capture all the majestic scenery and beautiful things around us? Use Ameba to make a time-lapse photography and never miss a moment again. Please refer to our example.
Ameba RTL8195 with Solar Energy - V1.0.9
In the pursuit of the sustainable energy, solar energy is one of the widely-used sustainable energy source. In release 1.0.9, let's equip Ameba with lasting solar energy, build your application without worrying about the battery replacement. Please refer to our example.
>Sensor support - V1.0.8
The rapid revolution of sensors changes the human life style. With various applications, the sensors enrich our life and make our life more exciting. In release 1.0.8, let's build appications with sensors and experience the infinite possibilities in the IoT world. Please refer to our example.
Be your eyes - V1.0.7
As the drone takes your eyes to the sky, let Ameba be your eyes and extend your eyesight. Let's begin with some fun, please refer to example .
Fun Time! – V1.0.6
Remote control cars were our best friend in our childhood. In release 1.0.6, Ameba releases AmebaMotors Library, to help you to build a remote control car with ease, and without worrying about APP development. Please refer to our example.
Save energy & Save the Earth: Power Management – V1.0.5
To get rid of the electrical wiring and build environment-friendly applications, it is important that the power consumption is well-managed. In release 1.0.5, we introduce a number of power-saving mode of Ameba, and provide easy-to-use power management API. Please refer to our example.
Connecting to Cloud with ease – V1.0.4
Cloud support makes the data transfer go beyond limits and increases data accessibility. In release 1.0.4, you can connect Ameba to cloud, upload sensor data easily and access with our well-developed APP anytime. Please refer to our example for more detail.
The latest version 1.0.3 is released
In this era of cloud, local display is still indispensable in our daily life. Therefore, the TFT LCD is regarded as an essential component on Ameba. With TFT LCD support, we extend the PM2.5 example in the previous version. Please refer to our example for more detail.
