Hardware Imec has launched a sub-GHz LPWAN radio, with multi-protocol support including 802.15.4, LoRa, Sigfox, and W-MBUS, in the 780-930MHz range. Netclearance has announced the mBeaconSense, a sensor board the size of a penny that houses 5 sensors, runs on a coincell battery, and uses RFID. Software EMC has open-sourced its UniK (Unique) unikernal tool, which it says allows developers to more easily deploy to cloud applications and embedded IoT devices. NEC has provided SoftBank with an IoT and M2M platform called Connexive, which will power SoftBank’s IoT Cloud Service on Connexive (ICC). Telit has announced that USRobotics, a division of Unicom, has put its deviceWISE Asset Gateway software on its new Courier 3G M2M gateway. Networks and Protocols Microchip…