IoT & Smart Home

Consumer IoT, Smart Home & Industrial IoT

Precision Timing in IoT

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Consumer IoT, Smart Home & Industrial IoT

Precision Timing in IoT

IQD delivers high-quality quartz crystals, oscillators and frequency products designed for low power consumption, compact board layouts, and long-term reliability. Our portfolio supports:

  • Consumer IoT – wearables, trackers, wireless sensors
  • Smart Home – hubs, appliances, security systems
  • Industrial IoT – automation, monitoring, asset management

Optimised for IoT Applications: including smart meters, wearable health monitors, environmental sensors, asset trackers, smart home devices, industrial automation, agricultural monitoring, vehicle telematics, security systems, and wireless sensor networks. Each of these applications demands reliable, energy-efficient and compact components to ensure consistent performance, long battery life, and minimal space usage. IQD oscillators, with their precision timing, ultra-low power consumption, and small form factor, are an ideal fit for these use cases. Their stability supports accurate data acquisition and exchange, while their efficiency and size make them perfectly suited for embedded, battery-powered IoT devices where space and power budgets are limited.

Why Choose IQD for Your IoT Timing Requirements?

IQD brings decades of expertise in frequency control solutions to empower electronics design engineers with cutting-edge quartz crystals and oscillator products. Our crystals and oscillators are meticulously designed to meet the unique demands of IoT and smart home applications, offering superior performance, durability, and cost-effectiveness. Whether you’re developing connected appliances, home security systems, or industrial IoT devices, IQD’s products provide the precision timing your designs require.

  • Ultra-Low Power Consumption: Our low-power oscillators deliver exceptional timing accuracy while optimising energy efficiency - essential for battery-driven IoT devices. Whether you’re working on wearable sensors, smart thermostats, or wireless nodes, our oscillators ensure prolonged device longevity without compromising performance. 
  • Small Form Factors: IQD's compact package sizes fit the smallest PCBs without compromising performance.
  • High Stability & Accuracy: Ensure reliable operation for connected appliances, smart home hubs, industrial sensors and edge devices.
  • Robust for Harsh Environments: IoT devices often need to function in diverse environments; IQD offers crystals and oscillators for industrial-grade temperature ranges and vibration-resistant design.
Featured Products and Applications

Following are some of our parts recently designed-in to Consumer IoT, Smart Home & Industrial IoT applications:

  • CFPX-217 Drinks dispensers, room climate control panels, anti-theft IoT sensors, Wi-Fi enabled smart locks, smoke alarms
  • 85SMX Smart metering devices
  • CFPX-180 Remote control systems, wireless charging, wearable monitors for elderly patients, smart hubs, smoke alarms and more.
  • HC49/4HSMX Temperature control units, arcade gaming entertainment systems
  • HC49/4H EV charging points, ticket machines, 4G adapters, smart meters, data analysers
  • IQXC-26 Tracking devices, microcontrollers and mini card reader
  • IQXC-42 Industrial telemetry, tracking devices, Bluetooth radio, room climate control panel
  • 12SMX Energy meters, automation systems, Motor-assisted therapy devices, fire alarm systems for the deaf, robot control
  • CFPS-73 Industrial robotics, aviation electronics, home digital apps, heating & cooling control systems
  • CFPS-72 In-vehicle communications
  • IQXO-791 & IQXO-794 Biometric wireless systems

Contact Us

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For more information about any of our parts or for help with your design-in, you can contact our Sales Team, Application Support or Engineering on +44 (0) 1460 270200, or click Contact Us below to submit your enquiry. 

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