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November 3, 2026

RSSI, RSRP, RSRQ, and SINR: Reading Cellular Signal Quality in the IoT

Learn what RSSI, RSRP, RSRQ, and SINR actually measure, why signal bars can be misleading, and how to find weak devices in your fleet.

  • Cellular
  • Notecard
  • Notehub
Rob Lauer
Rob LauerSenior Director of Developer Relations
October 13, 2026

How to Estimate Battery Life for a Cellular IoT Device

The math for estimating a cellular IoT device's battery life, a calculator for your own numbers, and how to measure the real answer with Blues Mojo.

  • Low Power
  • Notecard
  • Cellular
  • Hardware
Rob Lauer
Rob LauerSenior Director of Developer Relations
September 25, 2026

Protect User Privacy with Notecard Location Fuzzing

Your product may need to know where it is, but your customers probably don't want it reporting their street address. See how Notecard can obfuscate location.

  • Notecard
  • Notehub
  • GPS/GNSS
  • Security
Rob Lauer
Rob LauerSenior Director of Developer Relations
August 26, 2026

Keep API Keys Off the Device: Use Authenticated Web Calls via Proxy Routes

Stop including secret keys on your devices! Notehub proxy routes let your credentials live in the cloud while the device stays anonymous.

  • Notecard
  • Notehub
  • Security
  • JSONata
Rob Lauer
Rob LauerSenior Director of Developer Relations
August 11, 2026

Cut Your Data Usage in Half with Notefile Templates

Every JSON Note repeats its field names with its values for the life of the device. Notefile templates have Notecard send fixed-length binary records instead.

  • Notecard
  • Cellular
  • Satellite
  • Firmware
Rob Lauer
Rob LauerSenior Director of Developer Relations
July 14, 2026

Interrupt-Driven IoT with the Notecard ATTN Pin

Unnecessary polling drains IoT batteries. Notecard's ATTN pin lets a host MCU stay in deep sleep at µA levels and wake only when something happens.

  • Low Power
  • Notecard
  • Firmware
Rob Lauer
Rob LauerSenior Director of Developer Relations

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