Nordic nRF54L10 SoC powers TomTom road alert assistant

TomTom, the location technology specialist, has launched a wireless dashboard solution providing road alert assistance for regular drivers in various countries across Europe – including Germany, U.K., France, Italy, and the Netherlands.

‘Tom by TomTom’ is powered by Nordic Semiconductor’s next generation ultra-low power nRF54L10 SoC. The device features an accelerometer for movement detection and provides clear visual (via an LED indicator) and audible alerts whenever a driver is approaching a fixed or mobile speed camera (considering specific legislation per country), obstacle, or traffic congestion.

Bluetooth LE enables road alert warnings

Using the Bluetooth® LE wireless connectivity provided by the Nordic nRF54L10 SoC, the Tom device receives all up-to-date traffic control data from the user’s Android/iOS smartphone via the associated ‘TomTom’ app. Tom then only informs the driver of road-relevant situations. 

The nRF54L10 SoC’s Arm® Cortex®-M33 processor features 1 MB non-volatile memory (NVM) and 192 KB RAM, providing ample processing power to supervise the built-in sensors and run the complex algorithms for the Tom device to provide consistently accurate information.

If a user also requires navigation guidance, the subscription-free, Apple CarPlay- and Android Auto-compatible app offers a seamless driving experience supported by the largest global driving network of 600 million connected devices, according to the company. This makes TomTom’s traffic data—including traffic jams, obstacles, speed cameras, and speed limits—extremely accurate, not only in the user’s home country, but also abroad. All data is completely anonymized and will never be used for commercial purposes.