Dialog Semiconductor plc. has announced that its DA14580 SmartBond Bluetooth Smart device is now in production.
The company claims this SoC can more than double the battery life of an application-enabled smartphone accessory, wearable device or computer peripheral in comparison to other similar available.
The company points out that, in combination with a variety of analogue and digital interfaces, including an embedded ARM Cortex M0 processor, this device is considered to have one of the lowest power requirements available with less than 15mW active, 600nA standby current, and with a small package size at 2.5 by 2.5 by 0.5mm, is about half the size of similar solutions.
This device is up to date and compliant with all Bluetooth requirements including v 4.0 of the Bluetooth standard so is ready to be designed in. The device is now officially listed on the Bluetooth SIG site as a certified Bluetooth controller subsystem and host. The qualification enables the company’s QDID status to be used to simplify the qualification process.
This SmartBond technology, is claimed to enable consumers to use innovative new apps on their smartphones and tablets that can easily connect with watches, fitness- bands and monitors, medical, sporting remote control, computer peripherals and a vast and fast growing number of other applications.
Additionally, Dialog has worked with a number of leading module manufacturers including Panasonic Industrial Devices Europe Gmbh to develop tiny modules allowing product designers with little RF expertise to rapidly create unique Bluetooth Smart applications. Panasonic selected the DA14580 for their next-generation Bluetooth Smart modules, which are expected to launch in the first quarter of 2014.
A complete development kit for this device is now available on the company’s website. It is also delivered with a comprehensive tool suite called, SmartSnippets, which integrates a fully qualified Bluetooth Smart single mode stack supporting both master and slave roles.
Full data and development tools are available at: http://support.dialog-semiconductor.com
