Claimed to deliver the industry’s lowest quiescent current, 700nA, and a buck converter, operating at 1.8V, the bq25120 is an integrated battery management IC from Texas Instruments.
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Low power Bluetooth Smart opens up possibilities for wearables
Claimed to be the industry’s lowest power, smallest footprint Bluetooth Smart solution, the Atmel SmartConnect Bluetooth Smart BTLC1000 consumes less than 4mA in RX and less than 3mA TX at 3.6V. According to the company, it can increases battery life by as much as one year or more for certain applications.
The 2.2 x 2.1mm WLCSP is ‘unparalleled’ says the company and significantly smaller than alternatives available on the market today. The tiny, low-power SoC opens up possibilities for IoT and wearable markets, says the company, enabling applications such as fitness trackers and medical devices, along with human Interface devices, asset trackers and beacons.
Motion sensor creates implantable applications
Designed for medical applications, including implantable devices classified by US Food and Drug Administration as Class III, the MISDH is a low power, three-axis accelerometer from STMicroelectronics.
It measures just 2.0 x 2.0 x 1mm³ and consumes down to 2µA in low power mode. As well as 8-, 10- and 12bit operating modes, ±2g/±4g/±8g/±16g are selectable. Output data rate is 1Hz to 5kHz and operating voltage is 1.71 to 3.6V.
Sensor hub IC includes Bluetooth v4.1
Designed for wearable products, the TZ1041MBG is an application processor that has been added to Toshiba Electronics Europe’s ApP LiteM TZ1000 family.
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