Weartech-Comms / Bluetooth / Wireless

Targeting IoT and virtual reality (VR) applications, what is claimed to be the world’s lowest power wireless smart sensor development kit has been released by Dialog. It comprises the company’s DA14583 SmartBond Bluetooth Smart SoC, combined with Bosch Sensortec’s gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, and environmental sensors on a small PCB that measures just 16 x 15mm.

Volume production has begun for the energy-efficient ARM Cortex-M0+ STM32L0 microcontrollers. There is a development ecosystem including minimal-cost boards and free software tools.

Embedded designs can be delivered to market quicker, and with the ability to develop user interfaces, using the PSoC 4 programmable SoC, says Cypress Semiconductor.
The chip has a 32bit ARM-Cortex-M0 core, adding up to 256kbyte flash memory, 98 general purpose I/Os, 33 programmable analogue and digital blocks, a USB device controller, and a CAN interface. The PSoC 4 L-Series delivers up to 13 programmable analogue blocks including four high-performance op amps, four current-output DACs, two low-power comparators, a 12bit SAR ADC and dual CapSense blocks with up to 94 capacitive-sensing channels. The analogue blocks enable engineers to create on-chip, custom analogue front ends to support new end-product features, without increasing product costs, size or power consumption, says the company.