Samsung is set to use Dialog Semiconductor’s wireless microcontroller unit (MCU) for Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity in its upcoming Galaxy Fit fitness tracker. The Galaxy Fit is a slim and fashionable fitness tracker that enables users to reach their fitness goals with its intuitive tracking features. It tracks a wide range of activities and offers enhanced sleep analysis and stress management technology for users to monitor their well being throughout the day.
Samsung designed the Galaxy Fit band to be easy for users to interact with while on the go, which meant it needed to sync with smartphones to allow users to receive alerts and messages. Additionally, because the device is easy to style and comfortable to wear all week long, it also required a solution that would support seamless smartphone connectivity while conserving energy to extend battery life.
Samsung has used Dialog’s DA14697, a wireless microcontroller unit within the company’s DA1469x SmartBond line in its range of wearable devices. The DA1469x family is the latest addition to Dialog’s SmartBond line, is the most advanced, feature-rich range of MCUs for wireless connectivity. It offers developers greater processing power, resources, range and battery life for a wide variety of connected consumer applications, including high-end fitness trackers and other wearable devices.
The family is also the first set of Bluetooth wireless microcontroller SoC’s in production with a dedicated application processor based on the ARM Cortex-M33 processor. To conserve power, the devices are equipped with a Sensor Node Controller (SNC) that runs autonomously and wakes the application processor only when needed, and a state-of-the-art Power Management Unit (PMU) activates the different processing cores as required.
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