DGAP-News: Dialog Semiconductor Plc.: Dialog Semiconductor and Bosch Sensortec Collaborate on Low Power Smart Sensor Wireless Platform for IoT Devices (news with additional features)


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Dialog Semiconductor Plc.: Dialog Semiconductor and Bosch Sensortec
Collaborate on Low Power Smart Sensor Wireless Platform for IoT
Devices (news with additional features)

13.10.2015 / 08:00

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Lowest power 12-degrees of freedom (DOF) advanced sensor development kit to
provide increased gesture recognition

London, United Kingdom - 13 October 2015 - Dialog Semiconductor plc
(XETRA:DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power
conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth(R) Smart wireless
technology, announces a collaboration with Bosch Sensortec to create an
extremely low power smart sensor platform that combines Bosch Sensortec's
sensors with Dialog's Bluetooth Smart technology.

The product resulting from the collaboration is the world's lowest power
12-DOF smart sensor reference platform for gesture recognition in wearable
computing devices and immersive gaming, including augmented reality, and 3D
indoor mapping and navigation.

The platform combines Dialog's DA14580 Bluetooth Smart System-on-Chip (SoC)
with three low power sensors from Bosch Sensortec: the BMM150 for 3-axis
geo-magnetic field measurement, the BME280 pressure, humidity and
temperature sensor, and the 6-axis BMI160 (a combination of a 3-axis
accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope in one chip). The resulting unit, built
onto a 14 x 14 mm2 printed circuit board, consumes less than 500 µA from a
3V coin cell when updating and transferring all 12 x 16 bits of data
wirelessly to a smartphone.

Udo-Martin Gomez, CTO of Bosch Sensortec, says: "The result of this close
cooperation between Bosch Sensortec and Dialog is the world's lowest power
Bluetooth Smart connected sensors platform. Higher functional integration
and lower power consumption are key design goals for devices at the heart
of mobile consumer electronic products. From our companies' joint
experience, we see many opportunities to deliver competitive advantages for
our customers by creating smaller, highly integrated and more energy
efficient smart connected solutions."

Mark Tyndall, SVP of Corporate Development and Strategy at Dialog says,
"Our work with Bosch Sensortec is bringing together best-in-class
Bluetooth, power management and sensor technologies that enable our
customers to develop high-performance, innovative products with
exceptionally long battery life. Combining the complementary talents of our
respective design teams enables us to keep customers at the forefront of
technology as the IoT market continues to evolve."

Platform technical summary

The DA14580 SmartBond(TM) SoC, which has already been adopted by numerous
leading manufacturers of wearables, integrates a Bluetooth Smart radio with
an ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M0 application processor and intelligent power
management. It more than doubles the battery life of an application-enabled
smartphone accessory, wearable device or computer peripheral in comparison
with competing solutions. The DA14580 includes a variety of analogue and
digital interfaces and features less than 15 mW power consumption in active
mode and 600 nA standby current. It is half the size of rivals, measuring
2.5 x 2.5 x 0.5 mm.

Bosch Sensortec's BMI160 6-axis Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) integrates
a 16 bit, 3-axis, low-g accelerometer and an ultra-low power 3-axis
gyroscope within a single package. When the accelerometer and gyroscope are
in full operation mode, the typical current consumption is 950 µA, only
half of that of its nearest rivals.

The BMM150 integrates a compact 3-axis geo-magnetic field sensor using
Bosch Sensortec's high performance FlipCore technology.

The BME280 Integrated Environmental Unit combines sensors for barometric
pressure, humidity and temperature measurement within a single package. The
precise altitude measurement function of the BME280 is a key requirement in
applications such as indoor navigation with floor tracking. Additionally,
the BME280 has best-in-class response time for humidity determination of
one second only, accurate ambient temperature measurement and very low
current consumption.

SmartBond is a trademark of Dialog Semiconductor plc. All other trademarks
and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners

Company Contact:
Lauren Ofstedahl
Dialog Semiconductor
Phone: +1 (408) 845 8518
lauren.ofstedahl@diasemi.com
Web: www.dialog-semiconductor.com
Twitter: @DialogSemi

Media Contact:
Bob Jones
Publitek
Phone: +44 (0) 1225 470000
bob.jones@publitek.com 

About Dialog Semiconductor
Dialog Semiconductor provides highly integrated standard (ASSP) and custom
(ASIC) mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), optimised for mobile
computing, IoT, smart home and lighting applications. Dialog brings decades
of experience to the rapid development of ICs while providing flexible and
dynamic support, world-class innovation and the assurance of dealing with
an established business partner. With world-class manufacturing partners,
Dialog operates a fabless business model and is a socially responsible
employer pursuing many programs to benefit the employees, community, other
stakeholders and the environment we operate in.

Dialog's power saving technologies including DC-DC configurable system
power management deliver high efficiency and enhance the consumer's user
experience by extending battery lifetime and enabling faster charging of
their portable devices. Its technology portfolio also includes audio,
Bluetooth(R) Smart, Rapid Charge(TM) AC/DC power conversion and
multi-touch.

Dialog Semiconductor plc is headquartered in London with a global sales,
R&D and marketing organisation. In 2014, it had approximately $1.16 billion
in revenue and was one of the fastest growing European public semiconductor
companies. It currently has approximately 1,500 employees worldwide. The
company is listed on the Frankfurt (XETRA: DLG) stock exchange (Regulated
Market, Prime Standard, ISIN GB0059822006) and is a member of the German
TecDax index.

About Bosch Sensortec
Bosch Sensortec GmbH is a fully owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH
dedicated to the world of consumer electronics; offering a complete
portfolio of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based sensors and
solutions that enable mobile devices to feel and sense the world around
them. Bosch Sensortec develops and markets a broad portfolio of MEMS
sensors, solutions and systems for applications in smart phones, tablets,
wearable devices, and various products for the IoT.

The product portfolio includes a wide range of inertial (acceleration, yaw
rate), geomagnetic and environmental sensors (barometric pressure, humidity
and gas) as well as the corresponding software portfolio, which is also
offered embedded within intelligent sensors. Since its foundation in 2005,
Bosch Sensortec has emerged as the technology leader in the addressed
markets. The Bosch Group has been the global market leader for MEMS sensors
since 1998 selling more than 6 billion MEMS sensors to date.


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System-on-Chip (SoC) with three low power sensors from Bosch Sensortec

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