SmartBond™ eNewsletter (Issue 14)

Dear SmartBond™ Community Members:

Welcome to our 14th edition of the SmartBond eNewsletter. This is a very informative issue covering the latest news and upcoming events. Highlights include the launch of our Mesh SDK on the support site. In addition, the DA14585 IoT Multi-Sensor Kit and DA14682&3 and Development Kits are now available from Digikey, Mouser and Avnet. There are also important SDK updates to ensure the highest security and compliance with the latest Bluetooth SIG specification updates. You can also find updates to our support site and upcoming events in this newsletter.

We would also like to share an exciting news with the SmartBond community members that early next year, we plan to launch our next generation SoC. Stay tuned!

Finally, our order for DA14580 Bluetooth low energy chip for Samsung Note 9 is also expected to increase our share in the Bluetooth low energy market to second place.

Please read!

Best regards

Dialog SmartBond Team

product News

Bluetooth SIG-compliant mesh development kit

Our DA14682 and DA14683 SmartBond™ Bluetooth mesh SDK (Software Development Kit) is now available for download from our support site. The kit includes a complete set of development tools, toolchains and reference application source code for Bluetooth mesh applications, all included in our SmartSnippets™ development environment. Dialog also provides iOS and Android applications to help customers provision, configure and control Bluetooth mesh nodes from their smartphone or tablet.

You can learn more about DA14682&3 from the following links:

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/connectivity/product/da14682-and-da14683

Visit Digikey, Mouser or Avnet product pages to order our DA14682&3 products.

product News

Stay tuned... exciting new products coming to CES 2019 (@lasvegas) in January!

Development Kit News

New! DA14585 IoT Multi-Sensor Kit Now Available Through Distributors

Control your sensors in the Amazon AWS cloud with the DA14585 IoT Multi-Sensor Kit! The hardware can be configured as a beacon, smart tag, or sensor node via software over-the-air updates. It supports the ICM-42605 motion sensor from TDK-Invensense, as well as environmental sensors from Bosch Sensortec to measure temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and gas. It can also sense ambient light, infrared proximity, and magnetic fields.

The DA14585 Multi-Sensor Kit, which can be ordered through our reseller channel, can be used in conjunction with IFTTT and Alexa to display and read sensor data.

Order this new IoT multi-sensor kit from Digikey, Mouser or Avnet to get started today.

You can download it from the following links: iOS APP or Android APP.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dialog-iot-sensors/id1080958077?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dialog.wearables&hl=nl

Software News

Bluetooth security vulnerabilities

Following the discovery of security vulnerabilities (bug 10734) regarding Secure Simple Pairing and Secure Connections for Low Energy, the Bluetooth SIG announced a specification update on July 23, 2018. We have updated our Dialog Software Development Kit (SDK) to support these specification updates. Two days after the specification update was announced, we quickly deployed the updates in two new SDKs and published them on the support website. These updates only cover the specification updates mentioned in bug 10734, so no complex software migration is required. The following table summarizes our Bluetooth ICs and related SDKs.

Support website updates

Documentation Support Portal

Read the following updates on the Dialog Connect Support Portal to assist with your product development:

DA14585 Basic Kit and Pro Kit Online Getting Started Guide

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/resource/um-b-048-da14585-da14586-getting-started-guide-basic-development-kit-html

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/resource/um-b-049-da14585-da14586-getting-started-guide-pro-development-kit-html

DA14585 development using codeless AT commands (online tutorial)

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/resource/codeless-tutorial-html

Changing RAM size to reduce power consumption of DA14585/586 in sleep mode (online tutorial)

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/resource/tutorial-how-change-ram-size-reduce-power-consumption-extended-sleep-mode-da14585586

SDK 6.0.10 including the latest Bluetooth security updates for DA14585/586

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/connectivity/product/da14585?qt-product_restricted_=1#qt-product_restricted_

Low-cost, small-size DA14580 module HJ-580CY from Hongjia Electronics

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/guide/hongjia-hj-580cy

Latest online tutorial series for the DA1468x product family

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/connectivity/product/da14681?qt-product_restricted_=3#qt-product_restricted_

DA1468x software update from USB mass storage

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/resource/software-update-usb-mass-storage

SDK 1.0.14 including the latest Bluetooth security updates for DA1468x

https://support.dialog-semiconductor.com/connectivity/product/da14682-and-da14683?qt-product_restricted_=1#qt-product_restricted_

Activity

2018 Munich Electronics Show

From November 13th to 16th, we will be at the 2018 Electronica in Munich, Germany. Electronica is the world's leading electronics exhibition and conference, attracting nearly 3,000 exhibitors and more than 73,000 visitors. You can find us at booth 348 in Hall B5, and we look forward to seeing you there!

https://electronica.de/index.html