Talk to the Experts: Bluetooth World Conference 2018

In the previous episode of "Dialogue with Experts", we discussed the current status of wireless connectivity technology and the Internet of Things with Mark de Clercq, Director of Dialog's Low Power Connectivity Business Unit. At the 2018 Bluetooth World Conference this fall, Mark and Dialog Product Marketing Manager Alex Kengen showed everyone the latest innovative technologies that Dialog has brought to market.

Let’s take a look at what Mark and Alex have to say about the products and new features that Dialog will be exhibiting at this year’s Bluetooth World Conference.

SmartBond™ DA14682 and DA14683

Mark de Clercq: Our colleagues from the Low Power Connectivity (LPC) business unit and the Wireless Audio and Voice business unit went to this year's Bluetooth World Conference to showcase some of our latest innovative technologies. Two of the most important demos were also two new products we launched this year: SmartBond DA14682 and DA14683 .

The two chips are designed for applications that require more processing power and memory. They offer very flexible memory capacity: the DA14683 supports unlimited external flash memory, and the DA14682 offers 8 Mbits of onboard flash memory.

The security design of these two chips is more rigorous than previous products. Our team has invested a lot of effort to integrate higher levels of security into these two chips to ensure that they can protect the security of data stored on the chip and the overall integrity of the software. DA14682 and DA14683 are the world's first single-chip solution series that meets the highest security standards for industrial applications, smart homes, and wearable device applications .

The latest SmartBond SoCs are compatible with Bluetooth 5 and Bluetooth mesh, providing customers and engineers with a new level of leading-edge design flexibility when developing products.

SmartBond™ Bluetooth mesh SDK

Alex Kengen: The SmartBond Bluetooth mesh software development kit (SDK) supports our latest DA1468x product family, which is fully Bluetooth mesh certified. Mesh provides users with a many-to-many communication topology, providing more possibilities for connectivity and driving the development of a range of new applications, including smart homes, smart lighting, smart factories, automation, GPS beacons and tracking.

To showcase these capabilities, we brought some smart lighting demos to the Bluetooth World Conference, showing how engineers and users can use a single switch to turn all connected chip boards on and off at the same time, as well as infrared sensors that react to the temperature of the user's hand. Although these are some very simple demos, we hope to inspire everyone's imagination to develop more applications using this SDK! Of course, we provide iOS and Android apps to help customers configure Bluetooth nodes on their phones or tablets.

SmartBond DA14681 HomeKit Development Kit

Alex Kengen: We also demonstrated the SmartBond DA14681 HomeKit Development Kit at Bluetooth World.

Based on the DA14681 SoC, the HomeKit SDK is Apple-certified and can support Bluetooth low energy applications in Apple's smart home platform. Customers can use this kit to develop a range of smart home applications, including smoke detectors, smart lighting, security systems, smart door locks, and more.

Most importantly, it is compatible with Siri voice control. You can ask Siri to dim the lights or adjust the temperature, providing users with a more intuitive home IoT experience.

Stay tuned for more “Dialogue with the Experts” series. In the meantime, you can browse the website to view the complete range of Dialog SmartBond Bluetooth low energy solutions: https://www.dialog-semiconductor.com/bluetooth-low-energy