{"id":4343,"date":"2019-11-04T10:54:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T10:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2019-11-04T17:28:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:28:32","slug":"tiny-bluetooth-low-energy-soc-and-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/tiny-bluetooth-low-energy-soc-and-module\/","title":{"rendered":"TINY Bluetooth\u00ae Low Energy SoC and Module"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inside every Bluetooth sensor beacon is a System on a Chip (SoC) that&#8217;s a small computer that runs code. Dialog Semiconductor, the manufacturer of the SoC in some beacons, has <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"just announced (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dialog-semiconductor.com\/press-releases\/dialog-semiconductor-launches-tiny-bluetoothr-low-energy-soc-and-module-connect-next\" target=\"_blank\">just announced<\/a> the world\u2019s smallest (2.0mm x 1.7mm) and most power-efficient Bluetooth 5.1 SoC the DA14531.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dialog_tiny_ble_image_1-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dialog_tiny_ble_image_1-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dialog_tiny_ble_image_1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dialog_tiny_ble_image_1-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dialog_tiny_ble_image_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The high level of integration means it only needs six additional electronic components and a power supply to make a complete Bluetooth low energy system. It&#8217;s expected to bring SoCs down to $0.50 in high volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While beacons tend to be limited by battery size rather than SoC size, the reduced price might bring downward pressure on cost. The small size is of more use in power harvesting\/wearable scenarios such as printed Bluetooth sensors, connected injectors, glucose monitors and smart patches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside every Bluetooth sensor beacon is a System on a Chip (SoC) that&#8217;s a small computer that runs code. Dialog Semiconductor, the manufacturer of the SoC in some beacons, has just announced the world\u2019s smallest (2.0mm x 1.7mm) and most power-efficient Bluetooth 5.1 SoC the DA14531. The high level of integration means it only needs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/tiny-bluetooth-low-energy-soc-and-module\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TINY Bluetooth\u00ae Low Energy SoC and Module&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,30,90],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4343"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4349,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4343\/revisions\/4349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}