Dialog Semiconductor SmartBond Basic and Pro development kits

Dialog Semiconductor’s SmartBond Basic and Pro development kits offer engineers a fast and easy route to developing intelligent connected devices, particularly where small size and low power consumption are critical, such as in battery-powered wearables and other IoT applications.

The kits are based on Dialog’s DA14580 and DA14581 system-on-chip (SoC) ICs. The highly integrated devices combine a Bluetooth low-energy radio with an ARM Cortex-M0 application processor and intelligent power management. Processor resources are accessible via 32 GPIOs to enable development of fully hosted applications. The SoCs measure 2.5 x 2.5 mm and need just five external components to create complete solutions said to consume less than half the power of alternatives.

SmartBond Basic is a single-board kit with integral flash memory for software development. The Pro version includes mother- and daughterboards and a power profiler to enable power-optimised coding. Both kits are supported by Dialog’s SmartSnippets software development environment, which includes Bluetooth Smart SIG-qualified profiles ranging from proximity to health and fitness, medical, smart home and security. Software upgrade over the air (SUOTA) is supported.