Bluetooth smart SoC provides connectivity for fitness tracker

Shine 2 is a powerful new wearable device in Misfit’s fitness tracking offering. It has an elegant, slim profile and includes new features, functions and capabilities without sacrificing the market-leading 6-month battery life of its predecessor. A tiny coin cell battery powers the device. Shine 2 accurately tracks fitness activity and sleep patterns. It has a built-in accelerometer complemented by a recently-added 3-axis magnetometer. The tracker displays progress and time using a multitude of rainbow-colored lights and motivates users with Misfit Move, a feature that encourages them to be active with a vibrational nudge. A prominent feature of Shine 2 is call and text notifications in the form of vibration and unique light patterns. Compared with the original version, the new tracker offers improved touch responsiveness using capacitive sensing, as well faster syncing and extended Bluetooth range.

“Consumers are demanding wearables that not only function well but look good too. Once again, Dialog is the enabling technology for design innovation in a leading consumer device,” said Sean McGrath, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Connectivity, Automobile & Industrial Business Group for Dialog Semiconductor, “We are proud to partner with Misfit in providing low power Bluetooth connectivity for next-generation wearables where elegance, beauty and long-lasting operation are key drivers of consumer demand."

Dialog’s Wearable-on-Chip Bluetooth Smart SoC technology is designed to minimise time to market and reduce the size and costs of wearable computing devices while maximising battery life. According to analyst IHS, the market for wearables will be worth $32bn by 2019 (IHS Technology) when 230m of them will be sold.