Renesas Acquires Dialog Semiconductor

Renesas Electronics America acquires Dialog Semiconductor to create an advanced portfolio of semiconductor solutions.

Image of Renesas Smart Locks with Super-Low-Power Wi-Fi and BLE Smart Locks with Super-Low-Power Wi-Fi and BLE Publish Date: 2021-08-31

Renesas and Dialog’s wide variety of smart lock solutions feature low-power Bluetooth and Wi-Fi options, as well as fingerprint control.

Digi-Key Electronics Offers Winning Product Combinations from Renesas and Dialog Following Completion of Merger Publish Date: 2021-08-31

Digi-Key confirms its continued support of the Renesas Electronics and Dialog Semiconductor product portfolio, following the completion of the two companies’ merger.

Add Continuous Wi-Fi Connectivity Without Compromising Battery Life Publish Date: 2020-09-24

Designers can use a wireless SoC’s specialized power management technology to support continuous Wi-Fi connectivity at minimal current levels.

Build a More Accurate Wireless Ranging Solution for Contact Tracing Publish Date: 2020-08-26

Use software to provide readily available Bluetooth devices with the accurate wireless ranging needed for contact tracing.

Image of Renesas' Done in a Day™ CodeLess Kit Coming soon Done in a Day™ CodeLess Kit Updated: 2020-07-15

Renesas' 3-part Done in a Day™ webinar series takes consumers from an idea to a working proof-of concept in a day.

Image of Inventek Systems ISM14585 BLE 5.0 Module ISM14585 BLE 5.0 Module Publish Date: 2020-01-14

Inventek Systems’ ISM14585 is a daughter card that connects with Dialog Semiconductor’s DA14585 motherboard.

Understand Drone Design Trade-Offs Before Piling on the Sensors Publish Date: 2019-11-19

Adding sensors to drones requires a careful balance of power consumption, functionality, and cost, but here are some suitable options.

Implementing Bluetooth LE Data Pumps

This document describes a specific group of Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) use cases, referred to as data pump applications, in which an external microcontroller pushes and pulls data through a BLE-capable device.

How to Design Low-Power Always-On Wearables: Part 3 – Optimizing Bluetooth Wireless Connectivity Publish Date: 2019-10-10

A single Bluetooth LE chip enables the design of wearable devices optimized for power, space, cost, and development time, assuming it’s used correctly.

Use Bluetooth 5.1-Enabled Platforms for Precise Asset Tracking and Indoor Positioning - Part 2 Publish Date: 2019-08-14

Commercial Bluetooth 5.1 protocol stacks and hardware are available for use as the basis of precise RF direction finding for location service applications.

Use Bluetooth 5.1-Enabled Platforms for Precise Asset Tracking and Indoor Positioning - Part 1 Publish Date: 2019-07-25

Use commercial Bluetooth 5.1 protocol stacks and hardware for precise RF direction finding for location service applications.

Use Advanced LDOs to Meet IoT Wireless Sensor Power Supply Design Challenges Publish Date: 2019-01-30

Use advanced LDOs to maximize IoT sensor battery life while easing complexity and lowering cost.

Design Robust Systems for the Industrial IoT Publish Date: 2018-01-25

The Industrial IoT requires designers to pay particular attention to architecture, device reliability and robustness, and connectivity.

Comparing Low Power Wireless Technologies (Part 3) Publish Date: 2017-12-20

Low power wireless technologies are adapting to the Internet of Things by including IP connectivity and mesh networking.

Pat from DigiKey details the simplicity of setting up the DA14585 Bluetooth 5.0 Development Kit Pro from Dialog Semiconductor.

SmartBond DA14586 BLE SoC

The Dialog Semiconductor DA14586 is a Bluetooth Low Energy device that has some great development tools including an evaluation board.

New Product Discoveries - Dialog's Bluetooth 5 Dev Kit and Johanson Technology's SMT Antenna

This week Randall is focused on the Internet of Things with a Bluetooth 5 Dev Kit from Dialog and an antenna from Johanson Technologies.

Randall introduces a Bluetooth 5 development kit from Dialog Semiconductor and 2.4GHz antenna from Johanson Technology.

Adding Connectivity to IoT Applications through Personal and Wide Area Networks Publish Date: 2017-08-31

Advancements in single and multi-protocol wireless solutions target personal and wide area networks.