Renesas Announces Bluetooth LE SoC for Wearables, Appliances

Renesas Electronics announced a Bluetooth low energy (LE) SoC Tuesday, integrating a power management unit, hardware voice activity detector, graphics processor and Bluetooth LE. The ultra-low-power DA1470x family has always-on audio processing and is targeted for wearables, including smartwatches, fitness trackers, health monitoring devices, home appliances and Bluetooth consoles for gaming equipment and e-bikes. The DA14706 is in the recently launched Xiaomi Mi band 7, with a 192x490 AMOLED display, 120 sports modes and 15-day battery life, Resesas said.