Dialog Semiconductor releases Dialog's wechat software development Kit

     Dialog Semiconductor, a supplier of integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid-state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth Smart (Bluetooth Smart) technologies (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: DLG recently released Dialog's WeChat Software Development Kit (WeChat SDK), which began to support the wechat communication protocol. The toolkit helps developers quickly add efficient Bluetooth connectivity between wechat apps and wearables or other Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Wechat is now the world's largest independent messaging app, with an estimated 600 million users at the end of the second quarter of 2015, according to Statista. Part of the reason for wechat's rapid growth in China and other countries is the number of third-party apps that have been developed, making wechat much more than just a messaging platform.

     Dialog's Development Kit (SDK) is now available, including a protocol stack that supports the WeChat communication layer. The SDK is based on the SmartBond™ SoC's DA1458x family and helps developers reduce development time for wirelessly connecting their products to wechat apps. Wechat users can then control the wearable device through the wechat app and share information with friends through the wechat platform.

     Sean McGrath, senior vice President and general manager, Connectivity, Automotive & Industrial, Dialog Semiconductors, said: "Dialog is committed to supporting the continued growth and innovation of our customers' businesses to serve new products and markets across all major IoT platforms. Tencent and its wechat platform have worked closely with us to create a reliable and stable protocol stack that is well received by the embedded development community."

     The DA1458x SoC is a highly integrated device that contains a Bluetooth low-power radio transceiver and an ARM® Cortex®-M0 application processor. Also included is an intelligent power management IC and access to processor resources through 32 GPIOs. This enables the development of fully managed applications. These devices can be as small as 2.5 x 2.5 mm (WLCSP package), and they provide the lowest power consumption for existing smart Bluetooth devices, thereby maximizing battery life for each application with peak current below 5mA.

     With an optimized power profiler, the SmartBond wechat software development Kit supports efficient coding. It also comes with Dialog's SmartSnippets™ software development environment, which is based on the Keil™ µVision tool.