Samsung has introduced its next-generation Galaxy SmartTag2 trackable, which is powered by the ultra-low-power Atmosic ATM3325 system-on-chip — delivering, Atmosic claims, a 43 p.c discount in energy consumption in comparison with the corporate’s first-generation Galaxy SmartTag.
“Atmosic’s SoC helps Samsung to supply an prolonged battery life in our newest SmartTag2,” says Samsung Electronics’ Jaeyeon Jung, head of the corporate’s SmartThings division. “With Atmosic’s revolutionary know-how, we’re capable of enhance our environmental affect in addition to our buyer expertise by means of prolonged battery life.”
Samsung has launched its second-generation tracker tag, the Galaxy SmartTag2, with double the battery life. (📷: Samsung)
Samsung launched the unique Galaxy SmartTag tracker again in January 2021, utilizing a mixture of Bluetooth Low Vitality (BLE) and Extremely-Wideband (UWB) connectivity to trace the placement of units to which it is connected. A built-in button gave the tags a second function, as programmable distant controls for Samsung SmartThings-compatible sensible dwelling programs.
The SmartTag2, unveiled this month, brings a spread of latest options together with an improved compass view when paired with UWB-capable Galaxy smartphones, a brand new Misplaced Mode wherein information loaded onto the tag might be learn over a Close to-Area Communication (NFC) hyperlink, and improved energy saving. This latter function, Samsung says, {couples} with the lowered lively energy draw of the Atmosic ATM3325 to push long-term monitoring capabilities to 700 days — twice that of the first-generation model.
The brand new trackers are based mostly on ATmosic’s ATM33 collection of ultra-low-power BLE-capable systems-on-chips. (📷: Atmosic)
Atmosic launched the ATM33 collection of ultra-low-power systems-on-chips again in January final yr, providing a single-core Arm Corex-M33F processor working at as much as 64MHz, 128kB of RAM, 512kB of non-volatile storage, and as much as 64kB of ROM, plus a Bluetooth 5.3 Low Vitality (BLE) radio. The launch-model ATM3330 was joined by the ATM3330e, which built-in energy-harvesting capabilities to extend battery life nonetheless additional — providing as much as 5 instances the runtime of its opponents, the corporate claimed on the time.
The Galaxy SmartTag2 is now accessible, priced at $29.99, on the Samsung webshop.
