InPlay Inc.

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Wireless silicon powering the next wave of IIoT innovation

We developed NanoBeacon™ Technology to address an unmet need in the RFID market. Active RFID solutions provide a number of additional benefits when compared to their passive counterparts such as longer-range support and enhanced functionality such as being able to send out sensor measurements and data points.

The problem with the Bluetooth-based active RFID systems currently available in the market is two-fold:

• High cost: active RFID solutions available are too cost-prohibitive to be a feasible replacement for passive RFID solutions. This applies not only to the chipset cost but also to the development and manufacturing costs.
• High complexity: active RFID solutions available are too complex and overkill for their purpose.

We decided to take on this challenge and address the need by designing an ultra-low cost and programming-free Bluetooth-based solution from the ground up. We designed a solution that’s primarily focused on solving these two challenges and named this SoC family: the NanoBeacon™ Family.

Brands: NanoBeacon™: the world’s smallest, no firmware required Bluetooth beacon. SMULL™: patented multi-mode, ultra-low latency wireless enabling extreme AR/VR experience.”

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• InPlay Launches World’s Smallest and Software-programming-free Bluetooth Low Energy SoC (Sep 05, 2021)

  Irvine CA, Oct 25, 2020 / PR Newswire/ -- InPlay Inc. has launched the world's smallest software-programming-free Bluetooth beacon product IN100 based on its NanoBeacon^TM technology. The product is a software-programming-free SoC that will significantly lower the technical barriers, allowing any developer to easily build their own wireless applications without worrying about learning the complex Bluetooth protocol stack and embedded software development. This SoC, with a package size as small as 2.5mm x 2.0mm, is the ideal solution for enabling next generation active RFID or wireless sensor applications.

                                                                                                                         

  The developer simply configures the predefined ID and advertising parameters in the IN100's One-Time Programming (OTP) memory, and as soon as the device is powered on, it runs as a Bluetooth advertiser and broadcasts with the specified ID information.

  The IN100 also supports various types of sensor interfaces, including analog and digital sensor interfaces. Developers can easily connect the IN100 to a sensor, configure its threshold, and once the threshold is reached, wirelessly publish alerts or raw sensor data information via its Bluetooth air interface.

  Other key features of IN100 are:

  • Ultra-low power consumption
    • Avg. 1.4uA @ 10s as advertising interval
    • Avg. 650nA @ 1min as advertising interval

  • The Adv. data payload can be configured dynamically with an external MCU via UART interface.
  • Enhanced Security  

  • Authentication of Advertiser’s ID
  • Privacy of adv payload

  • 1-wire bus for I/O and space constrained applications

  • Built-in ultra-low leakage load switches
  • Wide operating voltage range (suitable for all types of batteries)

  • 1.1V~3.6V

  “As the first chipset in the NanoBeacon^TM technology family, IN100 brings a new design option for wireless IoT application developers with its excellent RF performance, software-programming-free, and ultra-low power consumption features, which will lead the next trend in wireless connectivity technology, expanding the use of Bluetooth technology in the Industrial Internet of Things by directly or indirectly targeting software developers at all levels." said Jason Wu, co-founder and CEO of InPlay Inc.

  The IN100 SoC is available in DFN8 (2.5mmx2.0mm) and QFN20 (3mmx3mm) packages. Samples are available now, with mass production expected in the first quarter of 2021.

  About InPlay

  InPlay Inc is a fabless semiconductor company whose mission is to provide highly scalable, low-latency, low-power wireless communications technologies that unlock the vast potential of the VR/AR, healthcare and wireless industrial IoT markets. The company was founded by a group of wireless engineers experienced in wireless and mobile communication systems with unique technologies in RF, analog mixed-signal circuits and low-power circuit design. InPlay has a research and development team in Irvine, California, with operations and business development in both the United States and China.

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