Research firm IDC has released its report on the global wearables market for the third quarter of 2021. Global shipments of such equipment increased 9.9% year-over-year to 138.4 million units during the quarter. Among them, the shipment of headphone products (including TWS true wireless headphones) increased by 26.5%.
Statistics show that shipments of smart watch products in the third quarter surpassed smart bracelets for the first time to become the second most popular category among wearable devices, with a growth of 4.3% in the third quarter. Experts say that consumers are hungry for more powerful features, so demand is gradually shifting to watch products. The number of smartwatches now selling for less than $100 is comparable to that of bracelets, and entry-level products are growing significantly in India.
By brand, Apple is far ahead in wearable device shipments, although Apple Watch shipments fell by 35.5%, but overall still ranked first. In the third quarter of 2021, Apple's wearable devices shipped 39.8 million units, accounting for 28.8% of the market, thanks to the hot sales of the AirPods series of true wireless headphones; Samsung ranked second, with 12.7 million wearable device shipments; Xiaomi tied for second place with Samsung, with shipments of 12.7 million units; Huawei ranked fourth, shipping 10.9 million units
Lenz Technology Bluetooth BLE5.2 smart watch solution
Lenz Technology launched the latest Bluetooth BLE5.2 smart watch program, the Bluetooth solution uses the latest Bluetooth BLE5.2 chip ST17H65 of Lenz Technology, the watch can be connected with the mobile phone or tablet computer through Bluetooth, to obtain mobile phone weather, information, telephone, etc., the watch can also transmit the monitored exercise and heart rate data to the mobile phone in real time, and provide users with real-time health information, so that users can face life and work with a positive and considerable attitude.
Bluetooth smart watch program features
1. Application notifications
The application notification function in the development of the Bluetooth smart watch APP refers to the fact that the watch can remind calls, text messages and three-party application notifications. Prevent users from missing any important piece of information.
2. Exercise data and heart rate data
Motion data and heart rate data functions are features that every Bluetooth smart watch comes with. Users can record the number of steps walked, distance, heart rate, calorie burn and other information through this. After this information is recorded, it can be fed back to the phone. Help users better understand their physical condition.
3. Weather management
Bluetooth smart watches can provide a change of weather function. Moreover, it will automatically locate the city and do a good job of early warning weather reminders.
4. Watch alarm clock
The watch alarm clock function means that when the user uses the smart watch, he can set multiple sets of alarm clocks on the APP, and when it comes to a specific time, the watch will vibrate. Users can turn off the alarm by simply touching the video with their hand.
5. Bluetooth positioning
Bluetooth real-time positioning. In addition, there is a one-key alarm function, which can play a guarantee role for users, especially minors.
ST17H65 Bluetooth BLE5.2 chip parameters
ST17H65 Bluetooth BLE5.2 chip is the latest Bluetooth BLE chip launched by Lenz Technology, with 512KB Flash + (96KB ROM) + 64KB SRAM, the Bluetooth protocol stack is cured, and no longer occupies Flash space. 64KB of SRAM, partitioned to save more user data while in standby, can set up large-capacity buffers, and supports more complex functions. Mesh ad hoc networking applications that comply with the SIG specification. Includes the control of multiple nodes, as well as the simultaneous operation of one master and multiple slaves.
The ST17H65 has 23 x GPIO, 6 x PWM, -103dBm @BLE 125Kbps, -97dBm@BLE 1Mbps. Single-ended antenna output, can be no matching circuit. Support antenna matrix switching, support external LNA signal amplification.
The biggest advantage is the reduced power consumption. The previous generation of Bluetooth receives peak current >13mA; The MCU consumes ~0.5mA/MHz; the average current in low-power mode >40uA. The new Bluetooth receives a peak current of 4.7mA, and the power consumption of the MCU <60uA/MHz. The average current in low-power mode can be reduced to 20uA to 30uA. BLE5's broadcast packets are more flexible, containing up to 200Bytes of data, compared to 32Bytes in BLE4. The transmission rate is faster, BLE5 can reach 20~30KB/s; BLE4 is generally 4~5KB/s.
Lenz Technology has independent research and development of radio frequency and Bluetooth low energy BLE5.2 chip and has global intellectual property rights, for the AIoT Internet of Things field and individual consumers, to provide Bluetooth master control fully integrated chip "hardware and software commonality" solution and core devices, supporting a full range of APP software platform custom development. The designed Bluetooth chip solution is applied to smart wearable devices, Bluetooth indoor navigation, smart home, medical health, sports construction, data transmission, remote control, personal peripherals and AIoT Internet of Things and other scenarios.
The latest Bluetooth chip ST17H66 (SOP16) equipped with a high-performance and low-power 32-bit processor supports BluetoothLE®and SIG MESH multifunctional Bluetooth 5.2.
Key parameters:
256 KB of system flash memory
64KB SRAM, all data is maintained constantly in sleep mode
2.4 GHz transceiver
Bluetooth Low Energy
Bluetooth Mesh
-20dBm to +10dBm transmit power
Receive current: 8mA
Transmit current: 8.6mA
0.3uA@sleep(IO wake up only)
AoA/AoD azimuth determination
AES-128 hardware encryption
PDM/I2C/SPI/UART/PWM/DMA