Apple announced the launch of the latest "Find My" feature, gradually allowing other manufacturers' products to use this feature to find lost property, that is, third-party products can launch a private and secure find function through the "Find My" network of hundreds of millions of Apple products, and users can retrieve items. Everything is completely anonymous and protected by peer-to-peer encryption, so no one can view the location or information of the device, even Apple and third-party manufacturers.
Whether it is hardware or software, every time Apple opens a new entrance to its own ecology to a third party, it will have an impact on the industry. This action will affect the third-party peripheral manufacturers, the first batch of announced support products, both anti-loss positioners, but also Bluetooth headsets, but also the emergence of electric bicycles.
Apple announced the "Work with Apple Find My" plan, interested manufacturers are not a few, for manufacturers, this is a new door opened by Apple, each time the establishment and opening of new standards, it means a piece of uncultivated land, it is possible to recreate several third-party factories such as Belkin or Anker, creating some new industry opportunities, while bringing more convenience and more choices to users.
Lenz Technology has many Bluetooth product solutions that use the Find My function. Find My function practical application scenarios: children's watches, car keys, pet collars, anti-lost shoes, smart crutches, anti-loss school bags, wallets, card bags.
The ST17H6x chip is used in Apple's Find My app
ST17H6x chip features
Support for Find My Network
Built-in 64 KB SRAM, 96 KB ROM storage, and support for multiple external SPI, PWM, DMA, UART
Supports SIG-Mesh, supports multiple nodes Friend, LowPower, Proxy, Relay
Perfect security mechanism: hardware encryption based on AES-128 algorithm, hardware accelerator supporting encryption algorithm
Rich communication interfaces and GPIO pins can support a variety of scenarios and complex applications
Average power consumption for ST17H6x multi-scenario applications