Smart energy , connected home , industrial automation , etc.
Provides flexibility in connectivity , price, and performance tailored to real-world IoT use cases .

On March 2nd, Silicon Labs held a press conference at the InterContinental Hotel in Samseong-dong, Seoul, unveiling a family of SoCs designed to simplify the implementation of IoT connectivity. Daniel Cooley, vice president of marketing for Silicon Labs' IoT products business unit, moderated the event and introduced the multiprotocol wireless "Gecko SoC."

Before explaining the product, he said, “The IoT era will provide the building blocks for a more connected world,” including smart energy, connected homes, and industrial automation. It was revealed that it will be widely applied in logistics tracking, fitness and health.

“Connecting these diverse fields requires providing a balanced mix of protocols suited to the application,” said Silicon Labs, introducing a portfolio of multi-protocol system-on-chip (SoC) devices that provide IoT-friendly connectivity and flexibility in price/performance.

According to Silicon Labs, Wireless Gecko SoCs integrate ARM® Cortex®-M4 cores, energy-friendly Gecko technology, and cutting-edge hardware cryptography.

The Wireless Gecko portfolio is divided into three products tailored to real-world IoT use cases and common wireless protocols: the Blue Gecko family, optimized for Bluetooth Smart connectivity, and the Mighty Gecko family, featuring ZigBee® and Thread for mesh networks such as building automation. And there's the Felx Gecko family of products, which offer flexible protocol options for a variety of applications.

' Blue Gecko ' products with improved Bluetooth functionality , the largest market
Applicable to wearables , remote controls , baby monitors , etc.

Among these, the Blue Gecko family provides a transmit power of up to +19.5 dBm, the maximum allowed in the Bluetooth® Smart market, and is characterized by implementing application scalability, energy efficiency, security, and design simplicity.

Silicon Labs also offers solutions to support the design process to help engineers who are new to wireless development. SimplicityStudio™, a single-environment development platform for concurrent RF design, includes AppBuilder, which ensures software reuse across Wireless Gecko SoC-based designs while easily configuring wireless applications; Desktop Network Analyzer, which displays and debugs complete wireless network activity using the SoC packet trace port; and Energy Profiler, which helps developers minimize the energy consumption of their code and maximize battery life.

Meanwhile, the current IoT is mostly Bluetooth-based except for mesh networks such as building automation or logistics tracking. When asked if the company is focusing only on Blue Gecko products, Daniel Cooley said, “Of course, it is true that the Bluetooth market is growing, but eventually, hundreds of millions of devices that can be connected will form a mesh network.” He also predicted that “As communication changes from a one-way to a simultaneous communication environment, interoperability between devices, not just simple connectivity, will become important,” expressing his expectation that other products will also be sufficiently competitive.

The full video is available on TECH PREVIEW.