Smart trackers

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Smart trackers

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Overview

Our integrated circuits and reference designs help you create small, reliable and more efficient smart tracker systems that wirelessly track and communicate their location, as well as other valuable parameters.

Design requirements

Modern smart tracker systems require:

  • More efficient power and battery management with ultra-low standby for longer battery runtime.
  • Multi-parameter sensing to monitor the unit's environmental conditions, location and activity.
  • Multi-protocol connectivity that includes GPS, cellular, Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth® and NFC.

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Smart trackers

Smart Tracker Smart Tracker Input power protection Input power protection USB Current Limited Switch USB Current Limited Switch Charging Port Charging Port Energy storage Energy storage Battery Battery Battery Charger BatteryCharger Battery Guage BatteryGuage Wireless Charging Receiver Wireless ChargingReceiver Non-isolated DC/DC power supply Non-isolated DC/DC power supply LDOs LDOs Buck Converters BuckConverters Buck-Boost Converters Buck-BoostConverters Voltage Supervisor VoltageSupervisor Memory Memory RAM RAM Sensing Sensing Position / Motion Sensing MEMS Gyroscope Position / Motion Sensing MEMSGyroscope Temperature Sensing Temperature Sensing Humidity Sensing Humidity Sensing Digital processing Digital processing Logic Gates and Buffers Logic Gates and Buffers MUX and Switches MUX and Switches MCU MCU Wireless interface Wireless interface Antenna Antenna Wi-Fi Bluetooth BLE Wi-FiBluetoothBLE GPS Module GPSModule NFC NFC GPRS Module GPRSModule

Technical documentation

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Type Title Date
More literature RTLS asset tracking with SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® devices 26 Aug 2018
White paper A guide to SensorTag Hackathons: Resources 19 May 2016
Technical article Never lose your luggage again with a smart tracker design PDF | HTML 18 Aug 2023
Technical article With smart devices, bigger isn’t always better PDF | HTML 16 Jun 2023
Application note Haptic Implementation Considerations for Mobile and Wearable Devices (Rev. A) PDF | HTML 11 May 2022
Application note Improved Fast Charge Using the bq25120 Adjustible VBATREG, Charge Current, TS, 08 Aug 2016
Analog Design Journal Battery-charging considerations for low-power applications 02 May 2016
Analog Design Journal Methods of output-voltage adjustment for DC/DC converters 02 Jul 2019

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