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Dialog Semiconductor Plc.: Dialog Semiconductor Provides Bluetooth(R) Connectivity for Pokémon GO Plus

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Dialog Semiconductor Plc.: Dialog Semiconductor Provides Bluetooth(R)
Connectivity for Pokémon GO Plus

27.09.2016 / 08:00
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Dialog Bluetooth(R) low energy success now extends to Real World Game
accessories as an eagerly awaited gaming accessory developed by The Pokémon
Company and Nintendo is launched following the unprecedented success of
Niantic's Real World Game - Pokémon GO

London United Kingdom, September 27, 2016- Dialog Semiconductor plc (XETRA:
DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC, solid state
lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth low energy technology, are proud to announce
that the recently launched Pokémon GO Plus features Dialog's DA14580
Bluetooth low energy solution allowing players of the hugely popular
Pokémon GO game to enjoy an enhanced gaming experience.

The Pokémon GO Plus is a small device that lets gamers play Pokémon GO
while on the move and not looking at their smartphone. The device connects
to a smartphone via Dialog's Bluetooth low energy and notifies users about
events in the game, such as the appearance of a nearby Pokémon using an LED
and vibration alert. Users are then able to interact with the game by
simply pressing a button. Pokémon GO is already proving hugely popular
around the world.

Dialog's SmartBond(TM) DA14580 Bluetooth low energy System-on-Chip (SoC)
with its embedded ARM(R) Cortex(R) M0 processor provides the core silicon
for The Pokémon Company and Nintendo's innovative device driving all of the
functionality for the Pokémon GO Plus. The complete system was realized
using Dialog's single-chip solution requiring only a crystal, minimal
passive components, a vibration motor, an LED and button. The result is a
high value, low cost, small form factor design that can be worn as an
accessory to the Pokémon GO app either on the wrist or as a clip-on device.

"The Pokémon Company and Nintendo's use of the DA14580 is a further
endorsement of the success of our SmartBond family," said Jalal Bagherli,
CEO Dialog Semiconductor. "The low power operation along with the small
size and low number of external components was critical to Nintendo's
selection process enabling the device to be powered from a standard coin
cell battery without compromising on valuable game time," added Bagherli.