“In recent years, as smart watches have been upgraded in terms of performance and functions, they have become popular among consumers. The smart watch solution based on NXP i.MX RT500 launched by the General Assembly World Peace, integrates a variety of mainstream functions, and can bring consumers an excellent smart wear experience.
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On December 22, 2021, Grand United Holdings, a leading semiconductor component distributor dedicated to the Asia-Pacific market, announced that its subsidiary World Peace has launched a smart watch solution based on the NXP (NXP) i.MX RT500 processor.
Figure 1-The Display board of the NXP product-based smart watch solution of the General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly
Affected by the epidemic, people are paying more and more attention to physical health monitoring, which brings new opportunities to the smart wearable market. According to the latest data report of CCS Insights, a market research organization, the overall shipments of wearable devices (smart watches, smart bracelets) in 2020 will be 193 million, a year-on-year increase of about 24%. Among them, smart watches have become the mainstream products on the wrist with 115 million shipments. In recent years, as smart watches have been upgraded in terms of performance and functions, they have become popular among consumers. The smart watch solution based on NXP i.MX RT500 launched by the General Assembly World Peace, integrates a variety of mainstream functions, and can bring consumers an excellent smart wear experience.
Figure 2-Block diagram of the smart watch solution based on NXP products of the General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly
The core of this solution is the NXP i.MX RT500 processor, which is equipped with two processing units, Cortex M33 and Cadence Fusion DSP, with a main frequency of up to 200MHz. In terms of memory, i.MX RT500 integrates up to 5MB of SRAM, which allows engineers to pre-store more graphic files on the internal memory to achieve a high-performance graphic display interface. Generally speaking, this situation requires extremely high power consumption. But this product improves the circuit structure, even in the case of large-capacity SRAM, it can maintain low power consumption.
Figure 3-Scenario application diagram of the NXP-based smart watch solution of the General Assembly Shiping
In terms of process, i.MX RT500 uses a 28nm FD-SOI depletion silicon-on-insulator process. The advantage of this process is that it can improve the processor’s main frequency performance while controlling power consumption as much as possible. To achieve a perfect balance between high performance and power consumption. In addition, this product also has rich interfaces of USB, SD, MIPI, and DMIC, which can realize flexible configuration. With the support of this device, this solution can not only help engineers design excellent products, but also shorten the product development cycle, making it stand out in the increasingly fierce market competition.
Core technical advantages:
NXP RT500 series:
• Provides a wide range of communication interface integration, using 28nm process technology, Arm CortexCM33 core, up to 5MB large-capacity SRAM, can provide up to 200MHz CPU performance;
• Support MIPI display output interface, the highest transmission rate can reach 895.1Mbps, the maximum support 1024*480 high-definition resolution;
• There is a 2.5D graphics accelerator inside, which supports graphics acceleration up to 640*480, and the measured display frame rate of the GUI interface can reach 50-60 frames;
Integrate a wealth of peripheral interfaces: 14 groups of freely configurable peripheral interfaces (USART, I2C, SPI, I2S), Octal/Quad SPI interface, HS-USB interface, eMMC interface, etc. In addition, RT500 also provides Fusion F1 DSP (200MHz), integrated music decoding function, and can support voice-related algorithms.
Scheme specifications:
Support MIPI display, with 1.78-inch 368*448 high-definition resolution AMOLED screen, to achieve 24-bit color depth and smooth display effect;
• Cooperate with Cywee motion algorithm to support motion monitoring;
• Support Bluetooth call and Bluetooth music playback;
• Support local music storage and playback;
• Support the monitoring of physiological indicators such as heart rate and blood oxygen;
• Support eMMC local music storage.
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