The Lowest Power Programmable Sensor Hub

75µW Active Power Consumption

Greatly Increased Performance

As sensor-based applications become more prevalent in the daily use of smartphones and wearable devices, sensor hubs will need increasing ability to store sensor data, store and run SenseMe™ algorithms and execute those functions quicker. The ArcticLink® 3 S2 is designed with those requirements specifically in mind — that's why it has 400% greater computational performance, 400% more algorithm capacity and 800% more sensor data buffer memory.

Even with greatly increased performance, we continue to pay special attention to delivering the lowest power consumption possible. The S2's active power consumption is as low as 68μA (LP version), ensuring the sensor sub-system consumes less than 2% of system battery resources, a key metric for enabling always-on context awareness.

Multiple Product Options

The ArcticLink 3 S2 is available in standard and low power variants, allowing system designers to choose the best balance of power and price.

The standard ArcticLink 3 S2 is a cost effective ultra-low power sensor hub, delivering always-on always-aware context awareness with an active power consumption of 93μA at 1.2V.

The ArcticLink 3 S2 LP is the worlds lowest power programmable sensor hub offering all the functions and features of standard ArcticLink 3 S2 at minuscule 76μA at 1.2V or 68μA at 1.1V.

Introducing the ArcticLink 3 S2

Ultra-low Power Sensor Hub for Smartphones and Wearables

Fully Backwards and Forwards Compatible

The ArcticLink 3 S2 is fully compatible with the ArcticLink 3 S1. The devices are pin-compatible, and all sensor algorithms and technologies developed on the S1 through our IDE are fully forwards-compatible to the S2.

Integrated Programmable Fabric

The ArcticLink 3 S2 contains programmable fabric designed for low power implementation of smartphone and wearable-specific technologies such as IrDA Remote Control, Barcode Transmission, PWM control of display brightness and LEDs.

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IrDA Barcode Transmitter

IR TV Remote Control

Service LED Driver

Customer Specific Technologies

Supports All Commonly Used Sensor Types

Gyroscope

Magnetometer

Accelerometer

Pressure

Humidity

Ambient Light

Proximity

Gesture

Heart Rate

Temperature

Gas

The ArcticLink 3 S2 is designed to support up to 12 sensors simultaneously. Have a project where you need to integrate an accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, pressure, temperature, humidity, ambient light, gesture, proximity and heart rate monitor sensors? We have you covered with our qualified vendor list (QVL).

OS Support

The ArcticLink 3 S2 CSSP Sensor Hub is fully compatible with the Android OS and RTOS-based systems. QuickLogic provides standard Android driver libraries to allow for quick integration into an OEM system.

Sensor Hub Architecture

Programmable Fabric
Allows implementation of additional technologies on the sensor hub to eliminate discrete components, lessen PCB space requirements, and lower BOM cost Supports sensor hub-based implementations of such technologies as IR remote control, PWM control of display brightness or LEDs, IrDA bar code transmission, and others

Communication Manager
Communicates with host applications processor/MCU through hard-wired SPI interface

Second Generation Flexible Fusion Engine (patent pending)
CISC-based ALU core for optimal combination of processing performance and power consumption In-system reconfigurable for use in different context and applications Four times the computational performance of previous generation Four times the on-board algorithm capacity of previous generation

Sensor Manager
Autonomous initialization, sampling, and calibration of sensors through hard-wire I²C Master eliminates AP/MCU load and lessens overhead 8KB of sensor data memory – support for up to 2000 individual time-stamped events Supports up to 12 physical sensors concurrently, including out-of-the-box support for accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, pressure, ambient light, proximity, gesture, temperature, humidity, and heart rate monitor sensors Manufacturer-agnostic; support for all commonly-used sensor manufacturers

Sensor Manager

Autonomous initialization, sampling, and calibration of sensors through hard-wire I²C Master eliminates AP/MCU load and lessens overhead
8KB of sensor data memory – support for up to 2000 individual time-stamped events
Supports up to 12 physical sensors concurrently, including out-of-the-box support for accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, pressure, ambient light, proximity, gesture, temperature, humidity, and heart rate monitor sensors
Manufacturer-agnostic; support for all commonly-used sensor manufacturers

Integrated Development Environment

Software, sensor and sensor algorithm engineers can customize the functionality of the ArcticLink 3 S2 through QuickLogic’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Development Board. The IDE, called the Flexible Fusion Engine Algorithm Tool (FFEAT), enables engineers to:

Quickly and easily develop code and algorithms
Compile to the ArcticLink 3 S2 ultra-low power sensor hub architecture
Simulate results accurate to the clock cycle
Perform real-time hardware debug

FFEAT is specifically tailored for engineers familiar with sensor algorithms and software, these tools speed time-to-market by providing an abstraction layer between the sensor algorithms and software (typically expressed in a C-like language) and the hardware implementation. The IDE and Development boards supports algorithm development and real-time board-level debugging, and can be used to port internally-developed or properly-licensed 3rd party sensor algorithms to the sensor hub.

For access to FFEAT, contact QuickLogic.

Sensor Development Boards

QuickLogic’s S2 Sensor Hub Development Boards complement FFEAT by providing a proven hardware platform for sensor hub hardware development, testing, and debugging. The boards were designed with platform flexibility in mind, supporting connectivity to host systems in a variety of ways, including PC or Smartphone via USB. The boards also have flexible connectors that can be used to connect 3rd party sensor boards for easy sensor bring-up, algorithm development and hardware debug.

Product Table

Product	ArcticLink 3 S2
Embedded PSBs	Flexible Fusion Engine, Sensor Manager, Communication Manager
Logic Cells	1,019
RAM Module Size	64KB
I/O Flip-flops	164
Flip-flops	1,019
Max Gates	175,000
Max GPIOs	18
Core Voltage	1.2V
I/O Voltages	1.8V, 2.5V, and/or 3.3V
Pin Count	30
Package	WLCSP
Pitch (Ball/Lead)	0.4mm
Package Dimensions	2.19mm x 2.47mm
MSL	1

Ideal for Smartphones

The ArcticLink 3 S2 Sensor Hub CSSP is ideal for smartphones where sensor algorithm and subsystem management is paramount to a great user experience, with either off-the-shelf or OEM-developed sensor algorithms

Ideal for Wearable Devices

The ArcticLink 3 S2 Sensor Hub CSSP is ideal for wearable devices where sensor management, gesture and context recognition must be performed at the lowest power possible

Documentation

Solution Platform Brief
- ArcticLink 3 S2 Solution Platform Brief