NanoBeacon™ Technology

Redefining Bluetooth Beacons

The NanoBeacon™ chipset family is the first of its kind SoC family that is set to redefine Bluetooth beacons, with a focus on beacons, active RFID, and wireless sensor applications.

Its main highlights are:

Ultra-low power and ultra-low cost.
Programming-free interface: fully configurable via an easy-to-use desktop application, allowing you to focus on building your applications and a faster time-to-market.
Wide range of supported sensor interface protocols.
Support for iBeacon, Eddystone, and custom beacon formats.

Programming-free design

NanoBeacon™ features a novel protocol implemented directly into its circuitry, eliminating the need for programming. Simply configure and use via a provided desktop application that allows you to fully customize your application.

A Variety of Sensor Interfaces

NanoBeacon™ supports a wide variety of connectivity interfaces including I2C, ADC, 1-wire, and GPIO. So you can be sure that the most common sensors are supported.

Boundless IIoT Applications

NanoBeacon is perfect for a wide variety of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications, including asset management, smart label, active RFID, smart sensors, and smart healthcare, just to name a few!

IN100 NanoBeacon™ SoC

The IN100 is the first of the NanoBeacon family and is InPlay’s breakthrough SoC that will redefine the future of IIoT applications.

IN100 integrates with the latest Bluetooth 5.3 technology and features a firmware-less design, allowing you to focus on what matters most: building and scaling your wireless applications.

Easily connect NanoBeacon to analog or digital sensors, and transmit data over Bluetooth in true real-time wireless communication.

Winner of RFID Journal’s 2023 Best New Product Award

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“InPlay’s BLE technology is designed to allow easy setup of a real-time location system with markers that would cost a few dollars and could be interrogated by a gateway, tablet or smartphone from hundreds of meters away.”

— RFID Journal

Core Features

Bluetooth® 5.3 compliant
2.4GHz RF frequency band, MedRadio band (2.36GHz)
Programming-free and firmware-less design
Long-range transmission: up to several hundred meters
Ultra-low cost
Ultra-low power consumption
- Sub-uW power consumption for multi-year operation on a tiny battery
- Sleep current: 650nA (with RC on)

Wide operating voltage range: 1.1V ~ 3.6V
- Single 1.5V coin battery support
Enhanced security
- Authentication of beacon ID
- Privacy of advertising payload
Memory: 4 KB SRAM + 4 Kb OTP memory
Package: DFN8 2.5x2.5x0.55mm ; QFN18 3x3x0.55mm; WLCSP 1.1x2.0x0.35mm
Operation Temperature: -40C ~ 125C