{"id":4651,"date":"2015-05-01T07:18:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T07:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4651"},"modified":"2015-05-01T07:18:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T07:18:05","slug":"linked-apple-watch-insides-pcb-details-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/05\/01\/linked-apple-watch-insides-pcb-details-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Apple Watch Insides \/ PCB Details Revealed&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abiresearch.com\/press\/apple-watch-insides-pcb-details-revealed-for-the-f\/\">via ABI Research<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>Deconstructing the new Apple watch is not a game for amateurs. ABI Research\u2019s TeardownIQ reveals a design centered on a custom Apple Processor (APL 0778) but includes Broadcom (BCM43342), Dialog PMU, NXP (NFC controller), and AMS (NFC booster) connectivity, IDT wireless charger receiver, Elpida RAM, SanDisk \/ Toshiba Flash memory, STM sensors, and a couple ADI capacitive touch solutions.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Apple Watch that has supposedly been in development for at least 4 years is insanely compact. This is seriously cutting edge miniaturization in the consumer category. DARPA aside, this technology for $350 is a steal and what if, the 4 years of development was really just Apple waiting for component sizes to shrink enough to fit into what they considered to be the perfect watch sizes. Putting this much tech in a 38mm watch simply wasn\u2019t possible 24 months ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via ABI Research: Deconstructing the new Apple watch is not a game for amateurs. ABI Research\u2019s TeardownIQ reveals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:30:46Z","apple_news_api_id":"1d48cc21-91c5-4ab2-9885-212b9895814e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:30:46Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AHUjMIZHFSrKYhSErmJWBTg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1d1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5799,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/06\/20\/linked-did-the-march-apple-event-deliver-for-apple-watch-owners\/","url_meta":{"origin":4651,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Did the March Apple event deliver for Apple Watch owners?&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via WatchAware: I do still very much love my Apple Watch, and remain hopeful that Apple has some plans to reveal soon that will renew general excitement about this product. 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Some observations from a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5067,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/12\/linked-how-to-wear-your-apple-watch-247\/","url_meta":{"origin":4651,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;How to Wear Your Apple Watch 24\/7&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Watch Aware: David Smith has released a new native Apple Watch app called Sleep++, an app that uses the Apple Watch to track your sleep. While the app idea is interesting, Smith decided he wanted to figure out a way to charge his Watch quickly during the day so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5315,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/06\/linked-apple-leaks-new-space-black-milanese-loop\/","url_meta":{"origin":4651,"position":3},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Apple leaks new Space Black Milanese Loop&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via 9to5mac: Apple is readying the launch of a brand new Apple Watch band, a 42 mm Space Black Milanese Loop, suitable for Space Black steel watches. Third-party aftermarket black Milanese loops have been on sale for a while, but this is Apple official \u2014 assumedly matching their Space Black\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Apple Watch Space Black + Milanese Loop","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7794\/18156987842_1d25df5cc7_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7794\/18156987842_1d25df5cc7_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7794\/18156987842_1d25df5cc7_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5854,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/06\/29\/linked-my-flawed-apple-watch-has-become-a-necessity\/","url_meta":{"origin":4651,"position":4},"title":"Linked: &#8220;My flawed Apple Watch has become a necessity&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via DeSouzaDigest: Yet, despite all these complaints, the benefits far outweigh the faults. It is a device that has ever-so gradually integrated itself into my daily routine, so much so that I have re-thought what I say to people who are considering buying one: 'No one needs an Apple Watch',\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5352,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/30\/linked-heres-what-will-make-me-wear-my-apple-watch-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":4651,"position":5},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Here&#8217;s What Will Make Me Wear My Apple Watch Again&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Watch Aware: What\u2019s that? You didn\u2019t know? Yup, I\u2019ve recently stopped wearing my Apple Watch. Lots of Pro-Apple bloggers have admitted that they don\u2019t wear the Apple Watch anymore. 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