Bluetooth Special Interest Group sees tech opening up new markets.
Low energy Bluetooth is the hallmark of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0. The SIG says many markets such as healthcare, sports and fitness, security, and home entertainment will be enhanced with the availability ofnew coin-cell battery powered wireless products.
“With today’s announcement the race is on for product designers to be the first to market,” said Michael Foley, executive director, Bluetooth SIG. “Bluetooth low energy modules for all sorts of new products may now be qualified – this is an important step towards our goal of enabling new markets with Bluetooth wireless technology.”
Bluetooth low energy features:
· Ultra-low peak, average and idle mode power consumption
· Ability to run for years on standard coin-cell batteries
· Low cost
· Multi-vendor interoperability
· Enhanced range
This enhancement allows two types of implementation, dual-mode and single-mode. In a dual-mode implementation, Bluetooth low energy functionality is integrated into an existing classic Bluetooth controller.
Single-mode chips will feature a lightweight Link Layer providing ultra-low power idle mode operation, simple device discovery, and reliable point-to-multipoint data transfer.
Advertisement
