With an objective to be at the helm, Texas Instruments emerges to offer eminently enhanced dual-mode and single-mode Bluetooth low energy solutions. This time, the company has very recently annunciated that it has qualified a Bluetooth low energy wireless technology controller on TI’s highly-integrated BlueLink 7.0 (BL6450-L) solution. This has been possible with the help of Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0 by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.
Additionally, the company will offer Bluetooth low energy support for its CC254x line of single-mode, low-power RF products. To notify, low energy support looms in as the very next step in the Bluetooth wireless technology evolution. Paying heed to such aspects, by merely actuating a fraction of the power will significantly change how users employ Bluetooth technology, thereby aggrandizing current ecosystems and creating opportunities for new use cases.
“TI is an active participant in the Bluetooth SIG, and continues to make contributions to the Bluetooth Core Specification to extend the low energy ecosystem,” stated Michael Foley, executive director, Bluetooth SIG. “We are pleased to see TI qualify its Bluetooth low energy controller, as this reinforces TI’s commitment to this marketplace and to realizing the full potential of dual- and single-mode devices.”
Furthermore, the entire understanding of utilizing lower power emerges to be important in the evolving mobile device market, where phones along with other portable solutions have multiple modes of connectivity. Moreover, users can connect a Bluetooth low energy device and send the data from the device via standard Bluetooth connection to an existing mobile device that functions as a personal gateway, particularly with dual mode support. This access sets the stage for the wireless personal area network revolution, where devices can connect seamlessly using the handset as a hub.
It is believed that with this connection point, users can as easy as falling off a log take in the Internet to transmit information from sensors to users and devices, they decide upon ranging from fitness to medical to entertainment.
