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Bluetooth Driving the IoT

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Bluetooth has become ubiquitous in our lives, revolutionizing the way we do everything from listening to music to starting our cars. Click through this interactive infographic to learn how Bluetooth is driving the expansion of the IoT and how design teams are fast-tracking their most robust Bluetooth applications.

Bluetooth Top Trends

The Future of Bluetooth

Bluetooth Mesh Networking

Bluetooth 5

Explore Bluetooth Technology

Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth BR/EDR

Bluetooth 5

Bluetooth Mesh

Beaconing

Bluetooth Low Energy

Ideal for IoT applications that don’t require continuous connection

Bluetooth Low Energy is designed to use short bursts of longer-range radio connection, making it ideal for Internet of Things (IoT) applications that don’t require continuous connection. These apps can often run on just one coin cell and still have a relatively long battery life.

Getting Started with Bluetooth

With Bluetooth SoCs, certified modules and software from Silicon Labs, it’s easy for developers to add Bluetooth® 5 or Bluetooth mesh connectivity into everything from consumer electronics and beacons to smart home and industrial applications. Kits are all available with extended same day shipping.

A Silicon Labs Bluetooth Solution for Every Customer

SOC

Bluetooth Xpress Module

Module

Serves full range of use cases

Optimized for a few common use cases

Zero programming Pre-certified

Software development required Certification necessary

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Bluetooth Kit for EFR32™ Blue Gecko Modules | SLWSTK6101C

Bluetooth Kit for EFR32™ Blue Gecko SoCs | SLWSTK6020B

Bluetooth Xpress Evaluation Kit | SLEXP8027A BGX13P

Thunderboard Sense 2 IoT Development Kit SLTB004A

Bluetooth In Action – Featured IoT Heroes

Andrea Perdomo,

co-founder of Revolar

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Design flexibility

Time-to-Market

The Future of Bluetooth

Nearly 4 billion Bluetooth devices are forecast to ship in 2018 alone, positioning Bluetooth technology as a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT).

Bluetooth Mesh Networking will extend ubiquitous Bluetooth connectivity.

Bluetooth Mesh Networking

Bluetooth 5 proves to be the most significant update to the Bluetooth specification since BLE.

Bluetooth 5

Bluetooth Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate (BR/EDR) is typically used for relatively short-range, continuous wireless connection such as streaming audio to headsets. Both Version 2.0 and 2.1 support EDR, a faster PSK modulation scheme capable of transmitting data two or three times faster than previous versions of Bluetooth.

Add streaming and wireless audio to devices with point-to-point Bluetooth connectivity

Bluetooth BR/EDR

Bluetooth 5 is the most significant update to the Bluetooth specification since the introduction of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). With 4x range, 2x speed and 8x broadcasting message capacity, the enhancements of Bluetooth 5 focus on increasing the functionality of Bluetooth for the IoT.

Bluetooth 5 Delivers 4x Range, 2x Speed and 8x Broadcasting Message Capacity

Bluetooth 5

Bluetooth beacons enable “proximity-aware applications.” End customers benefit through tailored offerings based on where they are. Businesses benefit through improved visibility into customer buying habits. And industrial companies benefit through improved asset monitoring and utilization.

With Bluetooth Beacons, the Possibilities Are Endless

Beaconing

Mesh networking is a new topology available for Bluetooth Low Energy devices that enables many-to-many (m:m) communications. It's optimized for creating large-scale node networks and is ideally suited for building automation, sensor networks, and asset tracking solutions.

Bluetooth Mesh Networking Extends Ubiquitous Bluetooth Connectivity

Bluetooth Mesh

Bluetooth Kit for EFR32™ Blue Gecko Modules | SLWSTK6101C

Bluetooth Kit for EFR32™ Blue Gecko SoCs | SLWSTK6020B

Thunderboard Sense 2 IoT Development Kit SLTB004A

Bluetooth Kit for EFR32™ Blue Gecko Modules | SLWSTK6101C

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View datasheets, stock and pricing, or find other RF/Wireless Development Boards and Kits.

Bluetooth Kit for EFR32™ Blue Gecko SoCs | SLWSTK6020B

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View datasheets, stock and pricing, or find other RF/Wireless Development Boards and Kits.

Thunderboard Sense 2 IoT Development Kit SLTB004A

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View datasheets, stock and pricing, or find other RF/Wireless Development Boards and Kits.

Bluteooth Xpress Evalution Kit | SLEXP8027A BGX13P

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Eli Lazar,

co-founder of Snooz

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Sleep-enthusiast Eli Lazar, co-founder of Snooz, a start-up company that created a white noise sleep machine that strives to turn people’s bedrooms into a sleep haven, gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the product came about, and how he and his partner successfully brought the Snooz machine to market.

Snooz: Moves Air to Lull People to Sleep

Kevin Langdon,

co-founder and CTO of Play Impossible

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Play Impossible has reinvented the ball by connecting it to phones and tablets while maintaining the look and feel of a ball found on any gymnasium floor. Play Impossible’s Gameball won first place at the Last Gadget Standing competition at CES and is capturing the hands and minds of kids.

Play Impossible: Puts a New Spin on Playtime

Brad Zdroik,

founder of Deep Freeze Fishing

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Deep Freeze Fishing is a leader in emerging IoT development in the outdoor sports market. The company’s innovative products help fishermen and women avoid the cold when ice fishing by providing an alert system for their lines, freeing them to monitor catches from afar.

Deep Freeze Fishing: Taking Customers out of the Cold

The Silicon Labs Advantage

Expertise

20+ years providing RF solutions with more than 750 million deployed wireless nodes

Flexibility

The widest range of solution offerings from certified modules to multiprotocol SoCs

Cost Savings

Simplify PCB design and reduce wireless-subsystem size and cost by up to 40%

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