Silicon Labs Releases New Bluetooth® Software for the Wireless Gecko Portfolio
January 28, 2019 at 01:05 pm
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Silicon Labs released new Bluetooth® software for the Wireless Gecko portfolio, the most comprehensive connectivity solution for the Internet of Things (IoT). Silicon Labs' commercial, industrial and retail customers can enhance their location-based services, such as indoor navigation, asset tracking, space utilization and point-of-interest engagement, using the direction finding feature added to Bluetooth in version 5.1 of the Bluetooth Core Specification. The new feature supports multiple methods for determining signal direction including angle-of-arrival (AoA) and angle-of-departure (AoD), and Silicon Labs' implementation of the new Bluetooth feature enables detection of signal direction within 5 degrees. To date, Bluetooth asset tracking and indoor positioning solutions have typically provided location accuracy within a range of 3-4 meters. With the Silicon Labs Bluetooth 5.1 solution, developers can create products that improve location accuracy down to the sub-1-meter level, opening the door to applications previously not possible. In addition to improved location services, Bluetooth 5.1 also helps developers: Reduce power consumption with sleep clock accuracy updates; Improve smart home connection performance using GATT caching functionality and Optimize beaconing for Bluetooth mesh in crowded RF environments with the advertisement channel index feature.
Silicon Laboratories Inc. is engaged in secure, intelligent wireless technology. The Companyâs integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, ecosystem, and support help customers build advanced industrial, commercial, home, and life applications. It enables developers to solve complex wireless challenges throughout the product lifecycle. Its platform, purpose-built for the Internet of Things (IoT), helps customers create secure, intelligent, connected devices. Its semiconductor devices leverage standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), a widely available process technology. It provides analog-intensive, mixed-signal solutions for use in a variety of electronic products in a range of applications for the IoT. It has built a wireless development platform and product portfolio for the IoT based on Bluetooth, sub-GHz technologies, Wi - SUN, Thread, Wi-Fi, Zigbee and Z-Wave. The Company offers wireless microcontrollers and sensor products.