SensorTag kit jump-starts Bluetooth low energy smartphone app development in minutes
The kit features a downloadable SensorTag App, sample applications, and requires no hardware software expertise.
TI has integrated six sensors in the kit to enable countless applications such as health and fitness, educational tools, toys and remote controls, and mobile phone accessories that can be controlled by a consumer’s smartphone, tablet or laptop.
Development is quick and simple. Developers unpack the SensorTag, download the free app to a smartphone, select a sample application, and demo an app in minutes using the SensorTag’s sensors. This gives developers a viable starting point to making a smartphone ‘appcessory’ prototype quickly using the CC2541 Bluetooth low energy system-on-chip (SoC). The CC2541 is supported by TI’s royalty-free BLE-Stack software, technical documents, reference designs and the TI E2E connectivity support community. An appcessory is a gadget that uses smartphone apps for control and monitoring.
The SensorTag kit is currently aimed at iOS-based applications. The iOS SensorTag App used in the evaluation process can be downloaded for free here. TI plans to provide SensorTag Apps and support for Android and Windows 8 as more Bluetooth low energy-enabled devices roll-out.
The SensorTag integrates six MEMS sensors from third parties including InvenSense (gyroscope), Kionix (accelerometer), Sensirion (humidity and temperature), TDK (barometer) as well as a magnetometer and TI’s IR temperature sensor (TMP006). Additionally, several application developers have used the SensorTag to already deliver appcessories to market including Ace Sensor, Inc. and Byte Works, Inc.
The CC2541-based SensorTag kit complements TI’s Bluetooth offering as TI’s dual-mode Bluetooth solutions including the CC2564 Bluetooth v4.0 dual-mode QFN device, BlueLink 7.0, WiLink 6.0, WiLink 7.0, and WiLink 8.0 solutions.
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