TI launches 10 new Bluetooth low energy profiles for rapid design of consumer medical, fitness, alert applications
TI has achieved Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) certification for find-me, health thermometer, heart rate, and proximity profiles. The updated BLE-Stack also includes support for to-be-adopted profiles such as blood pressure sensor, remote control (soft command), watch (time/network availability), emulated keyboard/dongle (HID), and time and alert notification profiles.
TI’s updated BLE-Stack also adds support for Bluetooth low energy central and peripheral configurations. When set to the central configuration, the CC2540 SoC can support up to three simultaneous connections. For example, an end user can run a heart rate monitor, blood pressure sensor and health thermometer – all connected to one central health device.
In addition to attaining Bluetooth SIG Certification and interoperability testing, TI’s BLE-Stack has undergone comprehensive testing against TI’s dual-mode Bluetooth solutions. TI provides single-mode Bluetooth low energy solutions for sensor applications and dual-mode solutions for mobile handheld devices, including the BlueLink 7.0 (BL6450), WiLink 6.0 (WL127x) and WiLink 7.0 (WL128x) offerings. With both sides of the link, TI delivers a fully tested, robust Bluetooth low energy ecosystem.
Complete hardware performance test platform and generic software development environment helps developers get up and running with the CC2540 quickly and easily. The kit includes:
- Two CC2540-based RF evaluation modules One CC2540-based USB dongle General purpose development boards (SmartRF05EB)
- Software and hardware prototyping, cables, antennas and documentation
The BLE 1.1 Bluetooth low energy software stack is available today from TI, royalty-free to all using TI’s CC2540 Bluetooth low energy system-on-chip. The CC2540DK-MINI development kit is available today at on TI’s e-store for USD $99, and the enhanced CC2540DK development kit will be available in mid September for USD $299 on TI’s e-store.
More information about TI’s low-power RF and wireless connectivity solutions at www.ti.com/ble-pr.