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Wireless Communications
News Release from: Brainboxes
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 June 2002
CSR adds weight to Brain Boxes Bluetooth
designs
Cambridge Silicon Radio is helping Brain Boxes to develop a range of integrated, accredited Bluetooth reference designs.
CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) is helping Brain Boxes to develop integrated, accredited Bluetooth reference designs which will help speed time to market for manufacturers seeking to include Bluetooth functionality in their goods The first jointly developed reference design will be unveiled at this year's Bluetooth Congress in Amsterdam, and will include CSR's Bluecore2 chip alongside additional hardware and software from Brain Boxes
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We have always regarded CSR as the leading chip supplier in the world of Bluetooth", remarks Eamonn Walsh, managing director of Brain Boxes, "both our companies are based within the UK, and both maintain expertise in-house.
Together we bring better products to all our customers, whether they are simply buying modules direct from us, or wishing to integrate Bluetooth into their own designs".
"The partnership agreement is mutually beneficial and will fortify both our businesses to the benefit of the end user", adds Clive Chelsom-Pill, commercial manager of CSR.
"Our customer base for the Bluecore chip is built upon the principles of low integration cost, rapid time to market and accredited design, the products that we are codeveloping with Brain Boxes strengthen these underlying benefits".
Brain Boxes and CSR have worked closely alongside one another in the past, all Brain Boxes Bluetooth products are based on Cambridge Silicon Radio's BlueCore chip, but the announcement is the first formal signing of an agreement between the two Bluetooth companies.
A wide range of Bluetooth products is already available from Brain Boxes, including PCMCIA, USB and CompactFlash.
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