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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: BSN6050
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 December 2001
Fourth-generation Bluetooth baseband
hits $5
A new ROM-based Bluetooth baseband processor which addresses the growing demand for short-distance wireless connectivity has been launched by Texas Instruments.
A new ROM-based Bluetooth baseband processor which addresses the growing demand for short-distance wireless connectivity has been launched by Texas Instruments Offering significant reductions in system cost and board space requirements, TI's new BSN6050 baseband solution provides high performance, full datarate Bluetooth links at a volume price as low as US$5
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Functionally compatible with the BSN6040, the BSN6050, like other TI Bluetooth products, will address Bluetooth developers' needs for full bandwidth, optimised connections, minimised data transfer times and very low power consumption.
The BSN6050 represents a fourth generation processor with the inherent stability necessary for reliable use in volume production.
The new point-to-multipoint BSN6050 solution is ROM-coded up to HCI.
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For certain high volume, embedded applications the entire protocol stack and application can also be ROM-coded, enabling standalone Bluetooth solutions for small peripherals such as a mouse, keyboard or joystick.
A patch-RAM is provided so that minor code enhancements can be included without requiring a new ROM version.
By removing the requirement for external flash memory, significant savings in PCB area can be achieved.
The BSN6050 will be supported by modules from third parties, as well as custom board developers.
Whatever the individual needs of Bluetooth developers, specialist partners are available to support their development work.
The ROM-based BSN6050 is a high-performance, point-to-multipoint solution delivering the full Bluetooth data rate of 723Kbit/s (DH5 packets).
It is fully compliant to Revision 1.1 of the Bluetooth specification.
Features include support for up to seven piconet links and up to three simultaneous SCO (synchronous connection oriented) voice channels.
The device also features master-slave switching and, for power reduction applications, park, sniff and hold modes as well as a "deep sleep" mode for power sensitive applications.
For the needs of mobile users, the BSN6050 is designed for very low power consumption using advanced 0.15-micron technology (L-effective, 0.18-micron drawn).
TI's BSN6050 also offers a large variety of interfacing options.
For system interfacing, it supports two 1Mbit/s high-speed UARTs and for PC applications, a USB interface offering 12Mbit/s bandwidth.
TI continues to expand its already broad Bluetooth portfolio by rolling out new Bluetooth products.
These include three baseband products and one RF device: the newly introduced BSN6050, the BSN6040, with which the BSN6050 is fully compatible, the BSN6030 (a low-cost, ROM-based, point-to-point baseband controller now available as a solution with the TRF6001 for well under $5 in volume quantities) and the TRF6001 (a -86dBm receiver sensitivity transceiver).
Full compatibility means that as applications based on a BSN6040 mature, they can migrate to a BSN6050 with all of the cost and space savings this entails.
Single chip solutions currently under development by TI will continue to drive further price reductions in the future.
Engineering samples of the BSN6050 will be available to initial customers in December 2001.
Volume production is scheduled for mid-2002.
The BSN6050 comes in a 10 x 10mm 151 BGA package.
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