Prequalified Bluetooth board speeds time to market

The EasyBlue ACL drop-in board is a Bluetooth-qualified solution that can significantly reduce time to market as it bridges directly from a four-wire UART to the air interface.

The EasyBlue ACL drop-in board is a Bluetooth-qualified solution that can significantly reduce time to market as it bridges directly from a four-wire UART to the air interface.

The Bluetooth class 2 reference design can be used as a drop-in solution for all kinds of power-sensitive Bluetooth datalinks.

It completely bridges the host controller interface (HCI) to the air interface and provides the full Bluetooth datacommunication feature set; ranging from high speed communication over seven slaves to scatternet support.

The maximum power consumption of typically 21mA at 1.8V makes it the ideal solution for any portable application requiring high-speed datacommunication, full networking capabilities and ultralow power consumption at the same time.

Thanks to the Bluetooth product listing and qualification of the complete radio, antenna and all embedded Bluetooth layers, the design can be used as is.

"Our EasyBlue ACL drop-in board design, which is using a ROM version of the lower Bluetooth protocol stack, is another key milestone for Xemics' clients.

It can be used as a true Bluetooth drop-in solution", said Remy Pache, Xemics' Vice President Marketing.

"This product does remove design risks and costs by offering a proven system solution, especially for first time Bluetooth developers or mid-volume projects".

The EasyBlue ACL drop-in board is designed for low-cost volume manufacturing using a standard four-layer PCB layout and materials.

Samples are available through Xemics.

Several third parties offer the product in volume as well as additional design-in support if required.

For first-time Bluetooth developers, EasyBlue development tools and a starter kit are available.

Free Gerber files are available from Xemics on demand.

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