Silicon Labs Sampling Hybrid Bluetooth Module for Connected Home Devices, Wearables

Silicon Labs' Bluegiga is sampling a dual-mode Bluetooth Smart-ready module that integrates Bluetooth Smart and Bluetooth Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate (BR/EDR) wireless technologies. The BT121 combines a Bluetooth radio, microcontroller and on-board Bluetooth software stack supported by Silicon Labs’ Bluetooth Smart Ready software development kit and BGScript scripting language, which it said Monday will minimize design time, cost and complexity. Applications include connected home, health and fitness, wearables and point-of-sale terminals, said Silicon Labs. The BT121 module supports ultra-low-power and high-data-rate Bluetooth connectivity applications, enabling it to connect to legacy devices and newer devices that support Bluetooth Smart, it said.