We are excited to announce that the BL651 Series is now available for your design! The BL651 is the latest addition to our Nordic family of Bluetooth 5 offerings which provides the BLE 5 features you want and the flexibility to design your way. Building on the success of the BL652 and BL654 […]
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) recently announced their decision to deprecate and withdraw older versions of Bluetooth Core specifications from v2.0 to v4.1. Firstly, there is no need to panic. Secondly, here is what you need to know.
Customers who have already certified/listed their product with the Bluetooth SIG are not affected – once […]
Our BL654 is coming soon! Based on Nordic’s nRF52840 chipset, the BL654 is our most powerful Bluetooth module yet, with Bluetooth 5, NFC, Thread (802.15.4, Zigbee), and BLE Mesh capabilities on one module. We’ve added schematics and 3D models to the software download center – simply log in to view them, here. […]
Did you miss our last webinar, “BLE Mesh – A Practical Guide to Simplify Product Development Time“? Don’t worry, the recorded presentation and PowerPoint slides are available to download on our website.
The release of BLE Mesh has led to numerous articles, blog posts, and webinars cataloging its features and capabilities […]
Introducing Laird’s upcoming Bluetooth 5 solution, the BL654 Series. This new solution builds upon the field-proven BL600 and BL652 series, reducing engineering burden and design risk, and speeding time-to-market when integrating Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). Some of the key enhancements include:
Up to four times the range and twice the data […]
Laird’s BT85x and BT860 Series are now shipping! These USB and UART HCI modules and adapter leverage the Cypress CYW20704 A2 chipset to provide low power consumption with outstanding range for applications needing both Classic Bluetooth and BLE support. The BT85x and BT860 Series build on the success of the original BT8x0 line of modules, giving […]
Laird has released a new firmware package for the BL652 series of Bluetooth modules enabling alpha BLE Mesh functionality, based on Nordic’s BLE Mesh SDK (v0.10.0). With just a few development kits and our engineering BLE Mesh-capable firmware, you can begin working with BLE Mesh in minutes!
The firmware package is supported by multiple, […]
BLE is a leading technology in the growing Internet of Things (IoT). The latest specification, Bluetooth 5.0, was specifically designed with the IoT in mind, providing increased range, speed, and broadcast messaging capacity in addition to enhanced security features introduced in version 4.2 of the spec. As a result, BLE devices can now offer […]
Laird is pleased to introduce a new line of Bluetooth HCI modules for rapid enablement of Bluetooth technology into OEM devices. The new BT85x and BT860 Series of USB and UART HCI modules and adapter complement Laird’s original BT8x0 series of Dual-Mode Bluetooth v4.0 modules. These next-gen […]
A new video demonstration for Laird’s Sterling-LWB 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module is now available. The five-part demo features the Sterling-LWB module and walks viewers through the process of integrating it’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functionality with a Freescale i.MX 6UltraLite evaluation kit running Linux. In the video we establish a baseline by building and […]
