BELLEVUE, WASH.—The developers of Bluetooth have incorporated the short-throw wireless transmission technology into mesh networking. With mesh networking, Bluetooth is no longer limited to its unaided ...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the group that oversees development of the widespread Bluetooth standard, has today unveiled the details about its new mesh networking standard. This ...

New networking enhancement lets Bluetooth continue its reign as the top wireless technology. Bluetooth is the oldest and most widely used short-range wireless technology today. With billions of chips ...

You might associate Bluetooth with cutting the cable between your headphones and your phone, but Bluetooth Mesh aims to make it a ubiquitous backchannel for the Internet of Things. Launched today, ...

Smart lighting has been a topic of conversation for quite some time. There are a number of different strategies available today, but with choice comes confusion. Without a single standard or approach ...

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The use of Bluetooth technology continues to grow beyond mobile into rapidly expanding IoT and automotive applications. Consumers have grown to expect hands-free calling via Bluetooth, however, as the ...

Sponsored by Digi-Key and Cypress Semiconductor: Large Bluetooth networks are now possible thanks to the mesh-network topology. This BLE-based solution simplifies its implementation. Virtually all of ...

Imagine light fixtures that act as Bluetooth beacons, allowing smartphones to help visitors find their way around a building. Imagine a lighting system which can pinpoint the location of people and ...