Bluetooth 5.1 new hardware Bluetooth#

Products that are enabled by BLE run the gamut and include device trackers, consumer products, smart appliances, and much more. You will typically use a BLE chipset to connect a product to a smartphone, tablet or a custom BLE device, and there are many ways to achieve this depending on the use case.

Bluetooth 5.1 new hardware Bluetooth#

Although Bluetooth 4.2 chipsets are still the most common today, Bluetooth 5.0 support has rapidly been making its way to new devices.Д«efore we cover some of the latest Bluetooth LE 5.0 features, letвЂ™s go over what you can do with BLE.ДЄt its heart, BLE lets you connect devices and send data wireless. What can I do with Bluetooth LE?Д«LE has evolved over the last few years from Bluetooth 4.0 to Bluetooth 5.0 and Bluetooth 5.1, and these changes have large ramifications on the chipsets you should be using in your products. The discussion below is our opinion and based on our experience, but itвЂ™s borne by countless designs and discussions with customers and vendors. If youвЂ™re looking for having a device with BLE but also with Audio capability, like speakers and headsets, then the chipset and solution there is more complex. But, it's important to remember these devices and BLE in general are not designed for high quality audio.

WeвЂ™re going to cover Bluetooth low Energy devices which let you connect your product to a smartphone for sending data, or create a device connection in various configurations.

Our previous discussion on selecting a Bluetooth chipset went over some of the second-generation devices, but today weвЂ™re going to go over the latest devices you should be designing with in 2019 and beyond. Many new Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chipsets have been released since our last review.