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About Bluetooth Wireless Technology
Bluetooth wireless technology is the global short-range wireless standard for connectivity of a broad range of electronic devices. The technology is now available in its fourth version of the core specification and continues to develop, building on its inherent strengths – small-form factor radio, low power, low cost, built-in security, robustness, ease-of-use, and ad hoc networking abilities, making it the only proven choice for developers, product manufacturers, and consumers worldwide.

BLUETOOTH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY SURPASSES ONE BILLION DEVICES

Bellevue, WA – Nov. 14, 2006 –Bluetooth enabled products are now in the hands of one billion consumers worldwide said the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). Citing shipment information from ABI Research, the trade association announced that the installed base of Bluetooth devices reached one billion in early November. Weekly shipments of the wireless devices continue at a pace of 12 million per week.

"To put this number in perspective, one billion is greater than the number of PC users in the world and equal to the number of mobile phones shipped this year," said Michael Foley, Ph.D., executive director, Bluetooth SIG. "Reaching the one billion milestone is a huge win for the Bluetooth industry and we want to congratulate and thank our 6,000 member companies whose innovation and products got us here. These are the same companies, along with new members, that will drive us towards our next goal of shipping two billion devices IN ONE YEAR in 2010. Exciting things are shaping up for Bluetooth wireless technology and with the advent of several new uses of the technology in 2007 in the home entertainment, medical and gaming arenas, I feel confident that Bluetooth technology will continue to surpass expectations."

If you do not need a high density scatter net, Zigbee is probably the wrong short range wireless solution for your embedded application?

Bluetooth vs. Zigbee Applications
"Embedded Real World"

Technology Bluetooth
BlueRadios
Modules

Zigbee
Silicon
Chip sets

Comments
Primary Application Wire & cable replacement for audio and data Building automation
control
Point-to-Point vs. mesh networking
Key Feature
Interoperability
Yes
International Market Leader
No
IEEE Std. and proprietary
Bluetooth is device and service oriented where as Zigbee is proprietary based on each application and competition from Z-Wave Alliance makes standardization imposible
FCC, ETSI, CE Approved Yes No Zigbee - hidden development costs and risks for silicon solution
Overall Solution Cost
High volume 1M
Low Volume 10K
Prototypes 100
Low
$9/unit
$19/unit
$34/unit
Med
<$10
$30/unit
$1,000/unit
Chip level Zigbee has a high per unit NRE ($100K) for the required integration & international certifications for usage world wide approval
Internationally accepted
(Frequency Modulation)
Yes - 2.4GHz FHSS

868MHZ,902-928 MHz, 2.4GHz DSSS

Zigbee - Requires different h/w solutions depending on vendor solution provided. Multiple frequencies fractionalize standardization efforts.
Turnkey modules with Antenna and application Yes Yes - cost is higher Zigbee is memory and application limited do to its silicon design cost goal
Hardware Dev. No Yes BGA RF sensitive layout & RF antenna design
Firmware Dev. No Yes/No Varies by vendor and application
PC and test software Dev. No Yes Dev. Tools and s/w programs needed
Power consumption
Deep Sleep, Connected & TX
30uA
25mA
10uA
25mA
Based on same range and data packet size, Bluetooth good energy per bit sent ratio.
Interoperable with low cost consumer electronics Yes No PDA's, Cell phones, Laptops PC's, Access Points, USB Communicators, headsets, etc.
RF Data Rates 2-3Mbps HCI 20, 40, 250kbps
1,10,16 channel
Over the air RF rates - actual data throughput is much lower.
FHSS - Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

1600 hops/sec. 79 Channels

No
DSSS
Zigbee susceptible to interference on its fixed limited DSSS frequency channels with no guaranteed packet delivery
Susceptible to RF interference No Yes Industrial environment is the most harsh with crowded RF spectrums and noise interference
Guaranteed Packet Delivery is Standard Yes No If guaranteed packet delivery is not used data is lost or the application needs to handle this
Node Density 8 * 64,000 Bluetooth plans to extend this to 256 nodes
Audio Supported Yes No PCM I/F on Bluetooth
Audio and Data Yes No Simultaneous transmit of audio and data
Encryption & Authentication 56-128bit No Comes Standard with Bluetooth
Dimensional Size 2 X 10 X 20mm Larger Turn key modules not silicon size (includes antenna, amp, power supply, and application)
Range (low gain antenna) +100 meters ~30 meters Trade off in number of nodes and overall range
Connect time 1sec. *30msec. Zigbee - much faster connect time
TCP/IP (PAN) Yes No Connect directly to Internet Access Points
Overall Market Demand High +1Billion units sold Low ~10M units sold 100 to 1 ratio in demand ensures robustness and decreasing cost for Bluetooth over Zigbee

* The difference in the number of simultaneous connections is irrelevant as studies show that most industrial users considering implementing large-scale sensor networks are planning on using 30 to 60 nodes. In low power, large Zigbee mesh networks, data latency is in the order of tens of minutes and data delivery is not guaranteed.

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BlueRadios enables mobile device communications, collaboration, and connectivity, which involve simplicity, interoperability, and proximity.

Company Overview
BlueRadios®, Inc. is a wireless data Communications Company founded in 2000, that designs and develops wireless hardware & software end-to-end networking solutions within the Bluetooth international standard which provides a complete family of products and services. BlueRadios is a leading supplier of embedded Bluetooth modules and systems integrator of Bluetooth networks enabling total accessibility via the Internet. This was accomplished by creating reliable and secure network solutions using the Bluetooth wireless RF technology standard as the personal area network connection to the Internet and to web applications servers. BlueRadios™ is the trademark name of the Company's Bluetooth radio/modem RF transceiver modules.


Advantage

Suited for companies who want to add Bluetooth functionality to their business or product without investing in a full Bluetooth development & qualification project team use BlueRadios:
Certified Bluetooth ver2.0+EDR, FCC, IC, ETSI, CE, RoHS modules
Lowest priced complete radio module solution
Smallest size modules (small SMT form factor)
Longest transmission distance (+100 meters)
RF chip antenna integrated
No need to license or purchase a stack, and application is included
Proven technology
Fastest time to market
Internationally approved and accepted world wide
Same day technical support and next day delivery

Competitive Advantage

BlueRadios, Inc. open network architecture has no proprietary standards and uses Bluetooth fully qualified and interoperable product solutions with a cost effective wireless design. The Company has first to market turnkey design solutions using internationally accepted wireless Bluetooth devices that resolve back to network servers via the Internet. Solutions are device and platform independent and utilize a simple data radio-networking concept.

Business Model
BlueRadios, Inc. provides OEM products, software, and contract engineering services using the Company's developed Bluetooth module technology for integration into 3rd party products and services. This includes custom architecture, design, development, and integration, support services for embedded wireless device communications applications. The company can provide support up to and including contract manufacturing in ASIA.

Focus
P
rovide the complete end-to-end integration solution from the customers embedded device to network server and web interface software development. This is ideally suited for companies, who want to add Bluetooth functionality to their product and services without investing in a full Bluetooth development & qualification project team to have devices communicate in A Wireless World.


 



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