For 20 years, products developed by the Bluetooth® community have been driving wireless innovation and creating new global markets. Every year, new Bluetooth technologies underscore the dedicated efforts of the Bluetooth community, and 2018 was no exception.
The Bluetooth blog strives to feature the many Bluetooth trends, developments, implementations, and advancements that emerge each year. In case you missed the highlights, we‘ve compiled the 5 most popular posts of 2018.
Bluetooth Mesh – What a Difference a Year Makes
Bluetooth SIG Director of Marketing Dave Hollander examines how, after one year, evidence of increasing adoption and qualification of Bluetooth® Mesh products confirms all initial forecasts — from preliminary adoption in smart buildings via connected lighting platforms to viability as a smart home solution.
The State of Bluetooth in 2018 and Beyond
In this article, Dave Hollander from the Bluetooth SIG provides highlights of the 2018 Bluetooth® Market Update, which highlights trends within the Bluetooth member community and outlines the latest forecasts for Bluetooth technology as it continues its expansion from a personal communication solution to an industrial-grade connectivity engine.
Web Bluetooth – The Time is Now
Bluetooth SIG EMEA Developer Relations Manager Martin Woolley shares his thoughts on the significance and potential for Web Bluetooth, from standards and cloud computing to connecting the browser to enterprise IoT devices.
How Bluetooth Mesh Puts the ‘Large’ in Large-Scale Wireless Device Networks
In this article, Woolley redefines the question of scalability for wireless mesh networks and provides a comprehensive look at the overall capacity of a Bluetooth® Mesh network, the importance of decentralization and multicast messaging, and how design and configuration can optimize performance and scalability.
How to Deploy BlueZ v5.48 on Raspberry Pi 3
Bluetooth SIG APAC Developer Relations Manager Kai Ren explains how BlueZ, the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack, can be deployed on a Linux platform to provide support for the core Bluetooth layers and protocols, including Bluetooth Mesh and Raspberry Pi3.
Catch up on all the latest posts and learn how Bluetooth® technology is shaping wireless connectivity.
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Updated Market Trends for Bluetooth Location Services Solutions
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High-Accuracy Low-Power Secure Ranging using Bluetooth® Channel Sounding
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Bluetooth® Low Energy Angle of Arrival Location Solution – Tags, Receiver, Antenna, Firmware, Application Software
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Distance Estimation Advantages Using Bluetooth® Channel Sounding
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Exploring the Bluetooth™ LE PAwR Feature in Large-Scale Network Testing
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Auracast™ Broadcast Audio: Best Practices for Developing Transmitters, Receivers, and Broadcast Assistants for Public Locations
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Using Bluetooth® Periodic Advertising with Response Feature to Control Wireless Battery Management Systems
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New Five-Year Forecasts for Bluetooth Data Transfer Devices
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Antenna Design for Small Bluetooth IoT Devices
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Periodic Advertising with Responses (PAwR): Bidirectional Bluetooth Advertising Is Now Possible
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2024 Bluetooth® Market Update
The 2024 Bluetooth® Market Update examines the direction and adoption of Bluetooth technology.
Bluetooth Developer Journey
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Auracast™ Broadcast Audio Retrofit Solutions and Opportunities
This report by ABI Research delves into the opportunity for public spaces to offer…
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How Can Bluetooth® Technology Enable Digital Transformation Across the Industrial IoT?
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Revolutionizing Online Order Fulfillment: Managing Mis Shipments
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Is the Number of Auracast™ Receivers Really Unlimited?
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The Ambient IoT - The Emergence of a New Class of Bluetooth® IoT DevicesアンビエントIoT – Bluetooth® IoTデバイスに新たなクラスが登場
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The Bluetooth® Low Energy Primer
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Introducing Bluetooth® LE Audio
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Bluetooth® Technology for Linux Developers
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Designing and Developing Bluetooth® Internet Gateways
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