Every year, the Bluetooth® community makes major strides that drive wireless innovation, overcome challenges, and create stronger, more interoperable connections around the world. Community members work diligently with global partners to deliver comprehensive case studies that validate the reliability, flexibility, and scalability of Bluetooth technology across a wide range of platforms and infrastructures, from indoor navigation to commercial connected lighting and even COVID-19 response solutions powered by Bluetooth technology.

These case studies not only highlight the impact Bluetooth technology can have in any environment, but they also serve as an ongoing reminder of how Bluetooth innovations are being used to create a more connected world, free from wires. Here is a look back at some of the top Bluetooth member case studies of 2020.

 

Reducing the Risk of COVID-19 Transmission Using Phillips’ Biosensor BX100 and Cassia’s Bluetooth Gateways

Learn how Philips partnered with Cassia Networks to help fight the spread of COVID-19 in a major Dutch hospital using Philips’ Biosensor BX100 and Cassia’s Bluetooth gateways and IoT Access Controller. Instant download.

POM Tracer Ensures Workplace Safety with Contact Tracing Solutions from Laird Connectivity

POM Tracer was looking to create an easy-to-implement product that would allow businesses and organizations to safely return employees to their offices to mitigate the risk of future shutdowns due to COVID-19. Instant download.

Scaling Up Wireless Lighting Controls

Westerner Park, Central Alberta’s largest trade show, agriculture, entertainment, and sports facility, recently become home to one of the biggest Bluetooth Mesh lighting control networks. Read more.

Energy and Cost Savings at Pioneer Markets

Pioneer market, a family-owned grocery business in Mariposa and Waterford, California relies on LED Drivers integrated with wireless Bluetooth Mesh to support a lighting system that improves the customer experience by providing higher levels of natural light. Read more.

Quuppa and Dyer Engineering

To achieve an efficient and accurate production outcome, Dyer Engineering, an innovative group of fabrication and machining businesses, turned to ThinkIN’s location tracking solution, which is a combination of Quuppa’s indoor positioning technology and ThinkIN’s software application. Read more.

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Smart Lighting Control Brightens the Future of Bluetooth Illumination

Smart lighting is a key component of smart commercial buildings and the connected home.…

Accessing the IoT Ecosystem

IoT has been an emerging technology for many years. It first appeared on the…

Walkthrough Bluetooth Mesh 1.1 and Bluetooth® Networked Lighting Control (NLC)

If you are interested in the new features introduced in the Bluetooth® Mesh or…

The Importance of Standardizing Wireless Lighting Controlワイヤレス照明制御における標準規格の重要性

Lighting control systems are deployed in offices, retail, healthcare, factories, and other commercial facilities…

Six Bluetooth Mesh Feature Enhancements to Get Excited About

The new Bluetooth mesh feature enhancements offer more robust security, improved network efficiency, reduced…

What’s New with the Latest Bluetooth Mesh Specification

In the evolving landscape of IoT, Bluetooth mesh topology has emerged as an important…

Bluetooth SIG Introduces Networked Lighting Control (NLC) Profile

Silvair welcomes Bluetooth® NLC as an important milestone in the development of a global…

Why Go Wireless for Commercial Lighting Control?商用照明制御システムをワイヤレス化する理由とは?

Figure 1: Wireless Shipments Trends Lighting control systems feature an intelligent network of individually…

Creating Optimal Learning Environments: How Lighting Control Revolutionizes Schools

LED Lighting plays a crucial role in the overall quality of educational environments. It…

The Benefits of Bluetooth Networked Lighting ControlBluetoothネットワーク照明制御がもたらすメリット

Lighting control systems feature an intelligent network of individually addressable and sensor-rich luminaires and…

Bluetooth® Mesh Feature Enhancements Summary

This paper summarizes the recent Bluetooth® Mesh feature enhancements and provides references to other…

Bluetooth® Mesh Subnet Bridging - Technical Overview

This paper examines subnet bridging, a new feature introduced in the Bluetooth® Mesh protocol…

The Latest in HADM with Bluetooth LE

HADM, or high accuracy distance measurement using Bluetooth does exactly what it says –…

ABI Snapshot - 2023 Bluetooth Market Update

The Bluetooth® Market Update, released annually by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), highlights…

2023 Bluetooth® Market Update

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EJOT | INDUTRAX Case Study

EJOT, headquartered in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, is a group of medium-sized companies with production…

Bringing Wireless Controls To The Epicentre Of Connectivity

This year, the time came for the lighting infrastructure at the Bluetooth SIG headquarters…

Smart Lighting And Controls Halve Energy Consumption At Campus Pitzemburg

Campus Pitzemburg has cut its energy usage by 50% thanks to smart controlled energy…

2022 Bluetooth® Market Update

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Bluetooth Location Services

See 8 use cases for enhancing building efficiencies and creating a better visitor experience, discover new data that supports the latest trends and forecasts, and find out what’s driving the rapid adoption of location services solutions.

Smart Solutions Using Network Lighting Infrastructures

An intelligent network lighting control infrastructure helps business owners and staff know more about…

Tile is working with Lenovo to help you find your lost laptop

Announced at CES 2022, Tile and Lenovo are teaming up to make ThinkPad X1s…

The new Chipolo Card Spot puts Apple’s Find My network in your wallet

Chipolo has a new Bluetooth tracker it’s announcing at CES 2022, a new version…

2021 Bluetooth® Market Update

Supported by updated forecasts from ABI Research and insights from several other analyst firms, the Bluetooth Market Update highlights the latest Bluetooth trends and forecasts.

Designing and Developing Bluetooth® Internet Gateways

Learn about Bluetooth internet gateways, how to make them secure and scalable, and design and implement your own working prototype gateway and web application for use with either Bluetooth LE Peripherals or with Bluetooth mesh networks.

How to Make Wearables Bluetooth Mesh Provisioners

Learn how to create applications for smartwatches and other platforms that can monitor and control nodes in a Bluetooth mesh network.

Lighting as a Platform

See how connected lighting systems are being used as a platform to enable advanced building services like wayfinding, asset tracking, and space utilization to improve the ROI of smart building investments.

An Introduction to the Bluetooth Mesh Proxy Function

Learn how to create applications for smartphones and other platforms which can monitor and control nodes in a Bluetooth mesh network.

Build a Smarter Building with Blue

See how Bluetooth increases reliability, reduces costs, and enhances your smart building ROI.

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