Bluetooth Low Energy Wireless Technology

Bluetooth technology has taken another step forward, with the Bluetooth Special Interest (SIG) announcing the adoption of Bluetooth low energy wireless technology, which is the main feature of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0. With the improvements to power consumption, hopefully we’ll be able to get more mileage out of our devices that have Bluetooth turned on all the time. Some of the new features of the Bluetooth low energy wireless technology include:

• Ultra-low peak, average and idle mode power consumption
• Ability to run for years on standard coin-cell batteries
• Low cost
• Multi-vendor interoperability
• Enhanced range