Microchip Technology has expanded its Bluetooth Low Energy portfolio with 12 new products, aimed at providing designers with an extensive array of choices to tackle their unique challenges, effectively lowering barriers across designs spanning from the simplest to the most advanced. These new products include the RF-ready WBZ350 module and the PIC32CX-BZ3 SoC that offers the lowest entry point available for integrating a Bluetooth Low Energy microcontroller (MCU) into product designs.
System designers face many barriers when adding Bluetooth® functionality to their products, from skill and resource limitations to budget constraints to time-to-market pressures to challenging performance and integration requirements. Developers need options, and the ability to switch between them. Microchip’s Bluetooth Low Energy plug-and-play modules are easy to use and provide breadth of choice for more advanced designs.
In addition to its Bluetooth MCUs, Microchip introduced the RNBD350 plug-and-play module that reduces the cost and complexity barriers to adding Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity to product designs. Modules minimize the time, money and engineering resources required for RF design optimization, regulatory certification and software development. For experienced engineers who are looking for more flexibility, Microchip offers robust wireless, multi-protocol MCU System-on-Chip (SoC) options.
Applications for Microchip’s Bluetooth Low Energy products include IoT smart home and building systems, Industrial IoT (IIoT) solutions and automotive designs.
Designers using the newly expanded Bluetooth Low Energy portfolio for entry-level applications benefit from an easy development process, including in-house support services and development tools, without compromising Bluetooth functionality. They then benefit from the opportunity to easily switch to more advanced industrial-grade Bluetooth Low Energy options when they are ready to address more sophisticated design challenges.