Bluetooth chip bosts range and doubles data throughput

LAIRD BL654 Bluetooth 5 series enables vital performance improvements with up to four times’ the range and twice the data throughput, opening up new product opportunities for industrial, medical, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Device reduces engineering burden and design risk, speeding time-to-market when integrating Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), as well as Thread (802.15.4) and NFC capabilities into an OEM design. Device integrates BLE Mesh capabilities in a high TX power platform, providing innovative new application possibilities for low power, long-range mesh sensor networks.