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One-Stop-Shop for Bluetooth Development

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(08/22/01, 10:40:03 PM EDT)

CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) and WIDCOMM, Inc., have combined technologies to create a Bluetooth single-chip and software package, giving PC OEMs one place to go when building Bluetooth into Windows-based desktops and notebooks.

The agreement between the two companies allows CSR to offer its customers a fully engineered hardware and software package for PC applications that is pre-qualified to version 1.1 of the Bluetooth standard and includes full USB certification.

"Everything is provided from the antenna and CSR's single-chip silicon to the Windows end-application. This is the most comprehensive solution on the market, and unlike competing offerings, it is based on a single chip -- including USB," said Simon Finch, CSR's vice president of strategic marketing. "The user can rapidly develop Windows-based products with Bluetooth capability and incur minimum design risk. It's pre-qualified, pre-tested, and fully supported -- the software CD self-installs and users can switch it on and be confident that they have a working design."

Customers can order the complete bundle directly from CSR with a single CSR part number -- BC111015BBD-01 -- and get BlueCore silicon, lower layer firmware, and a complete Windows application in a single package. The new product bundle consists of WIDCOMM's BTW Bluetooth communications software stack for Windows and CSR's BlueCore01 chip, hardware reference designs, and complete application software with installers. BlueCore01 includes an integrated CMOS-based radio, baseband, and microcontroller. The combined product package supports the Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, and Windows ME platforms.

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Cambridge Silicon Radio
WIDCOMM



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