Texas Instruments today introduced the CC2567, a wireless, single-chip solution that enables direct short-range communication between ANT+ enabled devices and commonly used mobile devices relying on Bluetooth technology.
The established ANT+ interoperable ecosystem offers an installed base of more than 11 million devices that, for example, monitor heart rate, weight, speed, or distance data. With nearly three billion Bluetooth-enabled endpoint devices – such as PCs, tablets or Smartphones -- on the market, direct communication with Bluetooth is considered a necessary feature.
Said to be the industry's first dual-mode device, the CC2567 requires 80 percent less board area than a design with two single-mode solutions (one ANT+, one Bluetooth), according to TI, and enables simultaneous operation over a shared antenna with built-in coexistence, and increases the wireless transmission range up to two times the distance of a single-mode ANT+ solution.
TI's CC2567 Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and ANT+ dual-mode transceiver is available via the CC2567-PAN1327, a class 2 HCI module with increased output power capabilities created by Panasonic. The module is included in TI's new ANT+ Bluetooth Health & Fitness Aggregator Kit.
TI also announced today availability of a second evaluation kit, the CC257x ANT Network Processor Kit -- building out its ANT solution portfolio.