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Overview
Bluetooth wireless technology is the future de facto standard
for small-form factor, low-cost, short-range radio links between
mobile PCs, mobile phones, and other portable devices.
Bluetooth SIG:
The Bluetooth
Special Interest Group (SIG) is an industry group consisting
of leaders in the telecommunications, computing, and networking
industries that are driving development of the technology and bringing
it to market. It will enable users to connect a wide range of computing
and telecommunications devices easily and simply, without the need
to buy, carry, or connect cables. It delivers opportunities for
rapid ad hoc connections, and the possibility of automatic, connections
between devices. It will virtually eliminate the need to purchase
additional or proprietary cabling to connect individual devices.
The Bluetooth SIG is working together to define and promote an
open, royalty-free specification for seamless wireless connectivity
and cable replacement for a wide variety of mobility-enhancing devices.
Bluetooth was originally envisioned as a short-range wireless connectivity
technology to synchronize data between PCs, handheld devices, and
mobile phones, but many of the over 2000 members of the SIG have
been positioning it as a wireless networking technology. Future
revisions to the Bluetooth specification are being developed and
intend extending current data rates of approximately 720 Kbps to
support applications that need higher bandwidths.
Xilinx Solutions
The Spartan™-II FPGA architecture has enabled a whole new generation
of low-cost high volume solutions. This, combined with a vast portfolio
of soft IP (Intellectual Property) cores allows Spartan-II FPGAs
to provide solutions at a significantly lower cost than ASSPs and
custom ASICs, while offering all of the time-to-market and flexibility
benefits associated with programmable devices. The presentation
provides specific details on how Xilinx solutions enable Bluetooth
based home networking.
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