Bluetronix future "Bluestar™" product lines
will include miniature transmitters, receivers and transceiver hybrids,
plus OEM data radio boards and related protocol firmware and development
kits. These products are used to implement short-range wireless
data communication and control links in a wide range of applications
with mesh networking capability include:
Handheld and body-worn computers
Wireless bar-code readers and label printers
Wireless credit-card readers and receipt printers
Automatic utility meter reading systems
Home entertainment systems and electronic
games
Home and industrial automation systems
Automotive keyless entry systems and wireless
security systems
Sports and recreational equipment
Industrial telemetry, RFID tags and access
control badges
Medical telemetry (non-life support)
2nd Generation ASH Radio Technology
for modern short-range data radio applications:
Data rates up to 11 Mbps for data, control
and digitized voice transmissions
Stable, sensitive receiver technology with
good "channel capture" performance
Very low current consumption for operation
from small 3 V batteries
Small, low-profile package to make "watch
size" applications practical
Integrated quartz SAW filtering and frequency
control components
Wide operating temperature range for industrial
and outdoor applications
Easy to optimize for a wide range of application
requirements
Easy certification to stringent short-range
radio regulatory requirements
Integrating the RF IC with its
SAW filtering and frequency control devices in a single hybrid greatly
simplifies and speeds up the user's RF design task. No external
RF filters, IF filters, resonators or crystals are required. All
critical interconnections between the IC and the filtering and frequency
control devices are implemented in the self-shielding hybrid package.
2nd generation ASH radios are optimized for a given application
by selecting non-critical base-band and antenna tuning components.
Many customers without extensive RF experience have successfully
implemented wireless links using ASH radio technology.
Smart Wireless Routers Smart Wireless Routers with integrated modems
for Last Mile Connections High-Speed Internet- Rural Areas Providing
router to router connectivity anywhere.
The Swarm
Chip Holds Bluetronix Swarm Algorithms in initial
hardware design.
Pervasive
Computing Current research for
products includes mid-range processors, such as the Intel StrongARM
SA1110 and XScale PXA255. The main aim is to develop a platform
that can be used for developing wearable systems.
Potential
Applications:
Advanced
Information Access
Pervasive
Software
Computer
Security
Biometric
Access Control
Pervasive
Devices – mobile or embedded devices that provide easy access
to information and services
Dynamic
Service and Device Discovery – for automatically finding networked
resources as needed
UAVs & Satellite Access Networks A three tiered network is capable of fulfilling
the above mentioned vision. This includes a large ground network
of inexpensive ground terminals, an intermediate network of UAVs
capable of communicating with the ground network, and a space based
network composed of satellites.
The ground network would be composed of nodes
with a variety of mobility and access requirements. These terminals
may be attached to individual soldiers, vehicles ranging from scouts
to tanks to artillery, or installed infrastructure such as command
posts. Units using the ground network would communicate over a number
of hops, perhaps covering a range of several kilometers depending
on the properties of the transmitter. If a destination is far away,
messages could be carried on the UAV network. The effective range
of this network is on the order of tens of hundreds of kilometers.
Messages may be moved onto the satellite layer if a communications
partner is extremely far away. Satellites extend the range of the
network to include the entire world. Such a system gives robust,
global communications capability to every unit on the ground, from
a mine to a foot soldier to a tank to a commander.
