Texas Instruments coin cell demo for Bluetooth low-energy standard

Texas Instruments has released the claimed world’s first coin cell demo for the Bluetooth low-energy open standard based on the company’s upcoming CC2540 singlemode system-on-chip.

Bluetooth low energy enables applications, such as medical and health, home and office, and mobile accessories, to use coin cell and energy-harvesting solutions to operate for more than a year on a button cell battery.

The company’s dualmode devices can communicate with legacy Bluetooth as well. Singlemode devices only support Bluetooth low energy and are optimised for low-power, low-cost applications.

The device features controller, host and application in a 6 x 6 mm package.

The features and benefits include: reduced size and cost; Flash-based device enables device firmware to be updated in the field and data can be stored on-chip; complete solution with low-power RF ICs, protocol stack, basic profile software and applications support; ultra-low power consumption for long battery life and use of coin cells or alkaline batteries.