Bluetooth™ PC Card with embedded stack

BISPC01BI

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Bluetooth™ PC Card with embedded stack Features:

Powerful class 1 Bluetooth "plug-in" device
Fully approved standalone product – no approvals cost
Integral Bluetooth® software
Integrated antenna with up to 100m range
Simple AT style command set control
Powerful Laird Technologies terminal control centre software and development kit
Field upgradeable
Remotely configurable
-40°C to +85°C industrial operating temperature range
Profile support including SPP, DUN and FTP
Lead free - RoHS compliant

Applications
Bluetooth applications where no host Bluetooth stack is needed
Applications requiring Auto-connect or Auto-reconnect
POS equipment
Medical equipment
Telematics
Telemetry and GPS
Industrial automation
Automotive
Marine
Ruggedised and handheld PC applications

Laird Technologies' blu2i Bluetooth PC card is designed for users who want the functionality of a Bluetooth PC card, but don't need to run a host Windows Bluetooth stack on their system. The blu2i card is unique in providing a complete Bluetooth stack embedded within the card, appearing as a Serial Port to the host system.
The card provides a fully integrated Class 1 Bluetooth solution that is qualified to Version 1.1. The Bluetooth functionality is accessed using a highly developed and extensive set of AT commands, which result in very fast design and integration cycles. The integrated stack also provides a significantly more robust solution than conventional cards that use a Windows host processor stack, providing options for both hard and soft reset. Auto-connect functionality built into the card can be used to ensure reconnection to other serial based devices. This makes the blu2i Bluetooth PC Card particularly suitable for streaming applications, such as connection to Bluetooth GPS receivers.
The card is based on Cambridge Silicon Radio’s BlueCore™2 chipset. The firmware integrated into the chipset implements the higher layer Bluetooth protocol stack, including the Generic Access Profile (GAP), Service Discovery Profile (SDAP), Serial Port Profile (SPP), and Dial Up Networking Profile (DUN). Firmware upgrades are available to add Headset Profile (HSP), Hands Free Profile (HFP), File Transfer Profile (FTP) and Audio Gateway. A virtual processor is used within the BC2 to implement an AT command processor. The AT command set abstracts the Bluetooth protocol from the host application, saving programming and integration time. It provides very short integration times for data oriented cable replacement and voice applications.
Support is provided for low power modes that make the blu2i Bluetooth PC Card particularly applicable to battery powered installations.

Features:
Feature	Implementation
Bluetooth Stack	Fully integrated – no need for a host Bluetooth stack
Bluetooth Transmission	Class 1
Bluetooth pre-qualified	Bluetooth 1.1 End Product
Range	100 metres typical (free space)
Frequency	2.400 – 2.485 GHz
Max Transmit Power	+6dBm
Min Transmit Power	+0dBm
Receive Sensitivity	Better than -90dB
Data Transfer rate	Up to 250Kbps
PC Card Interface	16 bit PCMCIA version 7.1 compliant Type II
Serial parameters	Default 9600,n,8,1 - Configurable from 1.2kbps to 961.2 kbps. Support for DTR, DSR, DCD, RI, RTS, CTS
Dimensions	103mm x 54.2mm x 5.0mm
Antenna extension	17mm
Weight	30g
Current consumption	Below 40mA during data transfer in std power mode. Lower powers attainable with configurable low power mode
Low power sniff mode	2.5mA typ
Temperature range	Normal operation: -40°C to +85°C
I/O pins	3.3V, 5V tolerant
Supply voltage	5.0V
Profiles Server	SPP (Full), DUN, Audio Gateway, Headset, Handsfree
Client	All RFCOMM based profiles
Field upgradeable	Over PCMCIA interface
Protocols	Single point firmware is controlled and configured using AT Commands, multipoint firmware uses a simple packet based protocol and requires a host to enable the blu2i Bluetooth PC Card to function effectively.
Reset	Software and hardware PCMCIA reset. Reset via BREAK signal.
Auto-connect	Automatic Bluetooth connection can be implemented with any other Bluetooth device using the Serial Port Profile (or a profile based on SPP, e.g. Dial Up Networking). Automatic on power-up and after link loss

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Part Number	BISPC01BI

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