New Product Press Release 

For immediate release:  October 11, 2006

 

microIceBlue™ - Programmable
Bluetooth™ PIC-based Controller
– quickly implements a wireless serial controller.

 

 

Pittsford, NY: microIceBlue™ is a 2” x 1” DIL-packaged embeddable control module based on Microchip’s PIC16F877 which implements Bluetooth communication capabilities directly from the UART pins of the PIC microcontroller without any need to know Bluetooth protocol.

microIceBlue™  provides PIC16F877’s pin-out on a double row pin connector to enable almost any application intended previously for a wireless PIC16F877 application, with the advantage now of having Bluetooth serial communications included. No additional “glue-code” or electronics is required. The result is a transparent, hardware and OS independent solution to embed Wireless Bluetooth communications in any equipment or electronic device with minimum effort and investment.

microIceBlue™ comes with a complete set of development tools, programming environment, and related documentation to help you build a device that connects to BlueTooth devices such as Smart Phones, PDAs (PocketPC & Palm), and Personal Computers. Applications include embedded instruments, industrial control, HVAC & home automation, medical instruments, etc.

microIceBlueTM implements a Serial Port Profile and allows simple point to point wireless communication of devices that incorporate this profile over Bluetooth. microIceBlueTM is a Class 2 (up to 100m range) intelligent Bluetooth module that implements a transparent UART-to-Bluetooth interface bridge per vendor's suggestion in master or slave mode, offering a fast wireless solution for embedded applications. 

Bluetooth wireless protocol enables high-speed data transfer with portable devices such as handheld computers, phones, data-collection devices, etc. at low cost for up to 100 meters at 200kbaud or more.  Radio power is 14dBm at a carrier frequency of 2.4GHz.  Power supply is 5V at 150mA maximum.

Designed in Spain by emxys, microIceblue™ is available now from stock at Saelig Co.

 

Hi-Res Image: http://www.saelig.com/images/microiceblue.jpg

 

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