Bluetooth
Bluetooth is one of the most common wireless technologies in the market, propelled into the consumer world by the smartphone, as well as increased demand for fitness, health, and entertainment devices.
And Bluetooth Industrial applications are growing fast.
The newest Bluetooth version is 6.0, which offers Bluetooth Channel Sounding, Decision-Based Advertising Filtering, Monitoring Advertisers, ISOAL enhancements, LL Extended Feature Set, Frame Space updates, and more.
The stack support is most often driven via the Chip Vendor and whilst it is common for the stack to be implemented in the chip or module, some are still supporting HCI interfacing capabilities, which can provide increased flexibility.
Our Bluetooth linecard, below, will help guide you to the right solution, and if you need to talk to one of experts about your design, you can reach them here.
| Bluetooth | Chips & SoC | Modules | Multi-protocol | Mesh & Direction finding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplier | ||||
| AzureWave Technologies | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Digi | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Insight-SIP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Microchip | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Nordic | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| NXP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Panasonic | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Qorvo | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Quectel Wireless Solutions | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Raytac | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Renesas | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| STMicroelectronics | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| u-blox | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
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WiFi
Avnet Silica offers a full range of WiFi products, including chips, modules, and devices, as well as a full technology range from WiFi 4 to WiFi 6e. We also support routers and gateways.
ISM 2.4GhZ and Sub-GHz
ISM radio bands are portions of the radio spectrum reserved internationally for industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) purposes. ISM Bands are license free and not available for Telecomm Applications, which are regulated.
ANTENNAS
Avnet Silica offers antennas from specialised suppliers, that focus solely on antenna design and production, such as Antenova and 2J Antenna, along with other suppliers that offer antennas as part of overall portfolio for wireless products, such as Quectel.
Cellular
Evolving from GSM to GPRS then to 3G (UMTS / WCDMA) we are now seeing global coverage with LTE / 4G, with next generation 5G leading the way in applications which require higher data transfer.
RFID / NFC
Radio Frequency Identification, is a technology that enables simple, secure and fast identification of things, persons and animals. It is mainly made for very short ranges, with one exception, the UHF based RFID called RAIN-RFID for mid range identification, used mainly in logistics.
ROUTER / GATEWAYS / MODEMS
Connecting short range wireless devices, or some wired devices to a wired or wireless infrastructure, requires bridging technologies, such as Modems, Gateways or Routers / Access Points.
LPWAN
In Europe, major networks have announced their intention not to support 3G networks across Europe beyond 2020. We offer LPWAN technology from our market-leading suppliers, available in a range of modules.
UWB / Ultrawide Band
Ultra-wideband is a radio technology that can use a very low energy level for short-range, high-bandwidth communications (approx. 500 MHz or 20% of the arithmetic center frequency) over a large portion of the radio spectrum. This co-existing with other radio standards is a major advantage.
GNSS
Today GNSS technology is not only used for military and cars, but for many types of vehicle, in applications such as container tracking, animal and people tracking and logistics.
DECT
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications, or DECT, was introduced to the market in 1992. It mainly uses the frequency bands 1880 to 1900 MHz, but due to the extension of the ETSI, also 2010-2025 MHz and 24-00 – 2480 MHz are specified.