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Wipro-NewLogic has announced the release of its Bluetooth 2.0+EDR baseband RTL and software stack. This low-power and flexible Bluetooth 2.0+EDR architecture is upgradable to Bluetooth 2.1+EDR by software and builds up on the company’s silicon-proven and fully certified Bluetooth 1.2 solution. Combined with the Wipro-NewLogic Bluetooth 2.0+EDR radio IP, it offers customers a range of system configurations and can be integrated into any application, host or baseband chips, in the mobile, automotive and consumer markets.

Bluetooth 2.0+EDR technology offers three times higher transfer rates compared to Bluetooth 1.2 technology - 2.1 Mbps compared to 721 Kbps. This enables a new range of applications like high-definition stereo audio streaming, transfer of large files and fast synchronization. Additionally, the Bluetooth 2.0+EDR technology shows a significant improvement in power consumption over Bluetooth 1.2.

Due to the alternative modulation provided by the EDR technology the radio operating in EDR mode will be three times less active than a radio operating in Bluetooth 1.2 mode. This results in a significantly higher battery life for applications such as Bluetooth headsets or stereo audio streaming via the A2DP profile from a portable multimedia device to a home or car stereo system.

Wipro-NewLogic’s Bluetooth baseband (BOOST Core) and software (BOOST Software) offer design engineers the flexibility to be used with any 16-bit or 32-bit processor, using little endian or big endian convention. It is silicon proven with ARM, ARC and LEON processors, amongst other CPUs. The BOOST software contains the layers below-HCI (LC, LM, HCI) as well as above HCI, including key profiles such as headset, hands free, HID etc. It supports multiple partitioning options: the hosted configuration allows an easy and standardized partitioning of a Bluetooth system within a two CPU or two chips architecture, while the same software can also be configured in a fully embedded mode, without the need of any HCI.