Our multi-protocol wireless MCUs provide Bluetooth® Low Energy for your long-range sub-1 GHz network, Zigbee® for your Bluetooth® Low Energy design or any other wireless protocol combination. Choose from a portfolio of devices from the SimpleLink™ wireless MCU platform that offer concurrent multiprotocol operation, coexistence and provisioning options enabling the creation of complex IoT systems using one or more chips.
Our multiprotocol solutions for you
We provide a software layer called the Dynamic Multi-protocol Manager (DMM), which enables a single radio to run multiple wireless protocols concurrently on an MCU by switching between protocol stacks in real time. This allows the developer to determine a custom protocol priority for every possible state of their system, managing protocol stacks and minimizing latency. Our solution is highly customizable and enables the developer to set priorities according to any state of their system.
Swapped multi-protocol / provisioning is the process of a device exchanging information ((network name (SSID), password, and security type) with an existing wireless network in order to join it. Bluetooth Low Energy provisioning utilizes Bluetooth Low Energy for the information exchange, but enables a device to join a network for a different wireless standard (Wi-Fi, Wi-SUN, Thread, etc.). This gives users the ability to provision new devices directly from their smart phone, providing them a user-friendly and consistent experience.
Designers looking to implement Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity in their application can utilize the CC3x35 wireless devices combined with a Bluetooth Low Energy MCU. Using time division multiplexing, two devices are able to share a single antenna without wireless interference, enabling Bluetooth Low Energy (or any 2.4GHz protocol) and Wi-Fi provisioning capabilities, updates to the cloud, and more.
Multiprotocol portfolio by memory & protocol
Design & development
Connect: Zigbee + Bluetooth 5 Concurrency Demo
Watch to see an exciting Zigbee + Bluetooth 5 concurrency demo with an Amazon echo and Philips hue light. This demo takes advantage of the dynamic multiprotocol manager, which can control 2 different stacks at the same time on the same radio without losing a connection.
When building various infrastructures, size, power consumption and reliable connectivity pose numerous challenges for engineers. By using TI’s SimpleLink devices which offer ultra-compact solutions with minimal power consumption and easy integration in the Zigbee ecosystem, we are able to send reliable data from these infrastructures straight to the gateway so that our customers feel confident in their designs.
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