San Jose, CA; Bluetooth Developer Conference 2002 — (press release excerpt) — National Semiconductor today introduced the first of a new family of Bluetooth wireless technology modules, called Simply Blue. The first module in this family is the LMX9820 Serial Port Module, which enables Bluetooth data connectivity via a UART serial port to support applications such as access points, digital cameras,… set-top boxes, printers, and scanners. Additional members of the Simply Blue family will be introduced throughout 2003.

All of National's Simply Blue products include an embedded Bluetooth protocol stack, application-specific profiles and a high-level command interpreter. Developed in conjunction with National's Bluetooth system partner RTX, the LMX9820 module is compliant with the Bluetooth V1.1 specification.

Simply Blue modules also feature a small footprint of only 10.1 x 14.0 x 1.9 millimeters. They provide metal can shielding and radio front-end filtering for effective immunity to close proximity radio noise that is a common issue in most current portable wireless devices. The devices also include non-volatile memory to support all Bluetooth wireless parameter storage needs, as well as firmware upgrades in the field.

To simplify and accelerate the design cycle, National's Simply Blue modules come with comprehensive development support tools, which include demo boards, example source code and detailed technical support documentation. National also offers customers the opportunity to help define application specific profile needs for future products in this family.

The LMX9820 will be available in Q1 2003 for $15 in 10k quantities.

 
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