Highly-integrated ultra low-power Bluetooth SMART (BLE 4.1) SoC

An ultra low-power Bluetooth SMART (BLE 4.1) system on a chip (SoC), the Atmel SmartConnect BTLC1000 is now available from Mouser stock. It features an integrated microcontroller (MCU), transceiver, modem, MAC, PA, TR switch and power management unit (PMU). The SoC can be used as a Bluetooth Low Energy link controller or data pump with external host MCU. When combined with external memory, it can also function as a standalone applications processor with embedded BLE connectivity. ?The qualified Bluetooth Smart protocol stack is stored in dedicated ROM and includes L2CAP service layer protocol, Security Manager, attribute protocol (ATT), generic attribute profile (GATT) and the generic access profile (GAP). Additionally, application profiles such as Proximity, Thermometer, Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and many others are supported and included in the protocol stack.