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What are Bluetooth Products : Top Manufacturers

Bluetooth products are wireless devices that use Bluetooth technology to exchange data and communicate over short distances without cables. These products include headphones, speakers, smartwatches, fitness trackers, keyboards, mice, automotive systems, medical devices and IoT equipment, providing convenient connectivity, low power consumption and seamless integration across consumer and industrial applications.

What is Bluetooth Technology?

Bluetooth is widely used for copying data between wireless mobile and fixed devices. It serves as a headset for hands free use and is implemented in numerous electronic devices, eliminating the need for wired connections in keyboards, mice, and more. Devices communicate in the 2.4GHz ISM band using a master-slave configuration, supporting up to 8 slaves.

It facilitates information transfer at a rate of 1 Mbps. Newer Bluetooth releases (V3, V4, and V4.1) support even higher speeds.

Bluetooth employs GFSK modulation. Due to its limited operating area, it’s also referred to as a Personal Area Network (PAN).

Bluetooth Product Manufacturers

Below are some of the Bluetooth product vendors, manufacturers, and companies:

Vendor or ManufacturerWebsiteEmail
CSRwww.csr.com/greg@nelcoelectronix.com
Broadcomwww.broadcom.com/raghunath@broadcom.com
TIwww.ti.com/N/A
Stericssonwww.stericsson.com/media.relations@ericsson.com
Qualcommwww.qualcomm.com/N/A
MediaTekwww.mediatek.com/N/A
Marvellwww.marvell.com/N/A
Nordic Semiconductorwww.nordicsemi.com/asiasales@nuhorizons.com
EM Microelectronicwww.emmicroelectronic.com/EMDirect@emmicroelectronic.com
QCA (Qualcomm Atheros)www.qca.qualcomm.com/qca.info@qca.qualcomm.com

Bluetooth Headset Manufacturers

  • Bluewinc Inc
  • Data Memory Systems, Inc.
  • Ericsson
  • Fujikon Industrial Co. Ltd.
  • Japan Total Design Communication Co., Ltd.
  • LG Innotek
  • Nextlink.to
  • Nokia
  • Plantronics
  • uCables

Bluetooth PC Cards

  • BenQ
  • 3Com
  • Fujitsu
  • Hewlett Packard
  • IBM
  • Kyocera
  • Motorola
  • National Semiconductor
  • Omron Corporation
  • RFI Mobile Technologies

Bluetooth USB Dongles

  • AirLogic Co., Ltd
  • BlueGear
  • Com One
  • D-Link
  • Hassnet Inc.
  • IBM
  • Mavin Technology Inc
  • NSM Technology
  • RTX Telecom
  • WS Inc.
  • Zupera

Keyboard and Mouse Manufacturers

  • Logitech
  • Microsoft

Bluetooth Test and Measurement Equipment

  • Agilent
  • Anritsu
  • Berkeley Varitronics
  • CETECOM
  • Frontline Test Equipment
  • Keithley Instruments
  • Maxsys Technologies
  • Mobiwave
  • Rohde & Schwarz
  • Tektronix
  • Yokogawa

IP Ready for Silicon (Ideal for Bluetooth Product Manufacturing)

  • ARM
  • BrightCom Technologies
  • Ericsson
  • inSilicon
  • Sidsa
  • Tality
  • Wipro Technologies
  • Imagination Technologies (IP includes Ensigma Explorer and Ensigma Whisper)

Protocol Stack for Bluetooth Product Development

  • Allosys
  • BlueLogic Technologies Inc
  • Cambridge Consultants Ltd
  • Canon Information Technologies
  • Cambridge Silicon Radio, CSR
  • DCM Technologies
  • Ericsson
  • G & W Instruments GmbH
  • Hitachi Engineering Co, Ltd
  • Impulse soft
  • Intel
  • IVT Corporation
  • Korea Wireless Network
  • Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
  • Microsoft
  • Nokia
  • Teleca Comtec AB
  • Wipro Technologies

Summary

Bluetooth products enable reliable short-range wireless communication for a wide range of applications, with leading manufacturers developing innovative solutions that enhance connectivity, mobility, and user convenience in consumer electronics, healthcare, automotive and industrial markets.