Bluetooth Low Energy
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What is Bluetooth Low Energy?
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), also known as Bluetooth Smart, is a wireless technology designed for short-range communication while consuming very little power. It is commonly used in applications like wearables (fitness trackers, smartwatches), beacons for location services, medical devices, and other IoT devices that need to transmit data intermittently without significantly draining battery life.
What other technologies are related to Bluetooth Low Energy?
Bluetooth Low Energy Competitor Technologies
Bluetooth Classic
Bluetooth Classic offers higher data rates and is suitable for audio streaming, while BLE focuses on low power consumption, so they compete for applications that could use either technology, but have different priorities.
Zigbee
Zigbee is another low-power wireless communication protocol that competes with BLE in home automation and IoT applications.
Thread
Thread is a low-power, mesh networking protocol, similar to Zigbee, that competes with BLE in smart home and IoT environments.
802.15.4
802.15.4 is the underlying standard for Zigbee and Thread, and defines the physical and MAC layers for low-rate wireless personal area networks, making it a competitor in the low-power wireless space.
Z-Wave
Z-Wave is a low-power wireless communication protocol primarily used in home automation, directly competing with BLE in this application space.
NFC
NFC competes with BLE in some short-range communication scenarios, particularly those involving payments or device pairing, although the use cases are generally different.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi offers higher bandwidth and longer range compared to BLE, making them competitors in scenarios where these factors are critical, while BLE is preferred for low-power applications.
WiFi
Wi-Fi offers higher bandwidth and longer range compared to BLE, making them competitors in scenarios where these factors are critical, while BLE is preferred for low-power applications.
Number of organizations that mention technology
683
Bluetooth Low Energy
110
Bluetooth Classic
2,145
Zigbee
561
Thread
204
802.15.4
334
Z-Wave
1,686
NFC
10,634
Wi-Fi
11,089
WiFi
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Bluetooth Low Energy Complementary Technologies
Matter
Matter is an application layer protocol designed to run over various underlying transports, including BLE. It leverages BLE for commissioning and setup.
FreeRTOS
FreeRTOS is a real-time operating system that can be used to run BLE applications on embedded devices.
ARM Cortex-M
ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers are commonly used to implement BLE solutions in embedded systems.
Number of organizations that mention technology
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Which job functions commonly mention Bluetooth Low Energy?
Firmware Engineer
0.7% of all Firmware Engineer jobs mention Bluetooth Low Energy
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Embedded Engineer
0.6% of all Embedded Engineer jobs mention Bluetooth Low Energy
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Mobile Developer
0.1% of all Mobile Developer jobs mention Bluetooth Low Energy
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Engineer
1553 Engineer jobs mention Bluetooth Low Energy
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Software Engineer
712 Software Engineer jobs mention Bluetooth Low Energy
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Which organizations are mentioning Bluetooth Low Energy?
Silicon Labs
Scientific and Technical Services
NXP Semiconductors
Manufacturing
STMicroelectronics
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