On this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Simon Ford, CEO of Blecon, joins Ryan Chacon to debate utilizing Bluetooth Low Power (BLE) for IoT connectivity. The dialog covers the benefits and challenges of Bluetooth Low Power, the position of BLE in edge AI, vitality scavenging, and different IoT developments, the pragmatic deployment of IoT options, and insights into the way forward for BLE and the way it aligns with enterprise necessities.
About Simon Ford
Simon Ford is the founder and CEO of Blecon, an organization enabling low-cost cloud connectivity for engineering diagnostics, product analytics, and sensor knowledge utilizing Bluetooth Low Power. Simon has over 20 years of business expertise in microelectronics, cellular, and IoT, with a robust concentrate on offering expertise to builders.
Simon based ARM’s embed OS to assist launch ARM Cortex-M to market alongside different developer applied sciences similar to CMSIS-DAP, DAPLink, and pyOCD, and was technical lead for the ARMv7/NEON structure used to launch the smartphone revolution.
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About Blecon
Blecon allows bodily merchandise to speak with cloud purposes utilizing Bluetooth Low Power. Based in 2021 and headquartered within the UK, Blecon combines the advantages of BLE with the deployment mannequin of WiFi and the community mannequin of mobile to attain low-cost and low-power IoT connectivity. With its versatile structure and ease of integration, Blecon democratizes entry to Bluetooth Low Power IoT connectivity.
Key Questions and Matters from this Episode:
(00:10) Introduction to Simon Ford and Blecon
(00:33) What’s Bluetooth Low Power?
(03:19) Bluetooth Low Power use circumstances
(07:37) Challenges of Bluetooth Low Power
(10:33) How does BLE relate to different IoT developments?