Bluetooth LE Fundamentals#

NOTE: This section replaces UG103.14: Bluetooth LE Fundamentals. Further updates to this user guide will be provided here.

This volume of Silicon Labs’ Fundamentals series provides an overview of Bluetooth low energy (LE) technology. Traditional Bluetooth technology is optimized for sending a steady stream of high quality data in a power-efficient way. Bluetooth LE technology allows for short bursts of long-range radio connections, making it ideal for applications that depend on long battery life and don’t need high throughput streaming data. This guide focuses on Bluetooth LE technology, but also calls out some of the contrasts with traditional Bluetooth technology.

Silicon Labs’ Fundamentals series covers topics that project managers, application designers, and developers should understand before beginning to work on an embedded networking solution using Silicon Labs chips, networking stacks such as EmberZNet PRO or Silicon Labs Thread, and associated development tools. These guides can be used as a starting place for anyone needing an introduction to developing wireless networking applications, or who is new to the Silicon Labs development environment.