28.09.2007

BLUEGIGA Launches Cutting Edge WT32 Bluetooth Audio Module

The latest addition to Bluegiga’s embedded Bluetooth product range, WT32 Bluetooth module offers a very simple and rapid way to integrate wireless high quality audio into any device.

Bluegiga Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Bluetooth platforms for system integrators and OEMs and available through GLYN High-Tech Distribution, announces the availability of its WT32 Bluetooth Audio Module, the latest addition to its leading range of Bluetooth modules. Incorporating CSR’s BlueCore-5 multimedia chipset and supporting the latest Bluetooth 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) wireless technology, WT32 offers its users a pleasant Hi-Fi audio experience.  

WT32 is designed to require a minimum amount of external components - it’s equipped with Bluetooth radio, integrated antenna/connector, 16-bit stereo codec, embedded DSP and battery charger. WT32 also has Bluetooth end product certification as well as the CE, FCC and Industry Canada approvals, minimizing the amount of additional RF testing demands and securing a fast and easy path to develop products to be fully Bluetooth compliant.

The 16-bit dual ADC and DAC stereo codec is able to sample audio with rates up to 48kHz and have integrated amplifiers for driving speakers. The low power DSP core and can be loaded with additional DSP algorithms that provide audio enhancement, noise cancellation and for example speech to text capabilities.

WT32 comes with Bluegiga’s iWRAPTM firmware, which makes the use of Bluetooth wireless technology easier. For audio applications iWRAP firmware implements Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP), Audio Video Remote Control Profile (AVCRCP) and Hands-free (HFP) Bluetooth profiles. iWRAPTM can also be configured to function completely autonomously and no external processors are needed for controlling it.

“With our new WT32 Bluetooth audio module we keep leading the way for the industry providing our customers again the maximum integration level, unmatched usability and quality.  Combined with the strong expertise in our customer service and Bluetooth end-product certification, we ensure that our customers enter the market with superior products on time and within budget”, accordingly to Bluegiga.

WT32 is designed to be embedded into products that need short range audio capabilities such as - high quality stereo and mono headsets/headphones, hands-free car kits, wireless speakers and microphones, handheld devices, MP3 players, mobile phone accessories - targeted to a variety of markets; automotive, medical and telemedicine, high-quality consumer electronics and industrial applications. In addition, it can also be used to transfer analog sensor information.

For more details about the WT32, please send us an email at sales@glyn.com.au

About Bluegiga Technologies Inc.
Bluegiga Technologies Oy, a limited liability company, is a provider of cutting-edge Bluetooth-based wireless communication platforms.  Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Finland, the European hotbed of wireless technology, Bluegiga is strategically positioned to deliver its products globally through the extensive network of qualified distributors and value added resellers to original equipment manufacturers and system integrators.  Bluegiga is the innovator of Bluetooth multi-radio access server products and it’s OEM module offering have seamless co-existence with other wired and wireless technologies, BluRoamTM, the unique roaming technology for Bluetooth devices and iWRAPTM, the easy-to-use Bluetooth control interface.  Bluegiga, with its expertise in the Bluetooth technology, has been a contributing member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group since the company inception.  For more information, please visit http://www.bluegiga.com.

About Bluetooth Wireless Technology
Bluetooth wireless technology is the global short-range wireless standard for personal connectivity of a broad range of electronic devices. The technology is now available in its fourth version of the core specification and continues to develop, building on its inherent strengths – small-form factor radio, low power, low cost, built-in security, robustness, ease-of-use, and ad hoc networking abilities. The installed base of Bluetooth devices was over one billion products at the end of 2006, making it the only proven choice for developers, product manufacturers, and consumers worldwide.