
The Silicon firm, Texas Instruments, recently announced plans to support Apple’s iBeacon microlocation technology across its large Bluetooth product line, including chips for embedded and automotive applications. TI’s Wireless Connectivity Executive, Oyvind Birkenes, said the following in a press release regarding the matter:
Restaurants, retailers and even sports stadiums have started using iBeacon technology, but there are many more applications that could benefit from the technology. Everything from asset trackers, retail, building automation systems, automotive and industrial applications, and a wide variety of consumer electronics.
By providing support for iBeacon technology across our entire Bluetooth low energy portfolio as well as a new SimpleLink SensorTag location app and broadcaster reference design, we are enabling manufacturers to quickly add micro-locationing capabilities to their products.
We’ll have to wait and see what new places iBeacons get implemented going forward as they are becoming increasingly popular.
Source: TI via MarketWatch
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