Bluetooth finds a role in the industrial internet of things

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Bluetooth finds a role in the industrial internet of things
Market awareness and penetration, plus new technological advancements, are
3 things driving Bluetooth adoption in IIoT?
IioT Bluetooth use cases
Fast growth for Bluetooth in the IIoT

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But according to Chuck Sabin, senior director of market development for the Bluetooth SIG, the technology is growing into a key role in the industrial internet of things (IIoT).
Sabin says, Bluetooth “technology is actually well-suited for both consumer and enterprise markets.” He cites Bluetooth’s easy-to-implement low-power connections.
Bluetooth offers low deployment costs and massive economies of scale because it’s already built into virtually every new smartphone, tablet, and personal computer, not to mention a wide variety of wearables, smart speakers, and other devices, notes Sabin.
That means IIoT deployments leveraging Bluetooth may be able to avoid having to build a completely proprietary solution to start using wireless systems in smart-building and smart-industry environments.
In addition to Bluetooth’s deep market penetration, Sabin cites three notable technical advancements that are driving Bluetooth adoption in industrial and enterprise IoT applications:
Bluetooth mesh, released In July of 2017, extends the Bluetooth Core Specification to enable “industrial-grade” many-to-many communication, Sabin says, where tens, hundreds, and even thousands of devices can reliably and securely communicate with one another.
More recently, the Bluetooth SIG announced a new direction-finding feature for Bluetooth, bringing even greater precision to location-services systems used in industrial and enterprise settings.
And the Bluetooth SIG is working to add distance to this feature, so users will know whether “the device is in this specific room, in the back, left the corner, and 30 feet from me right now.” This level of precision will enable new applications, including monitoring for safety and security, Sabin says: for example, helping keep workers out of a toxic environment

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