Development kit accelerates IoT product development

Initially offered with software supporting networked lighting applications, updates for home automation and other IoT applications based on CSRmesh are due later this year.

The CSRmesh protocol enables an almost unlimited number of Bluetooth Smart enabled devices to be simply networked and controlled from a single smartphone, tablet or PC. Combining a configuration and control protocol with Bluetooth Smart devices (such as the CSR101x series), CSRmesh has already been adopted by several Tier-One lighting manufacturers, including Samsung, for smart lighting solutions.

The protocol uses Bluetooth Smart to send messages to other Bluetooth Smart devices in the network, which in turn send them onward. CSRmesh allows messages to be addressed to individual devices or groups of devices (devices can also belong to more than one group). Control is enabled via standard Bluetooth Smart enabled appliances such as light switches and control panels or via smartphones and tablets.

“We are seeing Bluetooth Smart underpinning many more products as the Internet-of-Things shifts from concept to reality. By launching the CSRmesh Development Kit we are equipping developers with the tools they need to innovate and take advantage of the many opportunities offered by the IoT. We are helping them to bring networked devices to market as quickly and simply as possible,” commented Rick Walker, Marketing Manager, IoT, CSR.

The full CSRmesh development kit is available now from $299. Additional development boards can be purchased from $49 each.