Nordic Semiconductor announced that after the successful Kickstarter fundraising activity has far exceeded its initial fund-raising goal, when used by American startup Easier To, it uses Nordic nRF51822 system-on-chip (SoC) modules and provides Cloud connectivity out of the box (with Spark Cloud).
Bluz is sold as a basic Bluetooth smart, Arduino-style, Spark Core / Photon pin-compatible platform, designed to enable anyone to build low-cost, ultra-low-power IoT devices that can use a coin battery for months Or for several years, use the expandable stackable printed circuit board shielding group to add other functions.
Developers are easier to use and say that cloud connectivity is provided by Wi-Fi dongles or (for wearables) users ’Bluetooth Smart Ready smartphones (shared over cellular networks) supported by low-cost cloud connectivity experts Spark, And compatible with application-based product control services such as IFTTT and Tinker to trigger events and processes.
By combining with Spark, "ease of use" means that Bluz can be completely controlled from the cloud. This includes the ability to access hardware functions through a simple REST API when the hardware is online, and to perform over-the-air programming from anywhere in the world. Easy to use says Bluz will also be seamlessly integrated into the Spark ecosystem, so it will be programmed through the Spark Web IDE and will be used with all other features of the Spark ecosystem (including Webhooks, Dashboard and Tinker).
Bluz itself is an independent motherboard that is said to break all the main functions of Nordic nRF51822 (such as SPI, I2C and UART) and 18 GPIO pins. For ease of use, Bluz can also be paired with many stackable shields (for example, accelerometers, batteries, or prototype shields) to quickly and easily create custom prototypes.
By combining Bluetooth Smart's ultra-low power consumption with cloud access, the "Ease of Use Claim" can easily build new categories or battery-powered IoT devices. It is said that these devices are very suitable for wearable devices or applications that need to deploy many devices but cannot provide a constant power supply.
"The Internet is omnipotent, not only through smartphones, tablets or PCs, but also through everyday independent and wearable items," said Eric Ely, CTO of ease of use at Easter Eto. "Bluetooth smart technology is a perfect complement to other technologies such as Wi-Fi and cellular technology because it can use these technologies as a central hub or gateway for many low-power, low-cost wireless sensors, and Bluz is designed to help speed up development . "
