Cloud2GND Bumblebee Bluetooth LE Audio Demonstration Board

Cloud2GND, an engineering house specializing in electronic circuit design, embedded systems, protocols, and connected devices developed the Bumblebee LE Audio Demonstrator, the first chipmaker-independent platform for product developers to test and evaluate Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast applications. Featuring the Panasonic PAN1783 Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 module, the board is a ready-to-use platform with a class-D amplifier, AKM stereo ADC/DAC, MEMS microphone, NFC and is powered over USB or external power supply.

Following the publication of the full set of LE Audio specifications by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the industry is now putting together the building blocks that will enabling bringing products supporting the next generation of Bluetooth audio to market. This article explains what is needed and how to support Auracast broadcast audio, a new Bluetooth capability that enables an audio transmitter to broadcast to an unlimited number of nearby Bluetooth audio receivers.

CEVA announced that its RivieraWaves Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) 5.2 Platform has achieved Bluetooth SIG Qualification. As the first IP company to receive Bluetooth LE 5.2 qualification, CEVA enables its licensees to reduce their product development risk and so benefit with expedited time-to-market and end-product qualification process. Since September 2020, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) started qualifying products using the new LE Audio Specification, announced in January 2020.