WiFi + BLE Combo SoCs: Redefining Low-Power IoT Connectivity in the Era of Intelligent Edge Devices
Connections have sneaked to be the most strategic level of electronics in modern times. During the initial stages of the Internet of Things development, wireless communication was perceived as a rather functional requirement, a needed enabler that enabled devices to send data to the cloud. In the modern day, that has changed radically. Connection has ceased to be marginal. It is foundational. With increasingly intelligent and smaller and more power-sensitive edge devices, the architecture underlying their wireless subsystems has become a cost, scalability, security, and long-term competitiveness-defining factor. Some of the fastest changes in this development include the uptake of integrated WiFi + Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) combo System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions . This is not an exclusive technical change. It is economic, architectural, and strategic. The Expanding IoT Landscape and Connectivity Pressure The growth of IoT in the world is still astonishing. The continued pos...