Aug 27
Broadcom WICED Platform Gets WiFi-Direct To Connect Wearable Devices And Smart Appliances
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Broadcom has just announced the addition of WiFi-Direct into the WICED platform. This is a critical step since many devices that would be considered part of “the Internet of things” are in fact at home, or at a fixed-location where WiFi is available. Bluetooth (BT) simply doesn’t offer the bandwidth that WiFi is capable of, and it can frankly be painful to pair BT devices together. fortunately, NFC has made this much better as of late. WICED now supports all major wireless protocols, with the exception of 3G/4G since that is not really battery-life friendly. (more…)
Broadcom WICED Platform Gets WiFi-Direct To Connect Wearable Devices And Smart Appliances original content from Ubergizmo. 
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