Using Bluetooth Low Energy for Connectivity

Hello listeners!

On this week’s podcast, Ryan Chacon speaks with Simon Ford, CEO of Blecon, about using Bluetooth Low Energy for IoT connectivity. The conversation also covers the advantages and challenges of Bluetooth Low Energy, the role of BLE in edge AI, energy scavenging, and other IoT trends, the pragmatic deployment of IoT solutions, and insights into the future of BLE and how it aligns with enterprise requirements.

Low Cost, Low Power

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Meet Simon Ford

Simon Ford is the founder and CEO of Blecon, a company enabling low-cost cloud connectivity for engineering diagnostics, product analytics, and sensor data using Bluetooth Low Energy. Ford has 20+ years of industry experience in microelectronics, mobile, and IoT, with a strong focus on providing technology to developers.

Ford founded ARM’s embed OS to help launch ARM Cortex-M to market alongside other developer technologies such as CMSIS-DAP, DAPLink, and pyOCD, and was technical lead for the ARMv7/NEON architecture used in the smartphone revolution.

Blecon enables physical products to communicate with cloud applications using Bluetooth Low Energy. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in the UK, Blecon combines the benefits of BLE with the deployment model of WiFi and the network model of cellular to achieve low-cost, low-power IoT connectivity. With its flexible architecture and ease of integration, Blecon democratizes access to BLE IoT connectivity.