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Wireless Connectivity Guide Texas Instruments 4Q 2014
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ANT™
ANT™ Overview
What is ANT?
ANT provides a simple, low-cost and
ultra-low power solution for short-range
wireless communication in point-to-point
and more complex network topologies.
Suitable for various applications, ANT
is today a proven and established
technology for collection, automatic
transfer and tracking of sensor data
within sports, wellness management and
home health monitoring applications.
Application areas
• Sports/Fitness
• Consumerhealth/medical
• Mobileaccessories
• Wirelesssensorsystems
TI’s ANT solutions– from smart
sensors to smart phones
TI’s ANT products feature full system
solutions for both sensor applications
and mobile handheld devices. With
both sides of the ANT link, TI delivers
fully tested and robust ANT ecosystem
solutions – from smart sensors to
smart phones. TI’s ANT solutions
are developed in cooperation with
Dynastream Innovations Inc, the
company behind ANT. TI’s ANT solutions
include:
• OnlyTIofferssingle-mode
(CC2570/71) and dual-mode solutions
(CC2567, WiLink)
• FullytestedTIANTecosystemsolution–
for both sensor and mobile handheld
devices
• Best-in-classRFperformance
• Excellentcoexistencewithother
2.4-GHz devices
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CC257x ANT network processor +
MSP430™ MCU
TI’s ANT sensor device is a dual-chip
solution, combining market leading
RF technology and the MSP430, the
world’s lowest power microcontroller.
The CC257x network processors are
2.4-GHz devices tailored for ANT
sensor applications. The ICs are easy
to integrate, low cost, with ultra-low
power consumption and superior RF
performance, making them versatile
enough to support a wide range of
applications. In cooperation with
Dynastream Innovations Inc, TI delivers
a full turnkey ANT sensor solution,
including software and application
support.
For more information see 24.
CC2564 dual-mode ANT and Bluetooth
The CC2564 is the first dual-mode,
ANT and Bluetooth solution in the
market. This solution allows customers
to connect to mobile phones and
computers over BluetoothfromANT+
enabled devices, and allows customers
with Bluetooth solutions to add ultra low-
powerANT+connectivity.
The CC2567-PAN1327/17 is provided
as a module to help customers reduce
development time, lower manufacturing
costs, save board space, ease
certification, and minimize RF
expertise required.
For more information see page 17.
ANT+ smartphone connectivity
The functionality of ANT enables mobile
handheld device manufacturers to
deliverANT+interoperablesports,
fitness and consumer health monitoring
products. TI’s WiLink™ family is the
firsttodeliverANT+communication
on a connectivity combo solution.
Leveraging TI’s connectivity leadership
intheSmartphonemarket,theANT+
ecosystem is expanding its reach into
the mobile handheld device market.
WiLink is the industry’s first true single-
chip mobile WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth
®
,
Bluetooth low energy, ANT and FM
transmit/receive solution. WiLink brings
connectivity features to mainstream
products such as smartphones, mobile
Internet devices (MIDs) and portable
media players (PMPs). Existing devices
based on both WiLink and BlueLink™
solutions can enable ANT with a simple
software upgrade, to connect to the
manyavailableANT+sensorstoday.
For more information visit
www.ti.com/wilink