ToughButterCup Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I bumped into an article about Bluetooth 5. It seems the standard has significant improvements over 4.2. Hype? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnaught Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 (edited) Not hype, in my opinion. And that article neglects to mention an additional advantage: mesh networking capability. Mesh networks are well suited to Internet-of-things (IoT) applications. In my opinion, Bluetooth mesh standard, a Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) sister standard is ideally suited to lighting control. Edited November 17, 2018 by Dreadnaught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 29 minutes ago, Dreadnaught said: Mesh networks are well suited to Internet-of-things (IoT) applications. Maybe this will become the defacto standard for short range comms and larger meshe's in the consumer space but has its limitations. I am still wondering which will win bluetooth or wifi not sure who is attacking or defending given the space is relatively undeveloped. The bluetooth security in v5 might help but the extended range of v5 makes the security weakness of bluetooth even more of a problem. Lower power demand of bluetooth is always a plus but even v5 limits the data rate to 2mbps IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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