# Overview
Source: [https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70017-13/topic/introduction.html](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70017-13/topic/introduction.html)
The Bluetooth® wireless technology is a short-range communications
system that facilitates wireless exchange of data between devices. The key advantages of
Bluetooth technology are as follows:
- Replaces the cables connecting portable and fixed electronic devices.
- Provides robust, power efficient, and cost-effective solutions.
- Facilitates flexibility of solutions and their applications.
The Bluetooth technology provides the following radio options.
| Radio | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate (BR/EDR) |
- Offers optional EDR, alternate media access control (MAC), and
physical layer (PHY) extensions.
- Supports synchronous and asynchronous connections with a data
rate of 721.2 Kbps for BR and 2.1 Mbps for EDR.
|
| Low Energy |
- Enables products that require lower current consumption, lower
complexity, and lower cost than BR/EDR.
- Facilitates use cases and applications with lower data rates and
has lower duty cycles.
|
BR/EDR and Low Energy radio options enable device discovery, connection establishment,
and connection mechanisms. The optimal choice of radio depends on the use case or
application of a solution.
The Qualcomm® Linux® supports Bluetooth solutions for
the following kits.
| Kit | [Hardware system-on-chip
(SoC)](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70017-115/soc.html) | Bluetooth chipset | Bluetooth stack |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|
- Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 Vision Development Kit
- Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 Core Development Kit
| | | |
|
- Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 Lite Vision Development Kit
- Qualcomm RB3 Gen 2 Lite Core Development Kit
| | | |
|
- Qualcomm IQ-9 Beta Evaluation Kit (EVK)
| | | |
| | | | |
The following figure shows the various components of the Qualcomm connectivity chipset,
including the Bluetooth subsystem and its interaction with the application processor.
Figure : Qualcomm connectivity chipset block diagram
Last Published: Dec 26, 2024
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