In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Simon Ford, CEO of Blecon, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for IoT connectivity. The conversation 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.

About 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. Simon has over 20 years of industry experience in microelectronics, mobile, and IoT, with a strong focus on providing technology to developers.

Simon 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 to launch the smartphone revolution.

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About Blecon

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 and low-power IoT connectivity. With its flexible architecture and ease of integration, Blecon democratizes access to Bluetooth Low Energy IoT connectivity.

Key Questions and Topics from this Episode:

(00:10) Introduction to Simon Ford and Blecon

(00:33) What is Bluetooth Low Energy?

(03:19) Bluetooth Low Energy use cases

(07:37) Challenges of Bluetooth Low Energy

(10:33) How does BLE relate to other IoT trends?

(13:58) Future developments in Bluetooth and IoT

(16:33) Learn more and follow up