Bluegiga targets high‐end Bluetooth Stereo markets with apt‐X® audio codec
APT (Belfast, N. Ireland), the audio processing technologyspecialist, today announces further industry endorsement of itslow‐latency apt‐X® audio codec technology for high quality stereo overBluetooth wireless applications with news of a licensing partneragreement with Bluegiga Technologies Ltd. ( Espoo , Finland ), theworld's leading provider of Bluetooth OEM modules. Bluegiga will offerthe apt‐X audio codec technology developed by APT to maximize thestreaming stereo performance of the Bluegiga WT32 Bluetooth AudioModule across a range of OEM applications, including high‐end BluetoothA2DP stereo headsets, wireless speaker systems and iPod speaker‐dockwireless adapters, and the latest Bluetooth enabled portable mediaplayers and music phones.
Commenting at CTIA WirelessI.T. & Entertainment on the downstream benefits of the apt‐Xfeatured WT32 module to the end‐customer, Tom Nordman , Bluegiga’s VicePresident of Sales and Marketing said, “Bluegiga's audio modules aredesigned to ensure that OEM customers enter their markets on time andin budget with superior products with value‐add features. Now, with thehigher quality audio afforded by the apt‐X codec, our WT32 BluetoothAudio Module can stream the best possible Bluetooth A2DP stereo audioexperience – the famous apt‐X codec is a key differentiator giventoday’s raised expectations for high‐definition sound.”
Launchedlast year at Embedded Systems Conference in Boston , the Bluegiga WT32module is the latest generation plug‐and‐play Bluetooth 2.1 + EDRcompliant embedded systems solution that combines with Bluegiga iWRAPfirmware flexibility to facilitate wireless, secure and standard‐basedBluetooth wireless connectivity. The WT32 addresses new and existingembedded systems applications with minimal development andmanufacturing effort. Potential applications for the WT32 includeBluetooth enabled hands‐free headset kits for drivers andmotorcyclists, and two‐way radio handsets for push‐to‐talk overcellular (PoC).
