BLED112 comes fully loaded to kick-start Bluetooth Smart® development, and further extends RS portfolio of Raspberry Pi wireless solutions

Oxford, UK, 7 October 2014 - RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, is stocking the Bluegiga BLED112 Bluetooth Smart® USB dongle, which comes with everything needed for developing low-cost, low-energy wireless applications to run on a wide variety of platforms including Raspberry Pi.

The BLED112 is Bluetooth v4.0 single-mode compliant, supports master and slave modes, and allows up to eight connections, and implements a USBCDC interface for host OS communicates. The BLED112 includes Bluegiga's Bluetooth Smart software stack which allows developers to create their own onboard applications using Bluegiga's BGScript™ scripting language, eliminating the need for an external host. Alternatively a host application can interface with the BLED112 via the OS-independent BGAPI™ software also incorporated in Bluegiga's Bluetooth Smart software stack.

The easy-to-use dongle is ideal for applications like energy-conscious Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and can be used with various operating systems such as Windows®, Android, iOS or Linux.

Moreover, BLED112 can be used with Raspberry Pi computers and is ready to use with the latest Raspberry Pi Model B+. RS has introduced several wireless modules for Raspberry Pi in recent months, including the SparqEE 3G Cellular board, Edimax Wi-Fi® Dongle and Low-Power Radio Solutions 868MHz / 434MHz dongle.

"We now have a Raspberry Pi ready solution for all the major wireless technologies used in IoT, remote control, automation, M2M and home/office networking applications," said Glenn Jarrett, Global Head of Product Marketing at RS Components. "We believe RS now provides the best range of ready-to-use Raspberry Pi products and accessories across the EMEA region."

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About RS Components
RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers. With operations in 32 countries, we offer around 500,000 products through the internet, catalogues and at trade counters to over one million customers, shipping more than 44,000 parcels a day. Our products, sourced from 2,500 leading suppliers, include semiconductors, interconnect, passives and electromechanical, automation and control, electrical, test and measurement, tools and consumables.

Electrocomponents is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year ended 31 March 2014 had revenues of £1.27bn.

For more information, please visit the website at www.rs-components.com.

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