Bluetooth™ short-range radio with a multitude of applications

Who can honestly say that he or she hasn't at some time looked at the tangle of cables behind the hi-fi or PC without wondering if, in a more perfect world, it couldn't be replaced by wireless connections? This sentiment is echoed throughout industry. If you think your hi-fi cabling poses a problem, then spare a thought for the unfortunate maintenance engineer as he approaches a defective production machine - and the daunting prospect of having to sort through hundreds or even thousands of sensor wires, data and control cabling, and power feeds. Help is now at hand. A new, short-range wireless link open standard called Bluetooth™ - easy to connect and working in a license-free radio band - is set to revolutionize the way industry communicates with and within itself. ABB is among more than 2000 companies worldwide who have eagerly 'adopted' Bluetooth. Tests carried out to date point to a promising future for the new standard.