Product Parade

July 22, 2003
First Bluetooth-based motorcycle helmet solution

NEW DELHI -- LensLogica recently selected STMicroelectronics' Bluetooth chipset for an innovative motorcycle helmet solution. The solution allows handsfree wireless calls with any Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone and easy communication between two helmets that are within the Bluetooth transmission range of a few meters, enhancing safety and comfort.

The STLC2410 Bluetooth baseband chip combines telephone and intercommunication functions. It automatically interrupts the conversation between two helmets to answer an incoming call and then resumes at the end. In addition, the superior noise immunity of the STLC2150 chip allows the helmet solution to reject interfering radio signals and improve audio quality. Designed by LensLogica with a dedicated user-friendly interface, the application offers comfortable access to the intercom and GSM functions. Its power consumption is less than 5uA in standby.

Giacomo Piccini, vice president -- network division, STMicroelectronics, said: "We are proud to have enabled LensLogica's innovative and technically challenging product design. Our Bluetooth product portfolio and experience allowed LensLogica to move fast to offer an appealing product to a market with growing interest for wireless communication capability."

Dr. Andrea Colognese, LensLogica, added: "STMicroelectronics is a key developer of technologies for the mobile, PC and automotive and audio marketplace. The Bluetooth helmet application is the first step in the deep integration of wireless and IT technologies on the motorcycle market. In future, LensLogica will offer new features and enhancements to increase security and to achieve better interaction between driver and motorcycle."

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