CSR and CC&C Collaborate on Bluetooth Printer Adapter with Dual Ports.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RICHARDSON Richardson, city (1990 pop. 74,840), Dallas and Collins counties, N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; founded in the 1850s, inc. as a city 1956. Richardson manufactures telecommunications equipment, medical devices, supercomputers, computer chips, and fiber optics. , Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003 CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. (Cambridge Silicon Radio), a market leader in Bluetooth silicon, today announced that its BlueCore silicon has been selected by CC&C Technologies Inc., the wireless module and solution company from Taiwan, to Bluetooth enable the CC&C BT-260 Bluetooth Printer Combo Adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. . The BT-260 is a Bluetooth printer adapter that offers both USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and parallel (1284) ports making it suitable for converting most PC compatible printers to wireless operation up to a range of 100 meters. Because the BT-260 supports both USB and 1284 (parallel) port printers, the Bluetooth adapter is ideally suited for both home and office use. The dual-port BT-260 can be plugged into virtually any PC compatible printer to wirelessly network the office. In the home, the Bluetooth Class 1 device provides up to 100m range of Bluetooth connectivity and would, for example, enable a user to work on a notebook PC at the breakfast table and send print commands to the printer, which is conveniently tucked away under the bed. CSR's BlueCore Bluetooth solution has been implemented into CC&C's BT-260 Bluetooth printer adapter with the necessary profiles to choose from. The BT-260 implements both HCRP HCRP Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile HCRP Harvard Civil Rights Project HCRP Hillsborough County Republican Party (Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile) and SPP (1) (Scalable Parallel Processor) A multiprocessing computer that can be upgraded by adding more CPUs. (2) (Standard Parallel Port) The Centronics parallel port that was used on the first PCs. (Serial Port Profile) profiles, thus ensuring compatibility with PC Bluetooth adapters. CC&C was involved in the development of both SPP and HCRP profiles so is well equipped to understand the intricacies of developing workable Bluetooth solutions. Mr. Dandy Hsu, President, CC&C, commented, "Our brief for the BT-260 Bluetooth printer adapter was to provide a wireless solution that would allow the widest range of printers to become Bluetooth enabled. CSR's BlueCore has helped support our aim by allowing easy integration as well as support for the full range of interfaces." Eric Janson, worldwide vice president, marketing, CSR, added, "CSR is dedicated to providing Bluetooth silicon that allows companies such as CC&C to design high performance products like the BT-260. Janson continued, "BlueCore2 has allowed CC&C the flexibility to support more than one interface port and all the necessary printing profiles to perform simple printing both at home and in the office." About CSR CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) is a leading provider of single-chip radio devices for Bluetooth wireless communication. CSR offers developed hardware/software packages based around BlueCore, a fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. . BlueCore features in 60 percent of all qualified Bluetooth v1.1 enabled product designs (including end products and modules) with international names such as Microsoft Corp, Dell, Panasonic, Audi, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Toshiba, Samsung and Sony already using BlueCore in their range of Bluetooth products. In June 2003, CSR launched the third generation BlueCore devices with full support for v1.2 of the Bluetooth specification. CSR is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Richardson, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. , USA; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Seoul, Korea; Taipei, Taiwan and Aalborg, Denmark. More information can be found at www.csr.com and the partner web site www.btdesigner.com More information about Bluetooth can be found on the SIG web site at www.bluetooth.com |
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