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BlueSoleil is a Bluetooth software/driver for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Windows CE. It supports Bluetooth chipsets from CSR , Broadcom , Marvell etc. Bluetooth dongles , PCs , Laptops , PDAs , PNDs and UMPCs are sometimes bundled with a version of this software albeit with limited functionality and OEM licensing.
A host operating system can expose a basic set of profiles (namely OBEX, HID and Audio Sink) and manufacturers can add additional profiles to their drivers and stack to enhance what their Bluetooth devices can do. Devices such as mobile phones can expose additional profiles by installing appropriate apps.
While A2DP officially supports only one-way audio streams, CSR has found a way to send a voice-back stream opposite to the main stereo stream, making it possible to use A2DP in headsets with microphones. It was implemented in the FastStream codec, which is the SBC codec with set parameters and the voice-back stream added.
A Bluetooth stack is software that is an implementation of the Bluetooth protocol stack.. Bluetooth stacks can be roughly divided into two distinct categories: . General-purpose implementations that are written with emphasis on feature-richness and flexibility, usually for desktop computers.
Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function (firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11 wireless network cards. Location of the network device drivers in a simplified structure of the Linux kernel.
The name "Bluetooth" was proposed in 1997 by Jim Kardach of Intel, one of the founders of the Bluetooth SIG.The name was inspired by a conversation with Sven Mattisson who related Scandinavian history through tales from Frans G. Bengtsson's The Long Ships, a historical novel about Vikings and the 10th-century Danish king Harald Bluetooth.
As part of the deal Samsung acquired a stake of 4.9% in CSR. [13] In June 2014, CSR acquired the people and technology of Reciva, a networked audio streaming platform, for US$5 million [14] and in October 2014, the acquisition of CSR by Qualcomm for $2.5 billion was agreed. [15] The transaction was completed in August 2015. [16]
The company split in 2009; the broadcast hardware business was acquired by Audemat and became part of what is now WorldCast Systems, and the licensing business became APT Licensing and was acquired by CSR plc in 2010. [17] aptX was previously styled apt-X until acquired by CSR in 2010. CSR was subsequently acquired by Qualcomm in August 2015. [18]