2000 - connectBlue Established
- Establishes connectBlue AB on March 27th and operation starts in July
- Bluetooth SIG member as of June
- Employees have expertise in industrial demands and wireless technologies from the start
2001 - Birth of Industrial Bluetooth
- Launched the world's first industrial Bluetooth product
- The product compatibility strategy born in April
- ABB shows Bluetooth based process I/O at Interkama, Düsseldorf, in September
- Phoenix Contact shows Ethernet cable replacement at SPS/IPC/Drives in November
2002 - Bluetooth Generation 2
- Launch of Bluetooth Serial Port Adapter generation 2 - became a best seller
- Developed the "embedded communication interface" - became the standard in Infineon's Bluetooth solutions
2003 - Bluetooth in Medical
2004 – First Real-time Wireless I/O
- World's first industrial real-time Wireless IO-system
- Bluetooth easy pairing/configuration with ID plug patent by connectBlue
2005 - Bluetooth Generation 3
- Close partnership with Philips/NXP on Bluetooth, Wireless LAN and NFC
- Launch of Bluetooth Serial Port Adapter generation 3 - modular, backwards compatible design
- Launch of the Bluetooth AP generation 2
2006 – Wireless LAN & ZigBee
2007 – US Office Opens
2008 – Intense Development
- Launch of first generation IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee products
- Heavily involved in the Bluetooth SIG technology development:
- Chair of the Industrial working group
- Medical working group
- Bluetooth low energy group
- Sensor profile specification development
- Launch of Ethernet Port Adapter - the intelligent antenna™
- Wireless LAN – IEEE 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth
- Built-in antenna
- SMART configuration mode
2009 – German Office Opens
- World’s 1st Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n industrial module
- connectBlue expands with new German subsidiary
- Bluetooth v2.1+EDR module - customer application platform
2010 – Innovative Solutions Ahead
