Broadcom Unveils WICED Kit to Speed up IoT Devices and Apps Developments

Broadcom, last week introduced WICED Sense Tag, a new development kit into its Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED™) family to enable developers to rapidly prototype ideas and concepts for IoT devices and applications. Priced at  $19.99, the WICED Sense Kit is made available through Broadcom's network of distribution partners and developers can download the WICED Sense application at the App Store.

Broadcom, a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, said that the WICED Sense development kit is an all-in-one IoT prototyping kit that includes Broadcom's newest Bluetooth Smart chip, five micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and has a software stack that is Bluetooth 4.1 compatible. 

The IoT development kit comes with readily supported use cases that range from a single sensor technology to sophisticated programs gathering and analyzing data from multiple sensors. It allows even non-technical designers to take advantage of the company's industry-leading Bluetooth technology and low-power MEMS sensors to build custom applications.

According to Broadcom, a user can simply unbox the WICED Sense kit, download the WICED Sense application to their smartphone and then pair the two devices using Bluetooth Smart in order to start experimenting with sensor technology like direction, humidity, speed and atmospheric pressure.