WickedWIOT

Broadcom appears to becoming more friendly to small developer companies.

WICED    pronounced "WICKED"
I have just learned about a $20 device for experimenting with tethered Bluetooth.
WICED Sensor  will be carried by Mouser
Product Brief  

Description:
Bluetooth / 802.15.1 Development Tools WICEDSENSE BT SMART Sensor Kit 

• Includes multiple low-power MEMS sensors and Bluetooth Smart radio, powered by a single coin cell battery
• Includes gyroscope, accelerometer, eCompass, pressure, humidity and temperature sensors
• No embedded software design knowledge or compiler required 

The red enclosure is about the size of a credit card.

There are other development offerings as well.
                                      

Time will reveal if this a real effort by Broadcom to get hot in the IOT & WIOT areas.

More info:
http://iot.sys-con.com/node/3178691

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