Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is one of the most widespread, energy-saving wireless standards for sensors and wearables. The Datico® LIFE HUB connects BLE devices directly via Wearable Connect · Bluetooth and Datico® Live Control and analyzes their data time-synchronized.

Challenge

BLE-capable sensors and wearables are ubiquitous in the health and fitness sector but often deliver their values as isolated individual measurements without any connection to further data sources.

Solution

The Datico® LIFE HUB connects BLE devices in two ways – via Wearable Connect · Bluetooth for direct device connection and via Datico® Live Control for real-time capture.

Result

BLE sensor data such as heart rate can be combined time-synchronized with diagnostic, device and environmental data – standards-based instead of device-specific and thus across a very broad world of devices.

Bluetooth Low Energy in the Datico® LIFE HUB

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is one of the most widespread wireless standards for sensors and wearables. The Datico® LIFE HUB supports BLE in two ways – for direct device connection and for real-time capture.

What is Bluetooth Low Energy?

Bluetooth Low Energy is the energy-saving variant of Bluetooth technology and is maintained as an international standard by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). Through standardized profiles, BLE is widespread in smartphones, wearable devices and a wide range of sensors – with low power consumption and high reliability.

Especially in the health and fitness sector, BLE has established itself as the de facto standard for the wireless transmission of sensor data.

Bluetooth LE in the Datico® LIFE HUB

The Datico® LIFE HUB connects BLE devices in two ways:

This means BLE support also follows the thread of the Datico® Data Value Chain: data is connected (Data in Connection), transformed into insights (Data in Context), made available in an understandable way (Data in Communication) and managed in a privacy-compliant and vendor-independent manner (Data in Consistency).

Added value through time-synchronized analysis

The real benefit emerges when BLE sensor data is merged with additional data sources. In the Datico® LIFE HUB, heart rate and other sensor values can be combined time-synchronized with diagnostic, device and environmental data and analyzed together.

This turns individual BLE signals into a coherent, solid data basis.

Conclusion

With support for Bluetooth Low Energy via Wearable Connect · Bluetooth and Live Control, the Datico® LIFE HUB opens up a very broad world of sensors and wearables – standards-based instead of device-specific.

This turns wireless sensor data into a solid basis for decisions – a consistent step toward Better Data. Better Decisions. Better Outcomes.

Frequently asked questions

Is Datico® compatible with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)?

Yes. The Datico® LIFE HUB supports Bluetooth Low Energy in two ways: via Wearable Connect · Bluetooth as well as via Datico® Live Control.

This allows BLE-capable sensors and wearables to be connected directly and their data captured and analyzed. Instead of integrating individual devices in a device-specific way, the Datico® LIFE HUB opens up a very broad world of sensors and wearables through the standard.

What is Bluetooth Low Energy?

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is the energy-saving variant of Bluetooth technology and is maintained as an international standard by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).

Through standardized profiles, BLE is extremely widespread in smartphones, wearables and numerous sensors – with low power consumption and high reliability. Especially in the health and fitness sector, BLE has established itself as the de facto standard for the wireless transmission of sensor data.

Which Bluetooth LE devices can be connected?

In principle, BLE-capable sensors and wearables can be connected – for example heart rate chest straps and other sensors from the health and fitness sector.

One concrete example is the direct Bluetooth connection of Polar sensors via Wearable Connect · Bluetooth. Because BLE works through standardized profiles, the range of connectable devices is correspondingly broad.

How is Bluetooth LE data captured in Datico®?

The integration is realized via two paths of the Datico® LIFE HUB:

  • Via Wearable Connect · Bluetooth for the direct device connection of BLE-capable sensors and wearables.
  • Via Datico® Live Control for real-time capture.

The data is then available in the Datico® LIFE HUB for time-synchronized display, storage and analysis. Which of the two paths is used depends on the use case and the respective device.

Can Bluetooth LE data be combined with other data sources?

Yes. The real benefit emerges when BLE sensor data is viewed not in isolation but together with additional data sources.

In the Datico® LIFE HUB, heart rate and other sensor values can be combined time-synchronized with diagnostic, device and environmental data and analyzed together. This turns individual BLE signals into a coherent, solid data basis.

What is the difference between Bluetooth LE and ANT+ in Datico®?

Both are supported wireless standards for wireless sensor data – the difference lies in the integration path within the Datico® LIFE HUB.

  • Bluetooth LE is connected via Wearable Connect · Bluetooth and Datico® Live Control.
  • ANT+ is connected via Datico® Live Control.

Which standard is used depends on the respective sensor or wearable. In both cases, the data is subsequently available time-synchronized in the Datico® LIFE HUB.