In as much as you may find that zigbee and bluetooth are quite often being put alongside each other for comparing and contrasting you should understand that these two technologies however are not exactly competing technologies. Yes, true enough they have similarities and at the same time things that come different from each other but this does not present a scenario where these two would take over the “territory” of one another, so to speak. You will know from understanding their respective nature that indeed they are no threat to one another.

The notable thing that is common between the zigbee and Bluetooth is that they both operate in the same frequency band which is 2.4 GHz. As to their wireless private area network both zigbee and Bluetooth belong to one and the same. Even with these commonalities you will find that these two have more differences particularly in the aspect of their personal area networks in both technical and application as discussed here.

First on the line is that zigbee is actually aimed at automation as opposed to Bluetooth which actually aims at connectivity for the mobile devices in a given and close proximity. In other words, when you refer to zigbee this usually means that it has something to do with remote control and automation rather than addressing the user’s need for mobility, and the elimination of cabling between devices of short distance from each other. Simply put in layman’s terms, you find zigbee in your home handheld devices or remote control that allows you to push a button and you get automated lightings and the likes whereas you find Bluetooth in your mobile phones or laptops which eliminates the need for cables connecting each other should you need to transfer or exchange data.

Among the two technologies, which one do you think comes with higher speed? If your bet is zigbee then yes, you are quite correct because zigbee gives you automation which comes almost instantly. Networks join in simply a matter of thirty milliseconds and so with this it comes more suitable for critical applications. Bluetooth on the other hand gives you quite a wait, as opposed to zigbee of course, where the joining time is about three seconds. Not bad but also not as good as to beat zigbee in this actual area.

Another notable difference between that two is with their use of data rates, power consumption and size of devices. With zigbee there is low data rates and low power consumption on devices that are low packet. On the other hand, Bluetooth requires higher data rates and higher power consumption on devices which are large packet. Finally, know that zigbee networks are able to support devices at longer range as opposed to Bluetooth networks that come at smaller range.

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