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You're reading from Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems Take your first steps in IoT

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786461087

Length 242 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Bluetooth Low Energy

Concepts

Single Board Computers

Author (1):

Muhammad Usama bin Aftab

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. BLE and the Internet of Things FREE CHAPTER

2. BLE Hardware, Software, and Debugging Tools

3. Building a BLE Central and Peripheral Communication System

4. Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons

5. BLE Indoor Navigation Using Estimote Beacons

6. Bluetooth Mesh Technology

7. Implementing a Bluetooth Gateway Using the Raspberry Pi 3

8. The Future of Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth Low Energy software

Just like hardware, the development of Bluetooth Low Energy heavily relies on the software stack. Many software tools are available online for the development, testing and debugging of the BLE devices. Since Bluetooth Low Energy is heavily in correlation of the cellular phones, almost every major platform has its share in Bluetooth Low Energy software stack. PC industry is also very crucial in Bluetooth Low Energy software stack. In this section, we will emphasize more on the software/applications available on Microsoft Windows, Android and iOS.

Bluetooth Developer Studio by Special Interest Group

At this point of the book, we will talk about the software tools available for the development of Bluetooth Low Energy Applications. Special...

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Authors (1)

Usama bin Aftab

Muhammad Usama bin Aftab is a software engineer at one of the leading solar lighting manufacturers in North America. At Carmanah Technologies, he works closely with the product development and management teams to develop software for embryonic technologies such as Bluetooth Low Energy. He also focuses on full-stack development using Angular 2 and Java. His main areas of interest range from mobile application development to information security. Mr. Aftab is an alumnus of the University of Victoria, Canada, where he received his master's degree in applied science in electrical and computer engineering. Mr. Aftab has experience in Android, iOS, and cross-platform gaming technologies (such as Unity 3D), which led him to coauthor Learning Android Intents for Packt in 2014.

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