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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems
Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems: Take your first steps in IoT

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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

BLE Hardware, Software, and Debugging Tools

Bluetooth Low Energy, a successor to the Classic Bluetooth, is a young technology with huge adoption rate and big market. The technology made itself visible in mid 2010; when big manufacturers like Apple launched their products in the market with Bluetooth Low Energy support. Not only this, but Bluetooth version 4.0 took care of the biggest dilemma of the previous decade. It now consumed less power as compare to its predecessor. Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the developers and maintainers of Bluetooth technology, made sure that the technology matched the trend of the market and helped to spread itself in the Internet of Things (IoT). Chapter 1, BLE and the Internet of Things, described the context of Bluetooth Low Energy in the world of the Internet of Things and how it got popular amongst the manufacturer as a cheap short-distance communication technology. This...

Bluetooth Low Energy hardware

Classic Bluetooth was famous for its short distance connectivity in a cellular phone. This communication was a breakthrough over conventional IR communication as it did not require line-of-sight communication. The result was marvelous. It got famous among the cellular phone users and almost every vendor started to support Classic Bluetooth. The idea of the Bluetooth was simple enough for any lay person. You did not require any technical knowledge in order to send files and pictures to someone else's device. All you need to do is to enter the same passcode on two devices before pairing them.

It is not untrue to say that the success of Classic Bluetooth was marked by cellular industry. Users of Bluetooth did not require any additional Bluetooth hardware, rather their personal phones contained the built-in facility to connect to another Bluetooth device. Before the concept of Bluetooth...

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...

Summary

The focus of this chapter was to give readers an idea about the hardware and software tools available for the development. It described some examples of the Bluetooth hardware available for development including Nordic nRF51 development kit (with soft-devices), Adafruit Bluefruit BLE development kit and Coin Arduino BLE kit. In the software category, the chapter discussed Bluetooth Developer Studio by SIG, Nordic Semiconductor tools like nRF Connect, nRF Logger, nRF Beacon for Eddystone, nRF BLE Joiner and nRF UART 2.0. The chapter concluded itself with the introduction of two beacon applications by Google. Google Beacon Tools and Google physical web which are used in the Internet of Things applications. The chapter emphasized on the technical specifications and the uses of these tools rather than the explanation of the functionality. You will learn how to use these tools to their best in the coming chapters...

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Key benefits

  • Learn the basics of Bluetooth Low Energy with its exciting new protocol stack and security.
  • Build customized Bluetooth Low Energy projects that make your web or mobile apps smarter in terms of networking and communications.
  • Using Android, iOS, and the Web, acquire key skills to harness the power of Bluetooth Low Energy in your IoT applications.

Description

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a Wireless Personal Area network technology aimed at novel applications for smart devices. High-tech BLE profiles and services are being increasingly used by application developers and hardware enthusiasts to allow devices to interact with the surrounding world. This book will focus on a technical introduction to BLE and how it is reshaping small-distance communication. We will start with IoT, where many technologies such as BLE, Zigbee, and IEEE 802.15.4 Mesh will be introduced. The book will present BLE from an engineering perspective, from which the protocol stack, architecture, and layers are discussed. You will learn to implement customized projects for Peripheral/Central communication, BLE Beacons, indoor navigation using triangulation, and the Internet gateway for Bluetooth Low Energy Personal Network, all using various code samples and APIs on Android, iOS, and the Web. Finally, the book will conclude with a glimpse into future technologies destined to be prominent in years to come.

Who is this book for?

The book is for developers and enthusiasts who are passionate about learning Bluetooth Low Energy technologies and want to add new features and services to their new or existing products. They should be familiar with programming languages such as Swift, Java, and JavaScript. Knowledge of debugging skills would be an advantage.

What you will learn

  • Bluetooth Low Energy in theory.
  • Bluetooth Low Energy Hardware and Software Development Kits.
  • Implement Bluetooth low energy communication (central and peripheral) using Android.
  • Master BLE Beacons with examples implemented over Eddystone and iBeacons.
  • Implement indoor navigation using Estimote Beacons on iOS.
  • Implement Internet gateways to control BLE devices on a Wi-Fi network.
  • Understand BLE security mechanisms with a special focus on Bluetooth pairing, bonding, and key exchange to cover encryption, privacy, and user data integrity.
  • Implement Bluetooth Mesh using CSRMesh Technology.

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Table of Contents

8 Chapters
BLE and the Internet of Things Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
BLE Hardware, Software, and Debugging Tools Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Building a BLE Central and Peripheral Communication System Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
BLE Indoor Navigation Using Estimote Beacons Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Bluetooth Mesh Technology Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Implementing a Bluetooth Gateway Using the Raspberry Pi 3 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Future of Bluetooth Low Energy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Seenu Reddi Dec 31, 2018
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Unfortunately a single review complaining about software not running on Raspberry Pi (a common problem with changing hardware and software revisions) hurts the perception about the book. The author gives an introduction to the bluetooth technology and guides the user how to build systems. In my case it is android and by the look of it, he gives enough API details to get started (comparable or more than what I found in similar books).
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Gives an idea on BL and IoT
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I bought this book directly from Packt.I tried the example for BLE gateway with RPi and it doesn't even start. More, the downloaded code does not match with the description in the book, there are different directories. Very poor written. Waste of money!
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