General Bluetooth®
A Recap of Bluetooth World 2018
This week’s blog post will be a bit different. I’ll be covering a recap of the yearly event that covers all things Bluetooth: Bluetooth World
September 24, 2018
Mohammad Afaneh
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Embedded Development
How to build the simplest nRF52 BLE Central (Lightbulb use case)
In any BLE application, there are (at least) two devices involved: a BLE Peripheral device and a BLE Central device. Usually, the BLE Central is
June 5, 2018
Embedded Development
How to build the simplest nRF52 BLE Peripheral application (Lightbulb use case)
Let’s face it… One of the hardest things when working with BLE is simply getting started. Whether it’s the setup of the IDE, the configuration
May 29, 2018
Embedded Development
The complete cross-platform nRF development tutorial
In a previous blog post (The complete nRF Mac development tutorial), I went over how to set up your nRF development environment using the NetBeans
April 10, 2018
Bluetooth® Low Energy Protocol
Bluetooth 5 Advertisements: Everything you need to know
You’ve probably heard so much about the recently released Bluetooth 5. You’ve seen all the hype on 2x Speed, 4x Range, and 8x Advertising data
July 18, 2017
Embedded Development
The complete nRF52 Mac development tutorial
[Update] I’ve published a more up-to-date version of this blog post that covers all three major operating systems (macOS, Windows, and Linux) using a different
May 10, 2017
Bluetooth® Low Energy Protocol
Understanding SN and NESN in a BLE Link Layer packet
In my previous video looking at connection data captured via a BLE sniffer, I missed explaining two bits in the data that can be confusing
November 11, 2016
Bluetooth® Low Energy Protocol
How do I choose a UUID for my custom services and characteristics?
First, a few things to know: “A UUID is a universally unique identifier that is guaranteed to be unique across all space and all time”
October 19, 2016
What is the maximum size of data that can be encapsulated in a characteristic?
The answer: 512 bytes. But to understand where that came from, let’s first look at what a characteristic really is. Attributes are the generic term
October 19, 2016
BLE connection intervals and events in under 5 minutes
Understand BLE connection intervals and events in under 5 minutes A BLE connection interval is the time between two data transfer events (BLE connection events)
May 28, 2016