Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE): A Complete Guide
What is Bluetooth Low Energy? A complete developer guide covering the protocol stack, GAP, GATT, advertising, connections, and how to start building Bluetooth LE applications.
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Chipset vs Module Bluetooth LE Solutions: The Ultimate Guide
A practical guide to choosing between a Bluetooth LE SoC chipset and a SiP module for your product — covering cost, RF design, certifications, and break-even analysis.
Bluetooth 5 Speed: How to Achieve Maximum Throughput for Your Bluetooth LE Application
How fast is Bluetooth 5? Real throughput depends on PHY selection, DLE, ATT MTU, and connection intervals. This guide explains each factor with actual nRF52 measurements.
17 Most Popular Bluetooth Low Energy Chipsets Compared
Choosing a Bluetooth LE chipset? Compare 17 popular SoCs from Nordic, Texas Instruments, Silicon Labs, NXP, and more — with detailed specs, features, and pricing to help you decide.
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How a Group of Researchers Hacked Tesla's Passive Keyless Entry System
NCC Group demonstrated a Bluetooth LE relay attack that bypasses encryption and latency checks to unlock a Tesla Model 3 without the owner's phone nearby.
Native vs. Cross-Platform Bluetooth LE Mobile Apps
A practical guide to choosing between native (Swift, Kotlin) and cross-platform (Flutter, React Native) development for Bluetooth LE mobile apps, covering DFU, security, and regulatory considerations.
The World's First Programming-Free Bluetooth Beacon Platform
The InPlay NanoBeacon IN100 lets you create Bluetooth beacons in minutes without writing a single line of code. See how this programming-free platform works.
Implementing Nordic nRF52 OTA DFU over Bluetooth LE - Part 4
Learn how to integrate Nordic Buttonless DFU into your own nRF52 application, generate signing keys, build a secure bootloader, create DFU packages, and perform over-the-air firmware updates via nRF Connect.
Bluetooth vs. Bluetooth Low Energy: What's the Difference?
A detailed comparison of Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR) and Bluetooth Low Energy covering power consumption, range, data rate, topology, developer tools, and cost.
How to Manage Multiple Bluetooth LE Peripherals in iOS
For the purpose of this tutorial (separated into two parts), our goal is to create an iOS app that can manage multiple BLE peripherals. Our example will be
Introduction to Bluetooth LE Mobile Development [iOS] - Part 2
In a previous post (Introduction to BLE Mobile Development for iOS), we covered: * Setting up Xcode for BLE development * Bluetooth permissions * Scanning
How Bluetooth Low Energy Works: 21 Interesting Facts
Discover 21 key facts about Bluetooth Low Energy — from backward compatibility and long-range mode to advertising packets, PHY options, and power optimization.