Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

By : Usama bin Aftab

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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

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By: Usama bin Aftab

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Overview of this book

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.

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

BLE and the Internet of Things

Internet of Things

Technologies in the Internet of Things

Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth Low Energy for the Internet of Things

Summary

BLE Hardware, Software, and Debugging Tools

Bluetooth Low Energy hardware

Bluetooth Low Energy software

Summary

Building a BLE Central and Peripheral Communication System

Bluetooth Low Energy central and peripheral

Android Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth Over-The-Air device firmware update

Summary

Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons

Introduction to Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons

Beacon protocols

Estimote beacons

Summary

BLE Indoor Navigation Using Estimote Beacons

Introducing indoor navigation

Estimote Location Beacons and triangulation

Indoor location using the Estimote Location Beacons

Implementing indoor navigation using the Estimote Location SDK on Swift

Summary

Bluetooth Mesh Technology

Introduction to mesh networking

Mesh networking in wireless technologies

CSRMesh

Summary

Implementing a Bluetooth Gateway Using the Raspberry Pi 3

Introducing the Raspberry Pi

Set up your Raspberry Pi with Raspbian

Deploying a Bluetooth gateway on your Raspberry Pi

Implementing a Bluetooth gateway on the Raspberry Pi

Implementing the Bluetooth gateway explorer v2

Summary

The Future of Bluetooth Low Energy

The Internet of Things and the role of Bluetooth Low Energy

Use of IoT in smart cities and the automobile industry

Potential research in Bluetooth Low Energy

Summary

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Potential research in Bluetooth Low Energy

Research and development in Bluetooth Low Energy is a continuing process undertaken by the Bluetooth SIG. Many companies, in collaboration with the SIG, are working to stretch the limits of the technology.
To understand the scale of research and development, you can refer to the list of contributors to Bluetooth 5:

This list is available on the Bluetooth SIG's website. You can see that a broad range of people contributed to the development of Bluetooth 5. The list goes from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to Texas Instruments. With their collaboration, they managed to achieve extraordinary advancements in Bluetooth technology. The proof of this is the significant increase in the range and speed of the latest version of Bluetooth.

The SIG also encourages research from students and independent research companies to improve the health of Bluetooth technology...