Intro to Bluetooth Low EnergyInternet of Things - Stockholm

2013-11-05 !Shahzada Hatim

Hej!

• You can call me Hatim (or @geoaxis).

• From Pakistan (nybörjare i svenska).

• Co-host Neo4j Stockholm and active in some other meetups and other related events.

Calibration

Agenda• History

• Technology

• Principles, Architecture

• Supported Platforms

• Demo

• Use Cases

• Resources

History• Named after a Danish King

• 1994 Bluetooth -Ericsson

• 2001-2007 Nokia - Wibree

• 2009-2010 Bluetooth SIG

• 2011 iOS 5, Iphone4S

Technology - Principles• Designed from the ground up

• Ultra Low Power, Low throughput, Short messages

• Low cost, small physical size

• Interoperable

• Same wireless band as Wifi

• License free

Small Data

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Architecture

Central

P1

P2

P3

P4

Physical Layer

Link Layer State Machine

GATT

BLE Profiles• DIS!Device Information Service! 1.0 !

• FMP! Find Me Profile! 1.0 !

• HTP!Health Thermometer Profile! 1.0 !

• HTS!Health Thermometer Service! 1.0 !

• HRP! Heart Rate Profile! 1.0 !

• HRS! Heart Rate Service!1.0 !

• IAS! Immediate Alert Service! 1.0 !

• LLS!Link Loss Service! 1.0 !

• PASP! Phone Alert Status Profile! 1.0 !

• PASS! Phone Alert Status Service! 1.0 !

• PXP!Proximity Profile! 1.0 !

• RTUS! Reference Time Update Service!1.0 !

• TIP! Time Profile!1.0 !

• TPS!Tx Power Service! 1.0 !

GATT - CoreBluetooth

Supported Platforms• iPhone4S+,iPad3+, iPod Touch, iOS5+

• Android 4.3+ (API 18) only Central mode

• Windows 8.1

• Blackberry

• Nokia Lumia Series , Windows 8.1 Phone in future

Demo

Use Cases - Sports/Fitness

Use Cases - Lifestyle

Use Cases - Location

Use Cases - Security

UseCases -Industrial

Questions/Comments

Resources• Bluetooth SIG Website

• Youtube Channel

• Robin Heydon Book

• Apple Core Bluetooth Developer Guide

• BlueGiga Presentation

• I will post a full list of links on meetup page (along with some more interesting slides)

iBeacons

• Introduced at WWDC 2013

• Indications that it could become a profile

• Part of CoreLocation API in iOS

• Perhaps a Demo

Summary• Introduction to Bluetooth Low Energy

• History

• Architecture

• Examples

• Demo

• Resources

BLE vs NFC trend

BLE is super cool, now go make some awesome

things with it.

Tack!