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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

By : Muhammad Usama bin Aftab
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Building Bluetooth Low Energy Systems

By: Muhammad Usama bin Aftab

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.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Preface

The Internet of Things and the role of Bluetooth Low Energy


In this section, we will take a quick look at the history and future of technology, with special emphasis on the Internet of Things and Bluetooth Low Energy.

History and its motion

Technology moves forward and unveils one miracle after another. It started in the eighteenth century with the invention of electricity, when Benjamin Franklin did extensive research and connected the dots between lightning and tiny electric charges. While some people do not consider Franklin the inventor of electricity, it is agreed that his research led to the invention of electricity. Later, Nicola Tesla and Thomas Edison put this technology to commercial use. The reason I explicitly mention the invention of commercial electricity is because this invention is responsible for almost all technological advancement humans have made in the last two centuries. Television, radio, calculators, and eventually personal computers are based on electricity. 

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