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Bluetooth low energy toolbox eases development on Android

Bluetooth low energy toolbox eases development on Android

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With Google’s integration of native support of Bluetooth low energy in Android 4.3, it is now possible to develop Bluetooth Smart devices that communicate with an Android-based smartphone such as the Samsung Galaxy S4 or Nexus 5. This news means developers of Bluetooth low energy products and their associated Apps can address the largest smartphone market segment with less effort and the Android Bluetooth low energy picture becomes less fragmented.

nRF Toolbox is a standalone application that also holds the capability of interacting with other Nordic Bluetooth low energy tools as plugins. This allows customers to tailor their tool usage to fit the exact needs of their end application. nRF Toolbox can store all Nordic apps in one location, and supports both the nRF MCP and nRF Logger apps (see below for more details). It also contains applications demonstrating Bluetooth low energy / Bluetooth v4.0 profiles like Heart Rate Monitor, Blood Pressure Monitor, Health Thermometer Monitor, Blood Glucose Monitor and Proximity. More profiles will be added in the near future.

nRF Toolbox also supports over-the-air Device Firmware Update (DFU), which allows anyone to upload an application image wirelessly, either for updates or to fix bugs. The nRF Toolbox is also compatible with Nordic nRF51822 devices that have the S110 SoftDevice and boot loader enabled.

The Nordic nRF MCP, Master Control Panel, is a generic tool that allows users to scan for Bluetooth low energy devices and communicate with them. It supports a number of Bluetooth SIG adopted profiles as well as Nordic’s own Device Firmware Update (DFU) profile. With the nRF MCP, developers can interact with Bluetooth low energy peripherals in the same seamless way as they are able to do with the Master Control Panel PC tool.

The nRF Logger allows developers to store and view log sessions from other Nordic nRF apps. Detailed logging and historical organization included in the RF Logger is handy for developers who want to keep track of how their product is evolving. The Nordic app allows developers to share their logs with installed apps on the phone, such as mail clients and cloud storage services. nRF Logger currently only supports the nRF MCP.

Visit Nordic Semiconductor at www.nordicsemi.no

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