Edison with wires!

Bluetooth Low Energy Peripherals with JavaScript

Edison with wires!

Previously, I’ve shown how to enable Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connections using Python. In the past few months, I have been furiously learning JavaScript for an upcoming set of tutorials dealing with the IntelĀ® Edison. Along the way, I neededĀ to make a demo using BLE and JavaScript, which invariably led me to the bleno module.

Bleno is a great tool, but I found some of the examples a little confusing to follow (I get easily lost when a program is split into more than 2 files without a well-documented API). As a result, I constructed a simple echo server demo program that illustrates how characteristics work in BLE.

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Edison and RFduino

Using Python and BLE to Receive Data from the RFduino

Edison and RFduino

It’s should be no surprise that I enjoy working with the Edison. It may not be as easy to work with as the Raspberry Pi, but I still like it.

My current project includes getting the Edison to talk Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to another device. The RFduino is the device in question, as I should be able to receive data as well as control peripherals attached to the RFduino. The final project will be an addition to the IoT YouTube series that I am working on (at SparkFun). I’m not spoiling anything!

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