My client needed to receive a relatively large amount of data on a mobile device, from an embedded system, and process it in near-realtime. The simplest method for communication with a whole host of mobile devices is to go over bluetooth low energy, but this protocol’s main concern is more about power conservation than throughput. …
NanoKeys Released
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As promised, the NanoKeys library has been made public and is now available on it’s own project page! One noteworthy change is a modification to the key send/key clear algorithm that allows for much quicker transmission of key strokes and a snappier user experience. Here’s a short clip of the new functionality in action: And…
Announcing NanoKeys: turning a BLE Nano into an HID Keyboard, the easy way
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I’m finishing up the docs for NanoKeys, a small BLE Nano (and probably any mbed BLE API supported devices) library that gives you an easy way to create a bluetooth low energy keyboard that you can pair with using any mobile device. The project page, code and documentation will be up shortly (in the projects…
RedBear Duo: Intro and QuickStart/HOWTO
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Just got my hands on RedBear Lab‘s Duo—what promises to be a great little BLE/WiFi combo—and got some preliminary testing done. By the end of the seven straightforward steps detailed here, you’ll know all the basics about the Duo and have your own “Arduino” code running on the device, too. Other than my own ramblings,…