Stockholm Internet of Things meetup. Introduction to BLE. These slides are modified from the live presentation. Any views presented on these slides are that of the author (or the author agrees with them) and don't necessarily reflect on the author's employer.

1. Intro to Bluetooth Low
Energy
Internet of Things - Stockholm
2013-11-05
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Shahzada Hatim

2. Hej!
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You can call me Hatim (or @geoaxis).
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From Pakistan (nybörjare i svenska).
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Co-host Neo4j Stockholm and active in some
other meetups and other related events.

3. Calibration

4. Agenda
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History
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Technology
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Principles, Architecture
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Supported Platforms
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Demo
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Use Cases
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Resources

5. History
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Named after a Danish King
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1994 Bluetooth -Ericsson
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2001-2007 Nokia - Wibree
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2009-2010 Bluetooth SIG
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2011 iOS 5, Iphone4S

6. Technology - Principles
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Designed from the ground up
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Ultra Low Power, Low throughput, Short messages
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Low cost, small physical size
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Interoperable
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Same wireless band as Wifi
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License free

7. Small Data
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8. Architecture
P1
P2
Central
P3
P4

9. Physical Layer

10. Link Layer State Machine

11. GATT

12. BLE Profiles
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DIS! Device Information Service!
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FMP!
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HTP!Health Thermometer Profile!
1.0 !
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HTS!Health Thermometer Service!
1.0 !
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HRP!
Heart Rate Profile! 1.0 !
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HRS!
Heart Rate Service!1.0 !
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IAS! Immediate Alert Service! 1.0 !
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LLS!Link Loss Service! 1.0 !
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PASP!
Phone Alert Status Profile!
1.0 !
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PASS!
Phone Alert Status Service!
1.0 !
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PXP!Proximity Profile! 1.0 !
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RTUS!
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TIP! Time Profile!1.0 !
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TPS!Tx Power Service! 1.0 !
Find Me Profile!
1.0 !
1.0 !
Reference Time Update Service!1.0 !

13. GATT - CoreBluetooth

14. Supported Platforms
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iPhone4S+,iPad3+, iPod Touch, iOS5+
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Android 4.3+ (API 18) only Central mode
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Windows 8.1
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Blackberry
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Nokia Lumia Series , Windows 8.1 Phone in
future

15. Demo

16. Use Cases - Sports/Fitness

17. Use Cases - Lifestyle

18. Use Cases - Location

19. Use Cases - Security

20. UseCases -Industrial

21. Questions/Comments

22. Resources
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Bluetooth SIG Website
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Youtube Channel
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Robin Heydon Book
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Apple Core Bluetooth Developer Guide
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BlueGiga Presentation
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I will post a full list of links on meetup page (along
with some more interesting slides)

23. iBeacons
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Introduced at WWDC 2013
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Indications that it could become a profile
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Part of CoreLocation API in iOS
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Perhaps a Demo

24. Summary
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Introduction to Bluetooth Low Energy
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History
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Architecture
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Examples
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Demo
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Resources

25. BLE vs NFC trend

26. BLE is super cool, now
go make some awesome
things with it.

27. Tack!