Testing Bluetooth Low Energy Devices

Physical device testing using a bluetooth dongle.

Testing bluetooth low energy devices.

Bluetooth low energy lab a free tool for interaction with bluetooth le devices which support gatt protocol. Bluetooth testing besides computers keyboards mouse etc bluetooth low energy ble is designed for low power low latency devices such as home automation healthcare and security devices. Client emulator app this can either be a mobile app ios or android or a desktop application connected through a bluetooth low energy dongle or internal bluetooth low energy chip. Testing of ble devices on the mt8852b mt8852b 040 mt8852b 041 or mt8852b 042 models requires option 27 and firmware version 4 16 or later.

In firmware if the lmp number is 6 or greater than 6 ex. Testing bluetooth low energy devices march 25 2013 by. Nts has all the tools needed to make sure your product is ready for market whatever form your bluetooth device takes. Introduction to bluetooth device testing from theory to transmitter and receiver measurements bluetooth allows for high quality data and audio streaming between devices as well as the creation of sensors smaller than ever before.

Qualcomm qca61x4 bluetooth or intel r wireless bluetooth and then click properties. When developing a bluetooth low energy peripheral it s often useful to have an app that can connect to and test the peripheral to ensure it s working as expected. In device manager expand bluetooth right click on the bluetooth wireless adapter ex. Alternative to classic bluetooth bluetooth low energy is chosen increasingly for the iot.

Punch through bluetooth low energy is a new bluetooth standard that is exciting for a couple reasons it enables very low power battery applications and it further opens the smartphone accessory market. We will provide information about commonly used capabilities of your device and will try to make your work as convenient as possible. This technology also known as the abbreviation ble is establishing itself for connected devices as it is ideal to send small amounts of data between devices and to preserve the battery. If however you don t already have a companion app for the device you d either have to write one from scratch or use an existing app such as our flagship mobile app lightblue available on android and ios.

Bluetooth smart or bluetooth low energy has allowed for coin cell battery. Lightblue allows you to test and simulate bluetooth low energy devices. Bluetooth testing is finally fast and simple with litepoint bluetooth adva. The mt8852b 043 is a dedicated low energy test set and does not require option 27 to perform low energy measurements.

Which matches the iot s needs perfectly. Ensuring your device works exactly as you designed is critical to product success. Bds can be a very useful tool for getting more acquainted with the bluetooth low energy protocol and gatt services.