Hello everyone,
since I’m preparing for a two week dive vacation right now and I don’t wanted to keep the current status of the ANCS firmware development secret any longer, I pushed the current status of the code to my github repository: https://github.com/michaelkroll/BLE-Shield/tree/master/firmware the corresponding Arduino Library can be downloaded from this link: https://github.com/michaelkroll/BLE-Shield/tree/master/arduino/Libraries
The firmware and library is a work in progress version which is derived from the example provided by John Gallagher: https://github.
Hello everyone,
since I published the blog post about the BLE112/BLE113 OTA firmware upgrade functionality into BLExplr, users are asking me about the DKBLE11x module I created to test this. No I published the eagle files, a BOM and a link to OSHPark to order the PCB directly.
The link to the github repo is: https://github.com/michaelkroll/Hardware-Tools/tree/master/DKBLE11x-OTA-AddOn-Board and the permalink to OSHPark where you can order the PCB is http://www.oshpark.com/shared_projects/nWPpYei9
Please do not hesitate to contact me using the boo or my forum at http://forum.
Hello everyone,
some people asked me how to use the ranging feature of BLExplr to range for beacons. So I decided to write a blog post describing how to achieve that.
Please make sure that you have installed the latest version 1.5.2 of BLExplr installed. You can get it from this AppStore link for your convenience: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blexplr/id524018027
In order to range a beacon, of course you must have a hardware beacon or another iPhone where you can simulate a beacon.
Hello everyone,
you might remember my post about my first OTA experiences with the BLE11x and SDK 1.2.1 Build91. I was using the bulky prototype hand soldered module as illustrated below.
A few days ago I received the PCB I designed for my DKBLE11x OTA AddOn Module which is only about one square inch in size as illustrated in the picture below.
Attached to the BLE11x development board (here the BLE112 Evaluation Board) it looks like the picture below.
Hello everyone,
since Bluegiga added the possibility to upgrade the BLE11x modules firmware over the air (OTA) in v1.2 of their SDK I spend some time to test this features on the BLE112 and BLE113 Eval boards successfully.
In order to prepare the setup I ordered some of the necessary SPI Flash Chips from Digikey with part number “W25X20CLSNIG-ND” in 8SOIC package. I used the schematic as illustrated in figure 6 of the Application Note “Implementing Over-the-Air Firmware Upgrade” as shown below:
Hello everyone,
after some people raised an interesting and I think important question concerning iBeacons as comment on my blogpost http://www.mkroll.mobi/?p=1120, I decided to write a post regarding those questions only. Feel free to comment on this post or start a discussion in the forum at http://forum.mkroll.mobi/viewforum.php?f=17 where I opened an iBeacon related area.
So back to the question raised on the blogpost which was originally:
I think this is correct, but there are some iBeacons commercially available already, such as:
Hello everyone,
this weekend I received a SODAQ beta board for some testing with the BLEBee and just grabbed some parts from my electronic boxes to create a “Plant Moisture Sensor”.
The part list for this little project is:
1 SODAQ Moja Board 1 BLEBee (http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/blebee-v100-p-1632.html) 1 Groove Moisture Sensor (http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/grove-moisture-sensor-p-955.html) 1 Groove Cable (http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/grove-universal-4-pin-20cm-unbuckled-cable-5-pcs-pack-p-749.html) 1 Lipo Battery 1 Mini USB Cable The parts are shown in the picture below:
Hello everyone,
the BLEBee v1.0.0 is available for sale.
Please visit Seeedstudio’s Depot following this link http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/blebee-v100-p-1632.html to get one or more.
Thanks,
Michael.
Hello everyone,
the hunt has ended more quickly as I imagined. The easter egg is hidden behind the app icon in the settings screen. You can see it by double tapping on the icon.
The winner is: Tian Zhang (@KhaosT) He will receive the BLEBee v1.0.0 as soon as it can be shipped from Seeedstudio. Thanks for participating,
Michael.
Hello everyone,
the new BLExplr app v1.5.0 has a hidden easter egg 🙂
If you find it, please make a screenshot and send it over to me using the “E-Mail to the Author” function available in BLExplr and leave your full name as well. If the screenshot shows the easter egg, I will publish the finder on my blog and the finder will get a BLEBee for free 🙂
Happy hunting,