BLE Suite – Bluetooth Scanner: Embien Technologies

BLE Suite - Bluetooth Scanner

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By considering the needs of developers working on Bluetooth Smart (or) BLE connectivity enabled devices like wearables, BLE beacons, custom BLE modules, etc., Embien has developed an android based Bluetooth scanner application named BLE Suite.

Embien’s BLE Suite aimed to be called the Swiss knife of BLE developments, is logically designed with visual elements that ease user interaction & management. It offers a rich functionality for debugging devices & enables features like BLE Scanner View, Service Browser, Widget Screen & Log Screen that aid users in viewing the list of available devices, pair with them to read & write data operations, based on the device characteristic.

BLE Scanner View & Service Browser

The BLE App has a primary scanner view option that detects all the available devices using Android OS. It displays device name, address and RSSI. Based on the connection state, the scanner view provides connect/ disconnect options. The devices can be scanned/ re-scanned automatically within configured time periods. Users can initiate a scan by just pressing the Scan button. The service browser will display all the services supported by the respective BLE Devices with their names for the user's view. Information like Characteristics/Descriptors can be viewed, managed and expanded. Additionally, the Service Browser supports the following options:

Displays corresponding name, if the device has a standard UUID as defined by the Bluetooth Low Energy Profile
Enables read/write options for information like Characteristics/ Descriptors etc
Provides options to change the format of the accessed characteristics data
Options to enable/disable notifications for various characteristics

Widget Screen

By using engaging UI elements, the widget screen displays textual information provided by the service browser in a logical manner. The widget screen also supports functionalities like: Adding/Removing Widgets, Edit Services, Characteristics/Descriptors associated with each Widget. Apart from these, it also enables customized factoring for various widgets, reads all configured widgets, repeatedly within configurable time intervals.The list of UI Widgets supported by the BLE Suite – Bluetooth scanner are as follows:

Overview Widget - Displays BLE Device address, RSSI, Number of Connections/Disconnections
Device Widget -Shows Model/ Serial Number, Manufacture Name, Hardware/Software Revision of the device
Accelerometer Widget -Displays X,Y,Z axis values & polling interval with a configurable base value
Alert Widget -Enables configurable mode selection & an alert now option
Battery Widget -Displays battery percentage
Custom Widget -Shows user configurable data format with read/write options for any custom characteristics UUID
Update Widget -Enables OTA feature based offered by TI's OTA profile

Log Screen

The log screen of BLE Suite - Bluetooth Scanner Application is made ideal for BLE development and debugging purposes by its highly attractive features which include the following:

Enables the user to view all the log information of the selected device, accumulated over a specific period of operation carried by the Bluetooth 4.0 scanner
Allows the user to select events that are specific to Connection, Read/Write Characteristics & Notifications etc.
Displays the time and type of Log data
Clears all the log information,in just one click

Embien holds a rich experience in developing BLE devices such as BLE beacons, custom BLE modules, wearables etc. for industries like Consumer Electronics, Health Care, Automotive and many more. Our expert engineers have developed a wide range of BLE based Android apps. To know more about our competence, get in touch with us today!

BLE Suite – Bluetooth Scanner