BLE - Bluetooth Low Energy Devices

Several companies are producing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices.

The leading producers at this moment are:

 

BLE Resources (Hardware - Software) currently available at Kiel University of Applied Sciences:

Currently the following devices are available. Please use the indicated links for additional technical information.

  • Texas Instruments BLE SensorTag Development Kit (DK).
    This device is based on the TI CC2541 BLE chip; it includes the following sensors:
    • IR Temperature Sensor (TMP006) from TI
    • Humidity Sensor (SHT21) from Sensirion
    • Pressure Sensor (T5400) from Epcos
    • Accelerometer (KXTJ9) from Kionix (Tri-Axis)
    • Gyroscope (IMU-3000) from InvenSense (Tri-Axis)
    • Magnetometer (MAG3110) from Freescale (Tri-Axis)
    SensorTag
    Because of its high variety of basic sensors the TI SensorTag is ideally suited to introduce the capabilities of Bluetooth Low Energy as well as for the basic development of BLE applications and apps.

 

  • TI BLE Device Monitor (hardware dongle and software):
    The device monitor can be used to directly control the TI SensorTag (controlling and reading sensor data)
  • TI BLE Packet Sniffer (hardware dongle and software):
    The packet sniffer can be used to monitor the communication between two (or more) BLE devices over the air. It is an excellent tool for debugging Bluetooth Low Energy devices and to get a better understanding of BLE applications.

    The BLE Device Monitor and Packet Sniffer dongles are physically identical but run different firmware (BTOOL and Sniffer firmware, respetively).

Links to important resources related to the TI BLE devices (copyright Texas Instruments):