Intro to Bluetooth Low Energy: The easiest way to learn BLE

by Mohammad Afaneh

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is an exciting new technology that was introduced in 2010. It targets applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. With the recent release of Bluetooth 5 in late 2016 and Bluetooth mesh in mid-2017 (which builds on top of BLE), Bluetooth is now more capable than ever of becoming the standard wireless protocol used in many IoT applications smart homes, smart cities, medical devices, wearables, and sensor connectivity.

Learning a new technology is always challenging and usually comes with a learning curve. Some technologies are easier to learn than others. Unfortunately, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) can be one of those hard ones. The lack of good resources including blogs, tutorials, and up-to-date books that help a beginner to learn BLE, makes the task even more difficult.

That is, in fact, the primary goal of this to provide you with a complete understanding of the basics and core concepts of BLE that you can learn in a single weekend .

Here's a tiny list of the benefits this book will help you “I bought your BLE book, and I love it. I am an iOS developer, and your material helped me understand some of the finer points of BLE” -Alex Carrizo, Senior iOS Developer, iOS SME at Mobile Apps Company Mohammad Afaneh has been an embedded engineer for over 10 years. Since 2014, he has focused solely on learning and developing Bluetooth Low Energy applications. He even spent days and weeks reading through the 2,800+ page Bluetooth specification document looking for answers to questions he couldn’t find answers to in other books and resources. He shares everything he knows about development for BLE technology at his website www.novelbits.io, and via training classes around the world.

136 pages, Paperback

Published August 27, 2018

Reviews

[Bilal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a short book that experienced engineers should be able to read and understand inside of a day. It summarizes the key attributes of the Bluetooth Low Energy standard; and provides a brief introduction to the Bluetooth Mesh specification. The content is well organized. The presentation is clear. The author states the objective of the book to be, "to help you learn the most important basics and core concepts of BLE in a single weekend!" I believe he has managed to deliver exactly that.

[Daniel Q · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book fulfills its promise: a short introduction to BLE concepts and terminology. Yes, you can find all this information (and a lot more) by searching on the internet and reading the official specifications. If you want to develop BLE devices or applications, you will have to go deeper, but you will already know the basics.

[Chris Zeh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exactly the level of detail I needed to better understand Bluetooth/BLE after coming across of myriad of conflicting information available online.