Common use cases include the following.
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Use the read method to pull incoming data from the uart fifo buffer into your application.
It is worth noting that bluetooth low energy has a maximum data packet size of 20 bytes with a 1 mbit s speed.
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Android 4 3 api level 18 introduces built in platform support for bluetooth low energy ble in the central role and provides apis that apps can use to discover devices query for services and transmit information.
This method accepts an empty buffer to fill with the incoming data and a maximum number of bytes to read.
If you configure a smaller data width using setdatasize the upper bits of each byte will be truncated.
Bluetooth low energy ble available in android 4 3 and later creates short connections between devices to transfer bursts of data.
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This lets ble provide lower bandwidth and reduced power consumption compared to classic bluetooth.
This documentation is meant as an enhancement over the original documentation and it will focus on the latest bluetooth le api introduced in android 5 0 api 21.
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A java byte is an 8 bit value.
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In the world of bluetooth low energy a device has something called a profile which defines the way other devices are able to communicate over bluetooth with it.
If you re new to bluetooth and are looking for some help to learn how to develop smartphone applications or device firmware which involves bluetooth low energy le the bluetooth le developer study guide is the best place to start.
Listening for incoming data.
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Learn to create the next generation of iot enabling technologies by designing an iot system to connect embedded sensors using commodity smartphones via low power bluetooth low energy.
Android things supports both bluetooth and bluetooth low energy apis.
In a way the bluetooth profile defines the way a device appears to other devices in terms of its features and the things it can do.
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Both central and peripheral roles will be covered as well as how to start scanning and advertising operations.