Arduino Class - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Come join us at TheLab.ms Education Center in Plano TX to learn how to use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) with the Arduino. In this class we will be covering the following:

Bluetooth Low Energy Part 1: About BLE (http://bit.ly/2gADUDD) (12:05) In this 4-part presentation I discuss Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). It is a relatively new member of the Bluetooth standard, and has been responsible for the emergence of countless low-power mobile and wireless devices, like activity trackers, wireless headphones, lost item locators etc.

Bluetooth Low Energy Part 2: The Adafruit nRF8001 module (http://bit.ly/2hsHJMU) (4:50) In this 2nd part, I discuss the Adafruit nRF8001 BLE module, and wire it to my Arduino.

Bluetooth Low Energy Part 3: UART demos (http://bit.ly/2gpDzjV) (13:10) In this 3rd part, I demonstrate the Adafruit nRF8001 BLE module using the demo sketches that ship with the Adafruit library.

Bluetooth Low Energy Part 4: Firmata demo (http://bit.ly/2hBoxJ1) (7:45) In this 4th part, I discuss the Firmata protocol, a popular way to control an Arduino remotely via various kinds of data transport technologies. I demonstrate how you can use an nRF8001 module to read and write state of the Arduino's pin. Parts Needed:

Arduino UNO (http://amzn.to/2guHM9Z) Adafruit nRF8001 BLE module (http://amzn.to/2gUs198) Course work for this class comes from Arduino Step By Step (http://goo.gl/5Uv71ft) which has over 20 hours of content in 110 lectures. These classes are designed for anyone interested in learning electronic design and C programming. No experience is required. Access to the course material is free at our meetups. If you wish to access the material outside the meetup see our coupons page to get a discount from our sponsor (http://www.hackerspacetech.com/pages/coupons.html).