BLE Serial is a tool to connect Bluetooth 4.0+ Low Energy to UART modules and normal PCs/laptops/Raspberry Pi.
It fulfills the same purpose as rfcomm bind for the old Bluetooth 2.0, creating a virtual serial port in /dev/pts/x, which makes it usable with any terminal or application.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
Provides 3 programs:
- ble-com-setup – a script to make the com0com configuration easier.
- ble-scan – find Bluetooth devices. The output is a list of the recognized nearby devices. After the MAC address and signal strength it prints out the device name, if it can be resolved.
- ble-serial – create virtual serial ports from BLE devices. Per default ble-serial operates in client (ble central) role and can connect to typical modules (ble peripheral) which define services and advertise itself. Since version 3.0 it’s possible to swap these roles with
-g.
Website: github.com/Jakeler/ble-serial
Support:
Developer: Jake
License: MIT License
BLE Serial is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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