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Use Bluetooth for data transfer

Use Bluetooth for data transfer

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Use Bluetooth for data transfer

- [Instructor] Bluetooth is a popular wireless network connectivity option commonly seen on consumer electronic devices. Similar to other network connectivity options, such as ethernet and Wi-Fi. Bluetooth involves the hardware network interface, a Bluetooth chip set and the software including the firmware and the software driver that can be used to forward the OS applications. Bluetooth has been broadly used in connecting gadgets within a person's space and the new version, Bluetooth 5, has brought that to the next level, such as, the extended range and the speed. All these provide much flexibility for our IOT products with Bluetooth connectivity. For many IOT devices running as low power sensors, Bluetooth low energy, referred as BLE, is part of the Bluetooth specifications is a popular options used in many embedded systems requiring low power usage. Now, let's look at BLE. If we look at BLE from OSI reference model, it is now integrated into the architecture as other connectivity…

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