Assume that you have a BLE beacon in your pocket. It could be the same BLE beacon you have used at your smart home. The car will know who you are. It will power on the music you like and it also will adjust your seat. Adjusting the seat is not a new feature. Today […]
What about a smart home? Automatic door opening could be a nice feature. Handicapped people could save the key. The key could be the Bluetooth Low Energy beacon in your pocket. The key is maybe an app on your phone. I have seen keys on BLE that work once a time or give entry once […]
Have you ever lost and found your wallet? I lost is and found it, but I found it five years later in the bed box during the move to another flat. In the meantime I ordered a new bank card, driving licence and identity card. It was a lot of trouble and it was a […]
Climbing on stairways was another very funny game for my daughter. She could not walk, only crawl. No steps were too high for her. When we turned around, she was on her way. Once a day on holiday she smiled at us from the second floor of a mansion. The pursuits of the railing were […]
To detect the presence or or to detect something out of range is often an important information. Close to 20 years ago my daughter was hiding behind the curtain during relieve nature. She was sitting behind the curtain at the living room and if we cried for her we got no answer. At out apartment […]
As promised I will write some further lines about BLE applications today. The examples shall give you some ideas what to do with Bluetooth Low energy. Bluetooth Low Energy can be used to detect the presence at your laptop on Windows 8. As soon as your BLE key-fob is out of range the screen saver […]
What to do with Bluetooth Low Energy? Which applications can we cover? Several short articles shall give you an idea for useful applications on BLE. The first article is related to my lost key-fob. BLE beacon at key-fob (1) Estimated twenty-five years ago I lost my keys at the ruins of Corinth in Greece. I […]
Question about Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in home automation to me: Q: I’m working for an IoT start-up and we are looking at BT 4.0 for communication in home automation. We would really like to know about your opinion about BT 4.0, while we have ZigBee and other protocols for home automation, I feel the […]