Novel Bits recently published an interesting article, “Testing a Bluetooth LE Device Without a Phone,” featuring BleuIO in a practical Bluetooth Low Energy testing workflow.

Novel Bits is also our US distributor, and it was great to see BleuIO used in an example that highlights a different approach to BLE development and testing.

In the article, Mohammad Afaneh discusses where smartphone-based testing works well and where a more scriptable approach can be useful. Using BleuIO, he demonstrates how Bluetooth LE operations such as scanning, advertising, connecting, and disconnecting can be controlled directly from a terminal.

This is one of the useful aspects of BleuIO’s design. BleuIO connects over USB and can be controlled using simple AT commands, making it possible to interact with Bluetooth LE from a terminal, application, or script.

For developers, this can be useful for prototyping, repeatable testing, automation, and other situations where direct programmatic control of Bluetooth LE is preferred over manually interacting with a mobile application.

The Novel Bits article includes practical examples using BleuIO dongles and explains the approach in much more detail.

Read the full article:
Testing a Bluetooth LE Device Without a Phone — Novel Bits