Bluetooth Specification Nightmare

[Stephan Walter]

Hi, we're using an nRF8001. Trying to find the relevant Bluetooth Specifications, we found the following mess (pardon my french!):

• Core Specification 4.0, 2300 pages, June 2010
• 3 Core Specification Addenda, >100 pages each
• 1 Core Specification Supplement
• 3 Errata Service Releases since 2010
• multitude of GATT profile specifications

Is there a single document that describes the current specification we should try to follow?

Which "version" of the Specification does the nRF8001 conform to?

[Carles]

Is there a need to get proprietary profiles certified by the SIG or Bluetooth.org?

No, but you will obviously have to control both sides (central and peripheral), which in many cases means writing a smartphone app, and you need to use Vendor Specific 128-bit UUIDs. Other than that, no certification needed.