BLE Devices/packets Scanning on Windows/MAC OS

RE: BLE Devices/packets Scanning on Windows/MAC OS

Kenneth — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:24:22 GMT

I suggest seach for Bluetooth mouse, you will find they all are Bluetooth 4.0 or newer.

Kenneth

RE: BLE Devices/packets Scanning on Windows/MAC OS

tchag — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:19:50 GMT

Isn't Bluetooth mice and keyboard uses Bluetooth classic supported HID protocol.(Please correct if I'm wrong)

Is there any reference application that uses BLE I can refer through that would be helpful.

RE: BLE Devices/packets Scanning on Windows/MAC OS

Kenneth — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:27:08 GMT

Hello,

My impression is that all PC's, phones, tablets etc sold the recent years do support Bluetooth Low Energy. As an example most of the wireless mice and keyboards sold the last few years can be used without any dongle of sort. I don't think I have seen any product that don't support Bluetooth 4 (=BLE) or higher in later years. So I would claim everyone support BLE these days.

In terms of how to interface and communicate with a peripheral device from Windows/MacOS enabled product, then you will need to refer to their documentation. Many BLE enabled products support a profile that is supported by the OS without any need for an app of any kind, so if you plan to make your own proprietarty application you will need to refer to the OS specific api documentatio for BLE.

Kenneth