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The best book on BLE is "Bluetooth Low Energy Developers Handbook" by Robin Heydon It is responsible for what has become of my career these past 6 years or so.
by fusslo 3y ago
The best book on BLE is "Bluetooth Low Energy Developers Handbook" by Robin Heydon
It is responsible for what has become of my career these past 6 years or so.
I don't know if you were looking at more than BLE. If you are, I don't know of a good resource.
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoI love a good book to build a solid foundation for understanding, and understand that you can't rewrite the fundamentals every release, but does it matter that this book was published in 2012? I expect it doesn't cover all the highly relevant IoT features added in 4.2 and 5.0 and on...
- fusslo 3y agoThe book doesn't cover things added after it was published, correct
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoOf course, I don't expect it to! But in the past 6 years of your career, I expect you've studied those things a lot more than I have. Do you think that the book is still a good starting point for someone looking to progress beyond dumping confusing vendor binaries in off-the-shelf Bluetooth modules that seem to be energy hogs, to miniaturize and integrate custom firmware and onboard antennas on my PCBs?
- fusslo 3y agoyes, I highly recommend Heydon's book, even in 2023. The tech stack including l2cap, connection establishment, advertising, connection parameters, security, GAP, GATT, are all still relevant.
- xyzzy_plugh 3y agoIt's a good recommendation, but I'd prefer the whole thing were less complicated so, like USB, I could figure it out in a few days, finish my work and move on with my life. I certainly appreciate one being able to make a career out of these things, but I'd rather not.
- fusslo 3y agoI would love to see a writeup that made bluetooth usable in a couple days. I suspect the aspects that make Bluetooth useful also make it too complicated.