watson LightBlue Bean to IBM Cloud The LightBlue Bean, by Punch Through, is one of my favorite IoT development platforms. The Bean has many parts, including an iOS application called the LightBlue Explorer, that lets you view and control nearby Beans. The gang over at Punch Through recently added the ability for the Explorer application to
web Web Bluetooth Bean Bluetooth has been around for a while now, but it has always been a feature for native applications. The Web Bluetooth specification has been brewing for a while, lived under a flag for some time, and is now starting to land in desktop browsers. I figured it was time to
swift Discovering Beacons (Swift) When it comes to Bluetooth Smart (often called Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth LE, or just BLE), there is a lot for a developer to like. Long battery life, connectivity without crazy pairing processes, and of course the beacon profile. This is a quick overview of how your iOS application can
swift The 12 Steps of Bluetooth (Swift) There are a lot of tutorials out there for using Bluetooth (Low Energy) on iOS. Many of those are written using Swift. Some of them cover the mechanics of Bluetooth, while others focus on just the code. This post will definitely be of the later variety. Why this post if
