BLE Shield stands for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Shield. It is designed to work with Arduino boards or compatibles, including Arduino Uno, Mega 2560, Leonardo and Due. It allows you to connect your Arduino boards with other BLE Central device like a smartphone or tablet. So you can develop some applications like:
BLE shield could operate under 3.3V or 5V, therefore it works with a lot of Arduino compatible boards too.
New Features in BLE Shield Version 2.1
Features Since v2.0
Supported BLE Central Devices
Getting Started Guide
We have prepared a step-by-step guide Getting Started with BLE Shield to show you how to connect your BLE Shield with our free iOS and Android Apps.
How It Works
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Signal | Arduino | nRF8001 | Descrip ion |
MISO | Input | Output | SPI: Master In Slave Out |
MOSI | Output | Input | SPI: Master Out Slave In |
SCK | Output | Input | SPI: Serial data Clock |
REQN | Output | Input | Application controller to nRF8001 handshake signal |
RDYN | Input | Output | nRF8001 to application controller handshake signal |
SHIELD LAYOUT
RESOURCES
SUPPORT
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