Webinar schedule:
This webinar will be broadcast twice, at convenient times for international audiences. Please review the times listed below and register for the most appropriate option for your time zone.
July 12, 2018 at 10:00am CEST
August 1, 2018 at 12:00pm CDT
Topics:
In this webinar you will learn about STMicroelectronics’ complete software solution for its range of Bluetooth® Low Energy radio transceivers. BlueNRG-Mesh software enables these devices to form a mesh network, allowing Bluetooth Low Energy-enabled devices to communicate in two directions over a far longer range than a simple point-to-point connection can cover.
ST’s BlueNRG-Mesh software solution includes the core functionality required to form a secure communication network, and provides developers with the flexibility needed to build a wide variety of applications.
STSW-BNRG-Mesh is our first software pack enabling developers to create Bluetooth mesh solutions. It works in conjunction with the BlueNRG-Mesh apps for iOS and Android, which is highly symbolic since it’s the first time someone ports Bluetooth mesh libraries to these operating systems. The new standard, introduced in 2017, uses Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) to create a mesh network of up to 32,000 devices. It compares in some ways to 6LoWPAN as data travels the mesh to reach a gateway with a connection to the Internet. We ensured that the creation of a 6LoWPAN network would be straightforward, and we are now doing the same with Bluetooth mesh. Furthermore, our BlueNRG–1 and BlueNRG–2 Systems-on-Chip (SoC), the SPBTLE–1S ready-to-use Bluetooth LE module, and BlueNRG-MS (with at least an STM32L152RE as host) just need a firmware update to take advantage of this new technology.
Our STSW-BNRG-Mesh pack takes the form of an executable with a wizard to help you install the SDK (Software Development Kit) on your PC. It provides libraries, source code, and demo applications to assist developers.
The software pack is also remarkable because it optimized the library to fit on ultra-low-power devices. Overcoming the memory and computational constraints meant we could offer a firmware update for the vast majority of products using our BlueNRG components. Our software stack also takes advantage of our hardware to accelerate certain cryptographic operations.
The best and most cost-effective way to start developing your Bluetooth mesh application is to use one of our evaluation board. The STEVAL-IDB008V2 integrates a BlueNRG–2 SoC, whereas the STEVAL-IDB007V2uses a BlueNRG–1 and the NUCLEO-L152RE development board with the X-NUCLEO-IDB05A1 expansion board will help you experiment with a BlueNRG network processor. The STSW-BNRG-Mesh comes with pre-compiled binaries for these systems so starting a demo application is merely a matter of dragging and dropping a file in the board’s volume. This dramatically enhances the prototyping phase so teams can quickly start creating their solutions and move to their custom PCB.
Sign up here: BlueNRG-Mesh SDKÂ webinar 2018
You will learn:
- The best RF protocol for your application
- The fundamentals of the Bluetooth mesh specification
- How to take advantage of the easy-to-use BlueNRG-Mesh SDK
- Where to find the associated resources
- How to get started creating your first Bluetooth mesh network
Agenda:
- BlueNRG family overview
- BlueNRG software solutions presentation
- Side-by-side comparison
- Bluetooth mesh specification
- BlueNRG-Mesh package introduction
Speakers:
 | July 12, 2018 at 10:00am CESTDominique Follezour is an RF application engineer. His main focus is to support customers developing applications based on the Bluetooth Low Energy technology. |
 | August 1, 2018 at 12:00pm CDTThiago Reis is working on the Analog and IoT product portfolio at STMicroelectronics |
