Fun with Bluetooth

A presentation at Halfstack in November 2017 in London, UK by Niels Leenheer

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fun with bluetooth

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why?

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progressive 
 web apps

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pwa’s are great !

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but...

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but...

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bluetooth

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bluetooth sucks

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classic bluetoot h the reason everybody 
 hates bluetooth bluetoot h low energy vs. control drones and other cool shit

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bluetoot h low energy also known as BLE Bluetooth LE Bluetooth Smart Bluetooth 4

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playbulb sphere playbulb

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spherio bb-8

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parrot mini drone

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activity tracker

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the boring theoretical stuff

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central peripheral

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central

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generic attribute profile

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generic attribute profile ?

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generic attribute profile gatt, because gap was already taken

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client server

central

peripheral

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§ i device information light multiple services per device

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i device information battery flight control

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i device information battery steering control

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i device information battery heart rate

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heart rate

i

device information

battery

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i device information battery heart rate

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i device information manufacturer
model number serial number hardware revision firmware revision software revision ... multiple characteristics 
 per service

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server service characteristic value array of objects object property value

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services and characteristics are identified by uuid’s 16 bit or 128 bit

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0x180A 0000 180A -0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB 16 bit 128 bit i device information

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0x180 F 0000 180F -0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB 16 bit 128 bit battery

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not recommended any UUID outside of the range 
 xxxxxxxx -0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB 16 bit 128 bit light steering control flight control still, everybody does this

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i device information manufacturer
model number serial number hardware revision firmware revision software revision ...

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i 0x180A 0x2A29
0x2A24 0x2A25 0x2A27 0x2A26 0x2A28 ... bad for readability, 
 good for saving bandwidth

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read write write without response notify each characteristic supports
one or more of these

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every value is an array of bytes no fancy datatypes, just bytes

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pfew...

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fun

with

bluetooth boring facts 
 about

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fun with bluetooth

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 web


 bluetooth

api

still not the fun part :-(

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connecting to a device

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navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({ filters: [
{ namePrefix: 'PLAYBULB' }
], optionalServices: [ 0xff0f ] }) .then(device => device.gatt.connect()) .then(server => server.getPrimaryService(0xff0f)) .then(service => service.getCharacteristic(0xfffc)) .then(characteristic => { return characteristic.writeValue( new Uint8Array([ 0x00, r, g, b ]) ); }) 1 we tell the browser what 
 kind of device we want

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the user selects
the actual device

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navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({ filters: [
{ namePrefix: 'PLAYBULB' }
], optionalServices: [ 0xff0f ] }) .then(device => device.gatt.connect()) .then(server => server.getPrimaryService(0xff0f)) .then(service => service.getCharacteristic(0xfffc)) .then(characteristic => { return characteristic.writeValue( new Uint8Array([ 0x00, r, g, b ]) ); }) 2 connect to the server

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navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({ filters: [
{ namePrefix: 'PLAYBULB' }
], optionalServices: [ 0xff0f ] }) .then(device => device.gatt.connect()) .then(server => server.getPrimaryService(0xff0f)) .then(service => service.getCharacteristic(0xfffc)) .then(characteristic => { return characteristic.writeValue( new Uint8Array([ 0x00, r, g, b ]) ); }) 3 get the service

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navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({ filters: [
{ namePrefix: 'PLAYBULB' }
], optionalServices: [ 0xff0f ] }) .then(device => device.gatt.connect()) .then(server => server.getPrimaryService(0xff0f)) .then(service => service.getCharacteristic(0xfffc)) .then(characteristic => { return characteristic.writeValue( new Uint8Array([ 0x00, r, g, b ]) ); }) 4 get the characteristic

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writing data

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navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({ ... }) .then(device => device.gatt.connect()) .then(server => server.getPrimaryService(0xff0f)) .then(service => service.getCharacteristic(0xfffc)) .then(c => { return c.writeValue( new Uint8Array([ 0x00, r, g, b ]) ); }) write some bytes

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reading data

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navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({ ... })

.then(device => device.gatt.connect()) .then(server => server.getPrimaryService(0xff0f)) .then(service => service.getCharacteristic(0xfffc)) .then(c => c .readValue()) .then(value => { let r = value.getUint8(1);
let g = value.getUint8(2); let b = value.getUint8(3); }) read some bytes

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get notified of changes

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navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({ ... })

.then(device => device.gatt.connect()) .then(server => server.getPrimaryService(0xff0f)) .then(service => service.getCharacteristic(0xfffc))

.then(c => { c.addEventListener('characteristicvaluechanged', e => { let r = e.target.value.getUint8(1);
let g = e.target.value.getUint8(2); let b = e.target.value.getUint8(3); }); c.startNotifications(); }) add event listener don't forget to start listening

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things you need to know: • the webbluetooth api • promises • typed arrays duh!

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browser support Chrome Opera Samsung 
 (behind flag) Servo 
 (soon)

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browser support Chrome Opera Samsung 
 (behind flag) kinda works Servo 
 (soon) WebBLE 
 for iOS

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and... npm install node-web-bluetooth

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and... the puck.js

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custom
characteristics . wtf!

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writing a value: function(r, g, b) { return new Uint8Array([ 0x00, r, g, b ]); }

reading a value: function(buffer) { return { 
 r: buffer.getUint8(1), 
 g: buffer.getUint8(2), 
 b: buffer.getUint8(3) 


} } writing to and reading 
 from the same characteristic

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writing a value: function(r, g, b) { return new Uint8Array([

    0x01, g, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01, 


 b, 0x01, r, 0x01, 0x00

]); } reading the current 
 color is not possible

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writing a value: 
 function(r, g, b) { var buffer = new Uint8Array([ 
 0xaa, 0x0a, 0xfc, 0x3a, 0x86, 0x01, 0x0d, 
 0x06, 0x01, r, g, b, 0x00, 0x00, 
 (Math.random() * 1000) & 0xff, 0x55, 0x0d 


]); for (var i = 1; i < buffer.length - 2; i++) { buffer[15] += buffer[i]; } return buffer; } reading the current 
 color is not possible

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writing a value: 
 function(r, g, b, position ) { let buffer = new Uint8Array([

    0x07, 0x02, position + 1, r, g, b  

]);

return buffer; 

}

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writing a value: 
 function(r, g, b, position) { let buffer = new Uint8Array([
0x58, r, g, b, 0x01, position ]); ...

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writing a value: 
 function(r, g, b, position) { let buffer = new Uint8Array([
0x58, r, g, b, 0x01, position ]); let payload = new Uint8Array(buffer .length + 4); payload[0] = payload.length - 2; payload[1] = payload.length - 2 >>> 8; payload.set(buffer , 2); let checksum = payload.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0); payload[payload.length - 2] = checksum; payload[payload.length - 1] = checksum >>> 8; let extra = payload.filter(value => { 
 value === 0x01 || value === 0x02 || value == 0x03 


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        message[m] = 0x03; 
        message[m + 1] = 0x05; 
        m += 2; 
    } 
    else if (payload[i] === 0x03) { 
        message[m] = 0x03; 
        message[m + 1] = 0x06; 
        m += 2; 
    } 
    else { 
        message[m] = payload[i]; 
        m++; 
    } 
} 
message[0] = 0x01; 
message[message.length - 1] = 0x02; 
return message; 

}

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adafruit 
 bluetooth 
 sniffer

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decompiling


 the apk don't tell anyone!

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demofinally the fun part

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warning experimental technology 
 setting low expectations

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warning wifi interference 
 lowering them even further

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https://bluetooth.rocks/lightbulb 
 https://github.com/NielsLeenheer/BluetoothBulb change the colour 
 of a lightbulb

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https://bluetooth.rocks/pixel draw pixel art on 
 a led matrix display

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https://bluetooth.rocks/racer

https://github.com/NielsLeenheer/BluetoothRacer control a lego racer 
 using a gamepad use css animations to 
 define a path

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https://bluetooth.rocks/drone 
 https://github.com/poshaughnessy/web-bluetooth-parrot-drone control a drone 
 from your browser

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https://bluetooth.rocks/ printer print on a receipt printer

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https://bluetooth.rocks/pulse 
 https://github.com/NielsLeenheer/Bluetooth Pulsefind out your 
 current heartbeat

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fun with bluetooth !

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questions? @html5test