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TLDR: I cracked the Bluetooth protocol on a Mi Band 5 - auth handshake and all, to stream my live heart rate into my own code, built a real-time dashboard for it, and got it to push notifications back

Since the early 2000s, Bluetooth has been the dominant way we listen to wireless audio, powering everything from the first mono headsets to today's true wireless earbuds. But the underlying technology

Ah, Bluetooth. The technology we all love to hate. It's like that one friend who's always just about to connect, but then... doesn't. For years, Android developers have been locked in a dramatic, often tragic, romance with Bluetooth. We've wrestled w...

Introduction The BLE function of the KT1025A Bluetooth chip supports connection passcodes. By default, the passcode is fixed at 6 digits, and its length cannot be changed. In the default program, the passcode is set to 123456. Please note that each d...

Every time you check your smartwatch for heart rate, read the battery level of wireless earbuds, unlock a Bluetooth smart lock, or watch sensor data stream into an app, you are experiencing the result of GATT working quietly in the background. GATT i...

Introduction: Why Bluetooth Still Matters You probably don’t even think about Bluetooth anymore. It’s just there, quietly doing its job every single day. It’s what keeps your earbuds connected, your smartwatch synced, your car infotainment system tal...
