# Bluetooth Low Energy

## Bluetooth Low Energy

> Bluetooth low energy (Bluetooth LE, BLE, marketed as Bluetooth Smart) is a wireless personal area network technology designed and marketed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group aimed at novel applications in the healthcare, fitness, beacons, security, and home entertainment industries. Compared to Classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart is intended to provide considerably reduced power consumption and cost while maintaining a similar communication range ... _From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia_

* [Wikipedia Bluetooth Profiles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bluetooth_profiles)
* [Gateway Smart Starter Kit](https://www.bluetooth.com/develop-with-bluetooth/developer-resources-tools/gateway?s=google2016\&gclid=Cj0KEQiA3t-2BRCKivi-suDY24gBEiQAX1wiXFnagz0rAOa1bUa8ySwFFisOAraUewlTnmDWuG77-X0aAo128P8HAQ)
* [Collin's Lab Bluetooth Low Energy](https://youtu.be/ItV08vGqACM?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOU08_hRcayfVZSmTpBCGJbL)
* [Introduction to Bluetooth Low Energy](https://learn.adafruit.com/introduction-to-bluetooth-low-energy/introduction))

## iBeacon

> iBeacon is a protocol developed by Apple and introduced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in 2013. Various vendors have since made iBeacon-compatible hardware transmitters - typically called beacons - a class of Bluetooth low energy (LE) devices that broadcast their identifier to nearby portable electronic devices. The technology enables smartphones, tablets and other devices to perform actions when in close proximity to an iBeacon. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBeacon)

* [Estimote](http://estimote.com/)
