BLE Hero

BLE Hero


Conquer Bluetooth Low Energy


Free

3.1.8for iPhone, iPad and more
9.5
62 Ratings
onceLabs LLC
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14.4 MB
Size
Mar 4, 2021
Update Date
#55
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About BLE Hero

BLE Hero is a comprehensive development tool for engineers, software developers, or anyone developing Bluetooth Low Energy enabled products or applications.

Light and Dark Modes!

Tutorials:
- Video Tutorials Under the Help Section

DFU Support:
- Nordic Semiconductor
- Cypress, Silabs, + STMicro coming soon

BLE Scanning:
- Company IDs from Bluetooth SIG
- Search function: Search by any values included in advertisement data
- Real-time RSSI plot for each discovered peripheral
- Real-time estimated advertisement interval
- Full listing of all advertisement data for each discovered peripheral
- Favorites support
- Ability to permanently ignore devices
- Locator Mode!

Connections:
- Ability to maintain connections to many devices at the same time

GATT Interactions:
- Attempt reconnection from anywhere in the app! No need to return to the scan results to reconnect

- Explore GATT services, characteristics, and descriptors

- Read characteristics, notifications/indications
----> Display formats: HEX, ASCII, or UInt8 byte array
----> Read and notification history with timestamps within characteristic view

- Write characteristics
----> HEX, ASCII, and Decimal keyboards
----> Write formats: HEX, ASCII, and Decimal
----> Viewable write history with timestamps within characteristic view

- Descriptors and descriptor values

- Notifications/Indications

Logging:
- Most detailed logging available
- Search function to search for specific events
- Logging occurs at a low level, providing detailed information about all BLE events
- Advertisement data
- Connection events with error descriptions
- Disconnection events with error descriptions
- Read/write characteristic events with error descriptions
- Notification/indication events
- GATT discovery events
- System status events
- Fully configurable: enable or disable each of the log event types
- Export logs as text files via email, text, etc..., or save to files
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.1.8

Last updated on Mar 4, 2021
Old Versions
Added ability to export log data from individual characteristics
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Version History
3.1.8
Mar 4, 2021
Added ability to export log data from individual characteristics
3.1.7
Feb 25, 2021
Minor bug fixes
3.1.6
Feb 16, 2021
- Fixed a bug that was preventing changes to settings and filters
3.1.5
Dec 3, 2020
- Added UUID to advertisement logs to help differentiate between unnamed devices
- Bug fix for manufacture data parsing that was causing a crash on a small number of devices
3.1.2
Aug 15, 2020
Sorry! We broke Dark mode in the last release. Fixed!
3.1.1
Aug 12, 2020
- Minor bug fix and performance improvement
3.1.0
Aug 11, 2020
Visual:

- Darker dark mode!
- Quick Launch button now includes easy access to Filter and Sort
- Refined table views

Bug fixes:

- Fixed bug causing the Gatt Discovery popup to stay on screen in some situations forcing app restart
- General performance improvements to connection process
3.0.11
Jun 10, 2020
- Bug fix for problem where there was no way to return to GATT view from an individual characteristic view on iPads
3.0.10
May 21, 2020
- Sizing updates to better accommodate the new iPhone SE
- Updated advertising data format to improve readability
- Minor style revisions for dark mode
- Revised descriptor view to improve usability
3.0.9
Jan 23, 2020
- Added support for iOS versions back to iOS11
3.0.8
Dec 20, 2019
- Fixed bug causing app to crash when using the search function in some situations
- Add tutorial for performing Device Firmware Upgrades
3.0.7
Dec 14, 2019
- Redesigned DFU view
- DFU now includes detailed log of events during updates
3.0.6
Dec 1, 2019
- Added DFU support for Nordic Semiconductor devices (nRF51, nRF52)
- Automatic reconnection after performing DFU update
- We are planning on adding DFU support for additional manufacturers, send us an email (Setting tab) and let us know who you would like us to add next
3.0.5
Nov 13, 2019
- Refresh scan no longer clears connected devices. When you refresh the scan results, any devices that are currently connected will be moved to the top and new scan results will be added below
- Fixed bug where notifications were shown as disabled when previously enabled
- Fix bug where descriptor values were not displayed
- Add "Read" button to manually read descriptors. Some devices (looking at you microbit) become unresponsive after reading descriptors so we have stopped reading descriptors automatically and instead give you control to read them manually
- Add ability to disable RSSI updates in log data
- General bug fixes and performance improvements
3.0.4
Oct 22, 2019
- Support for new screen presentation formats in iOS13
- Performance optimizations for GATT Discovery
- Fix GATT discovery timeout issue for large GATT profiles
- Fix logging Auto-Scroll bug causing log view to open in an unexpected position 
3.0.3
Sep 24, 2019
- Fix logging bug causing app to become unresponsive during high throughput data transfers
3.0.2
Sep 18, 2019
- Fixed bug preventing scrolling after using the ascii or decimal keyboard
- Fixed layout issue on iPad causing space at the bottom of the discovery page
3.0.1
Sep 16, 2019
- Added optional floating action button to control scanning
- Fix keyboard sizing issues that was occurring on some iOS12 devices
3.0.0
Sep 14, 2019
Everything! Version 3.0 has been redesigned and rebuilt from the ground up! Full iPad support with enhanced layouts!
2.1.6
Mar 14, 2018
-Added support for iPhone X
-Added estimated beacon interval
-Added increase characteristic write functionality with support for both ASCII and HEX
-Support for viewing all characteristic properties
-Added messages to display a reason for disconnections
-Improved log data readability
-General performance improvments
2.1.4
Jun 21, 2017
What's New
-Revised settings menu layout to better accomodate all devices
-Add new filter to allow filtering devices based on RSSI!
-The number of devices found during scanning is now displayed in the Navigation Bar
-Added feature/support request link

General
-Removed a debug statement that was causing the app to lock up and crash in some situations
2.1.0
May 16, 2017
-General bug fixes and performance improvements
2.0.9
May 5, 2017
-Add visual RSSI indicator
-General bug fixes and performance improvements
2.0.8
Apr 7, 2017
Fixed UI layout issue on smaller screens
2.0.7
Apr 5, 2017
-Added continuous RSSI (signal strength) monitoring while scanning for peripherals.
-RSSI values for each of the peripherals displayed in the table are updated continuously while scanning is active.
-General Bug fixes and performance improvements

BLE Hero FAQ

Click here to learn how to download BLE Hero in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of BLE Hero.
iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
BLE Hero supports English

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