Tag Archives: bluetooth

IOIO andriod development board gets bluetooth support

Ytai demoed an IOIO android development board over Bluetooth. Connect the board to your Android enabled device and control various IO pins on the board: IOIO is a board providing I/O connectivity for Android. Until recently it would use a USB connection for communicate with Android. Yesterday, I announced Bluetooth support, which is achieved by plugging any […]

CSR bluetooth tutorials

Implementing bluetooth into your project, amongst other things, allows you to get wireless interface for your design. We think it’s really cool to built devices that have the ability to talk to mobile phones, laptops, tablets, etc. Byron is blogging about his experiences interfacing with CSR bluecore4 chips. There are instructions on how to build […]

Logic Sniffer: Bluetooth wireless connection

There’s an interesting discussion in the forums about enabling the Open Bench Logic Sniffer to work with Bluetooth. The consumer market is being flooded with cheap Android enabled tablets, and it seems like a good idea to use them with the OBLS to make a portable logic analyzer. Pppd is currently working with a BT […]

Adding Bluetooth to your MSP430 project

NJC’s MSP430 Launchpad Blog has posted this tutorial on how to add Bluetooth to an MSP430 project. He chose the RN-42 module and designed his own breakout board (shown above). He writes: The RN-42 module, which is available at SparkFun electronics and Mouser, is a very cheap and simple way to use Bluetooth in your […]

DIY aerial drone spoofs cell towers, hacks wifi + Bluetooth

You’ve probably seen aerial surveillance drones. You also probably know that GSM towers can be spoofed to fool unsuspecting users into connecting and having their phone security compromised. Well at this year’s Blackhat conference recently held in Las Vegas, security researchers Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins demoed their Wi-Fi Aerial Surveillance Platform (WASP) capable of […]

Bluetooth Morse keyboard assists the disabled

In an effort to assist computer users with disabilities limiting their keyboard dexterity, the crew at Zunkworks developed this wireless Morse code based keyboard interface device. The user keys in the desired characters using the “dot” and “dash” buttons on the left of the board and the Arduino based device converts these Morse code characters […]

Shmoocon 2011: Custom Bluetooth hardware attacks

Here’s a summary by Hak5 of Bluetooth hardware attacks presented at the recent Shmoocon 2011 conference held in Washington, DC. Here the Hak5 gang interviews Michael Ossmann about project Ubertooth – a custom hardware device for sniffing and injecting Bluetooth packets. This brings monitor mode to Bluetooth, making for some interesting RF activities. The complete […]

Amarino: Android meets Arduino

Several recent posts have dealt with the topic of interfacing Arduino with devices using the Android operating system. Here’s another approach: Amarino. “Android meets Arduino” is a toolkit, basically consisting of an Android application and an Arduino library which will help you to interface with your phone in a new dimension. You can build your […]

Google app inventor open to all

Google has opened up its App Inventor Android development GUI for public use. Formerly offered on an invitation only basis, the app inventor is a browser based IDE for Android apps. While it has its downsides including closed source, mandatory Google registration, no WiFi modules, and the need for a web connection (since compiling of […]

Ubertooth Zero Bluetooth sniffer

Ubertooth Zero is a Bluetooth sniffer based on an LPC1758 ARM processor and a CC2400 2.4GHz transceiver (now obsolete). Grab Bluetooth packets out of the air for analysis and hacking fun. Tonight I uploaded the first release of Project Ubertooth, an open source wireless development platform that can be used for Bluetooth testing and research. […]