TI SimpleLink™ Connect App#
Texas Instruments
3 min read
Introduction#
This workshop offers a first experience with the TI SimpleLink™ Connect App. This app is a Bluetooth® Low Energy scanner to connect to your Simplelink™ launchpads. The TI SimpleLink™ Connect App can be used for CC2340R5 firmware update (OAD).
Agenda#
1. How to download the TI SimpleLink™ Connect mobile App
Download TI SimpleLink™ Connect App#
Warning
TI SimpleLink™ Connect app does not get automatically updated. You need to update the app in your OS app store manually
Find the TI SimpleLink™ Connect App on both OS Android and iOS.
Flash with your smartphone or your tablet the QR code to download the TI SimpleLink™ Connect App below:
Hint
It’s recommended to use the basic_ble
or data_stream
examples for your first experiences
on TI SimpleLink™ Connect App.
For more insights on these examples and how to use them, see their labs here:
Use TI SimpleLink™ Connect App#
Scanner View#
The following screenshots shows the scanner view of TI SimpleLink™ Connect App. In the scanner view, you can see all nearby advertising peripherals (both connectable and non-connectable devices).
Hint
Add a filter on the proximity of the device by pressing the settings menu (three dots on the top right-hand corner) or swapping to the right. Then activate the RSSI filter and update its value.
This feature will help you to filter out any faraway devices and make it easier to find your device in a crowded BLE environment.
Connection View (Services)#
The following screenshot shows the connection view of TI SimpleLink™ Connect App. You can update the device through OAD as well as view and look inside any service present on the device.
Characteristics View#
The following screenshot shows the characteristics view of TI SimpleLink™ Connect App. In this view you can read, write and enable notifications for the different characteristics.
Modify TI SimpleLink™ Connect App#
TI provides the TI SimpleLink™ Connect App source code on the Simplelink Connect Github.
Please refer to the README included in the repository for details about leveraging the code provided.
Refer to the Manifest.html
file for licensing details
References#
TI SimpleLink Connect on Apple App Store
TI SimpleLink Connect on Google App Store
Simplelink Connect Github