Bluetooth Developer Tools
Suppliers of Bluetooth software development
tools.
Most of these companies also supply protocol
software, consultancy, training
or similar services
to augment their basic development kit offerings.
If you know of others please e-mail us
details.
Thank you.
Agilent
Company website
Agilent Technologies was created as a result
of a corporate realignment from Hewlett-Packard. It focuses on four markets:
test and measurement, semiconductor products, healthcare solutions and chemical
analysis, with support from central laboratory. Agilent's has a large range
of Bluetooth solutions, specifically for designing and manufacturing Bluetooth
products.
Bluetooth
Design Guide provide the user with quick setup, analysis, and data display
to verifies the most common performance specifications of Bluetooth transmitters
and receivers in order to reduce the time taken for the product development
cycle. Click here for a PDF file on details of this product.
connectBlue
Company
Website
ConnectBlue
specialize in
integrating
Bluetooth based
communication
solutions in
applications and
equipment for
industrial or
commercial use,
offering complete
hardware and
software
solutions. It is
a supplier of complete Bluetooth solutions for industrial and
commercial use. ConnectBlue serves companies with hardware and
software solutions, Bluetooth products and training and seminar
program.
 Bluetooth
Enabler Platform
is a modular
hierarchy of
software
components
enabling full
Bluetooth
control.
Development Environment
PC Simulator environment
Compiler environment
Application build-file templates
Trace tool
Components
Run Time Support Library
Bluetooth Host Stack
TCP/IP stack
WEB server
File System
FTP Server
Download
Technical Specification
Document
Downloads
Ericsson
Company Website
The inventor of Bluetooth and one of the
early core members of SIG.
Bluetooth
Application Tool Kit is designed to enable adopters of the Bluetooth
wireless technology to get started with Bluetooth software development. It
includes a Bluetooth Module and the lower layers of the Bluetooth Host Stack. The
Bluetooth Module can be connected to a host PC using either USB or UART. The
stack is delivered as an executable COM server and several typical applications
are included.
Bluetooth
HCI Toolbox is a development tool that allows the user to perform
a variety of tests on HCI Modules that comply with the HCI Specification.
Bluetooth
Script Engine is a development tool that enables the user to make
use of the comprehensive sets of scripts for integration testing of Bluetooth
products, for example: Bluetooth HOST Stack and HCI Modules.
Bluetooth
Log Analyzer is a development tool that allows the user to view
the internal signalling of the Equipment Under Test (EUT) as Message Sequence
Charts (MSC) in a standard WEB browser.
These products are
distributed via distributors, a list of which may be found by clicking
here.
GCT
Semiconductor Inc
Company Website
ESDK
(Embedded Software Development Kit) provides embedded Bluetooth
protocol called EDSK. EDSK is integrated development environment for customized
applications. It features:
-V6 (Vincent processor)
executable for program -development
-RTOS: VOS (Vincent -Operating
System), GVOS (GCT Virtual OS)
-using
eCos or VOS on Linux platform
-Embedded stacks, Profiles,
Applications HCI, GXHCI (GCT
extended
-HCI) Firmware
download/configuration
HSDK
(Host-side Software Development
Kit) provides
developers with Windows API device
drivers, along with reference code
for evaluation of customized
Bluetooth applications. It
features:
-Standard HCI / GXHCI
-Host Application
-Device Driver
-Software implementation
Himico
Company
Website
The Himico
project was
designed by Cosmic
Co. Ltd and hdLab
in December 1999
aimed at the
development of
state-of-the-art
wireless
terminal IPs.
Himico
Bluetooth
Middleware
A Bluetooth
protocol and
profiles
software module.
It allows
development of
your own
platform.
Himico
BTDK, this
is a Bluetooth
total software
development kit.
This can be used
to develop
Bluetooth
application
software and can
be used as a
testing tool for
evaluating/testing
your own
embedded
Bluetooth
devices.
IAR
Systems
Company
Website
IAR
Systems is a
supplier of
development
tools for
embedded systems
and Bluetooth
development and
testing. The
company offer
embedded
Bluetooth
Protocol Stacks,
Bluetooth test
&
qualification
tools, Bluetooth
Starter Kits,
C/EC++ compilers
and UML tools.
Bluetooth
Protocol Stack
Generator
A Bluetooth Protocol Stack
generator based
on IAR's MakeApp
Technology.
Allows the developer to configure a Bluetooth protocol
stack graphically, and then automatically generate an optimized Bluetooth
protocol stack implementation as C source code. The stack is optimized according
to the configuration, and becomes very compact with a minimum memory footprint
and can be used in almost all PC and embedded systems, including many 8-bit
microcontrollers.
IAR PreQual enables the user
to execute all tests needed to pass Bluetooth qualification.
IXI
Mobile Inc.
Company
Website
Founded in
August 2000, the
privately held
company is
headquartered in
Palo Alto,
California with
a research and
development
center near Tel
Aviv, Israel.
Development
tools including
reference
designs and SDKs
for PMG and
Sleek devices
are available.
Impart
Technology
Company Website
Impart
Technology makes
it possible for
any mobile
device to be
interoperable
with any other
mobile device.
Software Development Kit
removes the
complexity of
the
communication
layer. It allows
users to write
their own mobile
application
once, and it
will run over
multiple
protocols and
protocol stacks
on PocketPC and
PalmOS
seamlessly. Click here
to download a
PDF file on the
product.
Impulsesoft
Company website
Impulsesoft is a short-range wireless solutions provider
working with electronic equipment manufacturers, OEMs and silicon
vendors to enable them to bring application specific short-range
wireless solutions quickly to the market.
BluePC
SDK is an industrial-strength Bluetooth Software Development Kit (SDK) for
the Microsoft Windows platform. For PC manufacturers and OEMs, the BluePC SDK
allows you to develop custom applications for Bluetooth profiles, product
differentiation. For a PDF file of the product details click
here.
Intel
Company Website
Intel is well known for
its computer processors.
As the PC market
has been developing and incorporating further technologies it has recognised its
need to get involved in wireless and was a founder member of the Bluetooth
SIG.
The Intel
Flash Data Integrator provides the user with the ability to manage software code,
data, and files in flash memory in an open architecture, including support for
downloaded Java applets, Bluetooth file transfers, and voice recognition tags.
Intel also has a daughter company
known as Xircom which particularly focuses on wireless technologies and
Bluetooth. Xircom's products can be found on the Bluetooth
PC Cards and Flash Cards Page, the PDA
Accessories Page, and the USB
Adapters and Dongles Page.
MEZOE
Company Website
The
MEZOE product
range provides
rapid, low-risk
and
cost-effective
route to
Bluetooth market
entry. MEZOE's
flagship
product,
Interface
Express, takes
away the
complexities of
Bluetooth
communications
and enables you
to bring your
products to
market with
ease. MEZOE is a
division of
Cambridge
Consultants
Limited.
Interface
Express
(with BlueStack)
provides
profile-centric
software suite
that allows
quick
development and
testing of
Bluetooth
applications
(embedded, Win32
Console, or MFC)
with little
detailed
knowledge of the
Bluetooth
specification,
thus allowing
the developer to
focus on the
application-specific
issues.
BlueStack, the
underlying
protocol
software, is
qualified to
v1.1.
Proto
Developer is
a development
tool that allows
development and
testing of
applications,
using the
protocol-centric
interface of
BlueStack, on a
PC before
porting to
custom hardware.
It is available
for free and can
be downloaded
from our
website.
Nohau
Company Website
As a pan-European distributor of Bluetooth technology products, Nohau has
offices in the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Products offered include
Bluetooth protocol analyzers and test generators from CATC, Bluetooth protocol
stack and profiles from Adamya and Bluetooth connectivity products for
industrial applications from connectBlue. Nohau also runs regular seminars and
training courses on all aspects of Bluetooth wireless technology.
Nokia
Company Website
Nokia focus on developing solutions for the home that add convenience to peoples
lives. This includes work within the wireless, broadband, cable, and satellite
technology.
Series
60 Software
Development Kit
(SDK) for
Symbian OS
allows
third-party
developers to
design
applications for
Symbian OS based
phones that use
the Series 60
Platform. The
Series 60
Platform,
targeted at
smart phones,
includes a
graphical user
interface and a
suite of
applications
that are all
built on the
Symbian OS.
Bluetooth
applications can
be written in
the same way as
any other C++
applications for
the Symbian OS.
Third-party
applications can
take advantage
of the Bluetooth
Application
Programming
Interface that
is included in
the Series 60
SDK for Symbian
OS.
Series
60 -enabled
smart phones
will be
available from
several
manufacturers,
which will
create a market
with a large
number of
terminals that
support Series
60 Platform
based
applications.
The first phone
to be based on
the Series 60
Platform is the
Nokia 7650.
Open Interface
Company website
Open Interface North America was founded in Seattle, Washington, in
2000, with the goal of bringing the Japan-based parent company's Bluetooth
development efforts to a worldwide market. Open Interface is developing
Bluetooth wireless technology for the world PC market.
BlueMagic
Evaluation Kit
A Bluetooth Development Kit for engineering prototyping. Part of the Open
Interface's Bluetooth Development Kit Series for Windows, the kit comprises the
following software components
* Bluetooth protocol stack, BlueMagic 2.0, Bluetooth Specification v.1.1 for
Windows ME and 2000
* Configuration utility source code
* BtAPI source code header files
* Device driver interface (upper HCI) source codes
* BlueSleuth Software Analyzer
* Sample user interface source code
together with related documentation.
BlueSleuth
Software Analyzer - This software analyzer equipment has been designed by
Open Interface to simplify the testing and troubleshooting process and is
included as part of their BlueMagic Evaluation Kit 2.0. It features
a user-friendly interface to make the debugging and troubleshooting process
simpler, as well as assist in each stage of development by capturing relevant
information.
Rococo
Software
Company Website
Impronto
Simulator runs Java applications in a simulated Bluetooth environment,
allowing developers to test and configure applications before deploying them on
Bluetooth devices.
Impronto
Developer Kit makes creating wireless applications easy by hiding complex
Bluetooth protocols behind standard Java APIs. A wireless application written
with Impronto will run on any standard Java Bluetooth platform.
Java
Development for Bluetooth applications.
Socket Communications Inc
Company Website
This company offers connection products for handheld computers and other devices
including Bluetooth.
Current Socket
Communications Bluetooth products include:
Bluetooth
Card SDK provides a Bluetooth Card development solution supporting
point-to-point connectivity and support for 4 Bluetooth Profiles: Dial-up
Networking (DUN); Service Discovery; General Access; Serial (cable replacement).
LAN Access
SDK partnered with Axis Communications to provide a new SDK which allows
wireless LAN connectivity with Pocket PC devices. This Kit will allow developers
to create Bluetooth solutions for a Microsoft Windows CE device and then connect
that application to their network through the Axis LAN Access Point (LAP) via
the Socket Bluetooth Card.
Embedded Developers Kit provides customized OEM
support through the Socket Bluetooth Embedded Module solution.
Platform Builder 3.0 Program offers the ability for Embedded
Windows CE developers to design-in Socket Bluetooth Products into their
reference platforms based upon Windows CE Platform Builder 3.0.
Teleca Comtec
AB
Company
Website
Teleca, established
1974, is a supplier of
hardware and software
engineering services for
advanced systems, electronic
equipment and
applications.
Bluetooth HCI Toolbox
allows you to perform a variety of tests on HCI Modules that comply with the HCI
Specification. It can send both standard HCI commands and user-defined HCI
commands, as well as issue different kinds of combinations of HCI commands for
specific purposes, like file transfers and stress tests.
Bluetooth Script
Engine enables you to utilize the comprehensive sets of scripts specifically
designed by Ericsson for integration testing of advanced Bluetooth products, for
example: Bluetooth HOST Stack and HCI Modules.
Bluetooth Log Analyzer
allows you to view the internal signalling of the Equipment Under Test (EUT) as
Message Sequence Charts (MSC) in a standard WEB browser.
WIDCOMM
Company Website
This company focuses upon delivering wireless indoor
networking solutions that enable wireless devices to communicate
with any other, anytime, anywhere which as a result includes the use of Bluetooth technology
within it's products.
WIDCOMM currently market
three Developer
Kits:
BlueConnect
Development Kit for the Visor/Palm platform which enables Palm OS
developers to create software applications for the Handspring Visor product
family.
BTW
Development Kit for Windows enables developers to create software applications
for Bluetooth in the Windows environment
Network
Solutions Development Kit provides a development environment for extending
Visor and Windows applications into the wired network using WIDCOMM's server
independent Bluegate 2100
access point.
Zucotto
Company Website
Zucotto Wireless develops Java technology-based native processors (JNPs),
software and development tools for the handheld wireless device industry.
Whiteboard Software
Development Kit provides a complete development environment for creating and
testing wireless Java applications for J2ME compliant mobile devices. It extends
Bluetooth functionality to wireless Java application development, supporting
their Java based protocol stack.
Zucotto also supply a hardware
development kit
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