NEW LEARN GUIDE: Cluetooth Scanner #Bluefruit / BLE #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
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Want to know what kind of BLE devices are in your vicinity? The Cluetooth Scanner listens for advertising packets from nearby devices and displays info about them. Info can include: Name, the device’s advertised local name if present RSSI (signal strength), received signal strength in dBm Address, the device’s MAC address, either […]
Want to know what kind of BLE devices are in your vicinity? The Cluetooth Scanner listens for advertising packets from nearby devices and displays info about them. Info can include:
Name, the device’s advertised local name if present
RSSI (signal strength), received signal strength in dBm
Address, the device’s MAC address, either public (permanent, manufacturer-assigned) or random (device-generated, may rotate for privacy)
Company, decoded from the Manufacturer Specific Data (MSD) company ID bytes
Chip, the silicon vendor inferred from the OUI (first 3 bytes of a public MAC address), e.g. Espressif for ESP32-based devices
Services, advertised GATT service UUIDs decoded to profile names where known
Appearance, standardized Bluetooth SIG device category code
Apple Type, apple Continuity message subtype
Guess, a best-guess device type for Apple devices based on advertisement payload analysis
Scan count, how many times the device has been detected across scan cycles
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