Jingwen Zhu

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) provides low power wireless connections between devices, including but not limited to mobile phones, smart home devices, and wearables. Following the standardized protocols, it’s easy and efficient to develop low-energy wireless interactions using Bluetooth LE. This 7-week class introduces fundamental information about Bluetooth LE and provides hands-on practices for students to learn and understand BLE. This class is a good fit for students who are interested in designing and developing IoT devices, wearables, or who would like to learn more about physical computing. What will students do? The topics we will discuss in class will include wireless communications, hardware protocols, power management, etc. Students will get hands-on experience of designing and prototyping BLE projects individually or in groups. How will the course be structured? Each class will be a hybrid of lectures, demos, discussions, and hands-on workshops. For each class, the instructor will bring up different topics and share existing projects and research for the students to have an overall understanding of the topics. The topics will be followed by in-class practices where students will practice the techniques they’ve learned. In a remote class format, students will be divided into small groups to get their questions answered.