Introduction

This module provides higher-level BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) functionality, building on the native _bleio module.

Dependencies

This driver depends on:

Adafruit CircuitPython

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle.

Installing from PyPI

Warning: Linux support is very limited. See Adafruit Blinka _bleio for details.

On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally from PyPI. To install for current user:

pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble

To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble

To install in a virtual environment in your current project:

mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble

Usage Example

from adafruit_ble import BLERadio

radio = BLERadio()
print("scanning")
found = set()
for entry in radio.start_scan(timeout=60, minimum_rssi=-80):
    addr = entry.address
    if addr not in found:
        print(entry)
    found.add(addr)

print("scan done")

Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs.

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.