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1 Comment

  1. Robert Hinrichs
    July 26, 2017 at 6:52 pm

    That guide requires a $99 developer’s license. Why doesn’t Adafruit write a guide using free iPad Swift Playgrounds? File a radar if Core Bluetooth doesn’t work in Playgrounds with Adafruit hw–it should. I’d do it but I’m kinda busy right now.
    Only high end BLE toy apps in the store now but the hardware manufacturers provide the app. You can view the source code.

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