Can I program a micro:bit over BLE on Windows

Posted on Wed 25th, May 2016

• #1

user64973

http://www.espruino.com/MicroBit says "You can also program the micro:bit wirelessly! There are two main ways to do this:" but only describes Web Bluetooth using ChromeBook/Android. Is there a way to program a micro:bit wirelessly on Windows?
• #2

Gordon

Well, Web Bluetooth should be coming to windows quite soon - next few months hopefully (status here)

However you can run the Web IDE under Node.js, in which case it'll be able to access BLE devices directly. Once you have node.js installed, there's info on it here

You can also use the plain command-line application (also from node.js): https://github.com/espruino/EspruinoTools

The command-line one is probably the best place to get started - the IDE uses Electron under node.js, and it can be a bit picky about modules that need compiling (which you need to be able to access BLE).
• #3

OwenBrotherwood

With the current date release sw from Gordon, it is possible to use ble from windows.
http://www.espruino.com/Web+IDE#as-a-native-application
However, if there are problems, one can perhaps use the following

Request board details on connect : no
Throttle Send: yes

A gif demo
http://giphy.com/gifs/26gsiopgoWXplwl7a
• #4

OwenBrotherwood

https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/issues/1040#issuecomment-275909260

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