Overview#

Silicon Labs Simplicity Connect is a generic mobile app for testing and debugging Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) applications. It can help developers to create and troubleshoot BLE applications running on Silicon Labs’ development boards. With Simplicity Connect, you can quickly troubleshoot your BLE embedded application code, Over-the-Air (OTA) firmware update, data throughput, interoperability, and many other features, with Android and iOS mobiles. You can use Simplicity Connect with all Silicon Labs Bluetooth development kits, System-on-Chips (SoCs), and modules.

This application has five main functional areas:

• Scan

• Configure

• Test

• Settings

• Demo

By default, the app opens in the Scan view. Use the bottom tab bar to move between views.

The Simplicity Connect mobile application source code for both iOS and Android is available on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license.

This version of the document refers to version 2.8.2 for both the iOS and Android app. Because the apps have the same UI for most features, screenshots are from the Android app. If a UI feature differs depending on platform, the differences are explained.