Bluetooth Application Developer's Guide

"Bluetooth (enabled devices) will ship in the billions of units once it gains momentum." - Martin Reynolds, Gartner Group

Bluetooth is the most exciting development in wireless computing this decade! Bluetooth enabled devices can include everything from network servers, laptop computers and PDAs, to stereos and home security systems. Most Bluetooth products to hit the market in 2001 will be PC cards for laptop computers and access points, which allow up to seven Bluetooth devices to connect to a network. Reports indicate that by the end of 2003 there will be over 2 billion Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Bluetooth-enabled devices communicate with each other through embedded software applications. Bluetooth Developer's Guide to Embedded Applications will provide embedded applications developers with advanced tutorials and code listings written to the latest Bluetooth's latest specification, version 1.1. Written by Bluetooth pioneers from market leaders in Bluetooth software development, Extended Systems and Cambridge Silicon Radio, this is the first advanced level Bluetooth developer title on the market.

• White Hot Topic
• While other books introduce readers to the possibilities of Bluetooth, this is the first comprehensive, advanced level programming book written specifically for embedded application developers
• Authors are responsible for SDK, the market-leading development tool for Bluetooth
• Comes with Syngress' revolutionary Credit Card CD containing a printable HTML version of the book, all of the source code and sample applications from Extended Systems and Cambridge Silicon Radio

Jennifer Bray is a consultant at Cambridge Silicon Radio, the single-chip Bluetooth company. She is currently working in the group developing software for their BlueCore family of integrated circuits (ICs). Jennifer currently holds the positions of Associate Councillor and Errata Program Manager on the Bluetooth Architectural Review Board (BARB). She has a bachelor's degree in Physics with Microcomputer electronics, a master's degree in Satellite Communications Engineering, and a doctorate in the field of wireless communications. More recently, she gained a distinction in the Open University's Management of Technology course. Her decade of experience in communications product development includes working on Nortel and 3Com's first ATM systems, as well as wireless ATM, the first secure Ethernet repeater, ADSL to ATM gateways, FDDI, CDMA, CDMA, and Bluetooth. In addition to her communications development experience, she has worked on cutting-edge control and monitoring systems for Formula One and Indy cars, and acted as an ISO 9001 and CMM auditor advising blue-chip companies on how to improve their development and support processes. Jennifer has written and delivered technology training courses (naturally including Bluetooth), and is a frequent speaker at conferences. She co-authored with Charles Sturman Bluetooth: Connect without Cables.

Gordon McNutt is a Kernel Developer for RidgeRun, Inc, responsible for porting Linux to embedded devices containing multiple processors. After receiving his B.S. in Computer Science from Boise State University in 1999, he spent one year at Hewlett Packard developing I/O firmware to support USB, IR, and 1284.4 for LaserJet printers.

Bill Munday is one of the founders of blueAid, which started as an organization to help those companies who could not afford the high consultancy rates for Bluetooth technology. He graduated from UMIST (Manchester, UK) in 1991 with a double degree of BSc(Hons) and MEng in Microelectronics Systems Engineering. He was sponsored by NORTEL and joined them upon graduation as a Systems Designer. He worked on first and second generation SDH and SONET transmission systems, then pioneered new time-to-market concepts while working on an innovative next-generation Voice over ATM distributed switching product. In 1997 he moved to Tality (nee Cadence, Symbionics) to start a career in wireless communications. His first project was implementing the HiperLAN 2 standard before moving on to Bluetooth. He was the first person in the United Kingdom to have access to Bluetooth technology as he managed and created the Ericsson Bluetooth Development Kit. He quickly became an expert and continued to work on dozens of prototype Bluetooth products including Tality's own Bluetooth IP. He presented and attended all the Bluetooth seminars and Unplugfest sessions around the world. In 2001 he moved on to start blueAid and working on 3G mobile phones for a start-up company 3GLabs.

David Kammer has been involved with the handheld industry since 1997. David is currently the Technical Lead for Bluetooth technologies at Palm Inc, and is one of the authors of the original Bluetooth specification. Before working on Bluetooth, David worked on IR technology, and on the Palm VII. In addition to his work at Palm, he also consults for several companies, including In2M and Microsoft, in the field of wireless communications and PalmOS programming. David has spoken at a number of events, including The Bluetooth Developers Conference, The Bluetooth World Congress, and PalmSource, and has been interviewed about Bluetooth for the New York Times. David holds a B.A. from Oberlin College in Computer Science, and currently lives in Seattle. David would like to thank his folks for the education, Meredith Krieble and Sebastian for a nice space to work in, the excellent folks of the Palm Bluetooth Team, and Vanessa Pepoy for her understanding and patience.