18 March 2020 - Apache NimBLE v1.3.0
For full release notes, please visit the Apache Mynewt Wiki.
Apache NimBLE is an open-source Bluetooth 5.1 stack (both Host & Controller) that completely replaces the proprietary SoftDevice on Nordic chipsets.
New features in this version of NimBLE include:
- Support for Bluetooth Core Specification 5.1
- New blestress test application
- Dialog DA1469x CMAC driver
- Support for LE Secure Connections out-of-band (OOB) association model
- Support for automated generation of syscfg for ports
- Qualification related bugfixes
- BLE Mesh improvements - fixes and resync with latest Zephyr code
- RIOT OS port fixes and improvements
- btshell sample application improvements
- improvements for bttester application
- Controller duplicates filtering improvements
- Multi PHY support improvements
- Memory and CPU usage optimizations
- Use of packed structs for HCI (code size reduction)
- Linux sample improvements
- PTS test instructions updates
- Clock managements improvements in controller
If working on next-generation RTOS and Bluetooth protocol stack sounds exciting to you, get in touch, by sending a mail to the Apache Mynewt Developer's list, [email protected].