
To use other BLE robots such as sBrick, sBrick+, BB8 or Ollie with MIT Scratch 2 and S2Bot. To use LEGO WeDo 2.0 or LEGO Boost with MIT Scratch 2 / S2Bot software on old or new computers (Windows XP, 7 8, 10, Linux, Chromebooks and any Intel Mac). This is how it can work with older computer systems that do not support BLE by default.Ĭommon uses of the BLED112 dongle in schools It is a ‘BLE to serial’ adapter dongle and creates a virtual COM port for communication. Once again the BLED112 is NOT a conventional bluetooth adapter. The BLED112 will work with Windows, Mac, Linux and Chromebook (as long as the software title such as S2Bot supports it).
The BLED112 is unique in that it does NOT require any special bluetooth software/stack/support within the operating system, so will work quite happily on almost any computer, including many older systems that do not normally support BLE at all (e.g. Bluetooth Smart / Bluetooth Low Energy / Bluetooth 4.0) communication. The Bluegiga BLED112 is a small BLE dongle that plugs into the USB port of your computer to add support for BLE (a.k.a. To buy the BLED112 dongle to use with LEGO WeDo 2.0, LEGO Boost or S2Bot software please click here.
BLED112 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) USB Dongle