BIPES and Web Bluetooth on ESP32 – first working test!

• Get a generic ESP32. Used this one:

• Flash a recent version of MicroPython. I used 1.15 from https://micropython.org/download/esp32/
• I suggest using AdaFruit’s online flasher: https://adafruit.github.io/Adafruit_WebSerial_ESPTool/

• Connect to the board and copy 3 files to the board:

ble_advertising.py,

ble_uart_peripheral.py and 

ble_uart_repl.py

There files are available here: https://github.com/micropython/micropython/tree/master/examples/bluetooth

You can use BIPES itself to easily copy the files to the board (network or USB )!

• Enable the Bluetooth REPL Service with the code on BIPES Web USB / Serial terminal:

import ble_uart_repl
ble_uart_repl.start()

You can add these lines to main.py if you want this service to be enabled at every boot.

• Use your operating system bluetooth options to connect to the mpy-repl bluetooth device

• A connected message will be shown:

• Go to https://bipes.net.br/beta2bluetooth/ui/

On the console tab, click on “Connect (Web Bluetooth)”

And you will get the Bluetooth REPL terminal using BIPES to your ESP32 generic board!

Thank you very much makerdiary. I based the Web Bluetooth code on his project, which can also be directly used from the Web to access the ESP32 Web Bluetooth REPL:

https://wiki.makerdiary.com/web-device-cli/

https://github.com/makerdiary/web-device-cli