Find all Bluetooth devices (headsets, phones etc) nearby, without forcing the devices in discoverable mode

So, here’s all I found after reading blogs, threads, documentations, SO answers etc. regarding Android’s bluetooth discovery. Thought this might be useful to post my findings here. So before someone starts reading, I want to clarify that, I could not find any way to detect a bluetooth device nearby which is turned on but not discoverable. … Read more

Windows .NET API / Windows 7 / Bluetooth communication with Intel Curie Arduino / Genuino 101

Microsoft Bluetooth stack on Windows 7 does not support BLE. You have to use third party Bluetooth drivers in this case. BlueSoleil works good. On Windows 8 and above you can use Microsoft Bluetooth stack to work with BLE devices. However each Bluetooth drivers have own API. I am not sure about free 32feet (if it support BLE and … Read more