• Get the Simblee hardware.

• Install the FTDI drivers.

• Download Arduino 1.6.5 on newer.

  • Mac OS X: Requires Java 6 to be installed. Available here.

• Open Arduino

  • edit preferences, and add https://www.simblee.com/package_simblee_index.json to the Additional Board Manager URLs.
  • Open the Boards Manager under Tools->Board menu.
  • Select the Simblee package at the end of the list, and click Install to install it.
  • Your new board will now show up in the Tools->Board menu.

Select the board and port, and you're ready to go!

// FTDI drivers are not needed (they are built into the kernel)
wget http://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.6.5-linux64.tar.xz
tar -xf arduino-1.6.3-linux64.tar.xz

Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install default-jre
Fedora: sudo yum install jre
OpenSUSE: sudo zypper install jre

// otherwise the com port open will fail with permission denied (you must logout/login for change to take effect)
sudo usermod -aG dialout <username>

• Attach the USB shield

• Select Simblee from the Tools/Board menu

• Select the port from the Tools/Port menu

• Select an example from the Files/Examples/SimbleeNonBLE or Files/Examples/SimbleeBLE directory

• Select Upload to compile, upload and execute the sketch

• Download the Simblee for Mobile iPhone apps from the iPhone App Store (search for Simblee).

• The quick start guide is available here.

Check out the SimbleeApps repository for iPhone App source code & Simblee to Raspberry Pi integration projects.

The best way to communiate with us is on the RFduino Forum.