RELEASE NOTES

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, dev@mynewt.apache.org.