The Firmware update Over-The-Air (FOTA) allows you to edit and update an embedded firmware without physical access between two devices via the Bluetooth® Smart radio link : an Updater to a Updatable (a smartphone to a smart object for example).
FOTA : a tailored solution to simplify updating your firmware.
Benefits :
- Reliability
- Ease of use (iOS, Android, PC…)
- No need for physical access
- Elimination of maintenance costs of an object network widely distributed.
The embedded firmware is divided into two parts :
- A fixed part which contains the Alpwise Bluetooth® low energy protocol stack, the FOTA profile and various applications that don’t require updates.
- An updatable part which contains the client application client and profiles requiring updates. It’s this part that FOTA updates.
The Updater part of FOTA is available on PC, smartphones and microcontroller.
