Articles by

Chris Gammell

Chris is the Head of Developer Relations and Hardware at Golioth. Focusing on hardware and developer relations at that software company means that he is trying to be in the shoes of a hardware or firmware developer using Golioth every day. He does that by building hardware and reference designs that Golioth customers can use to bootstrap their own designs.

Visualizing Bluetooth OTA Firmware Updates

This demo shows a full end-to-end encrypted Over-The-Air (OTA) Firmware Update for a Bluetooth Device from the Cloud using Golioth's Pouch capabilities and . The demo also utilizes the accelerometer and LED matrix of the Tikk board to activate the OTA and display progress throughout the download.

Bluetooth Gateways in the Field: The Globalscale GTI-RW612

Golioth Connectivity enables developers to connect Bluetooth devices to the cloud using Gateways, including microcontroller based gateways....

Zephyr for Hardware Engineers: GDB Debugging

Debugging a Zephyr program with GDB can be tough for newcomers, especially if they're used to more vertically integrated IDE solutions. Let's get hardware engineers (and others!) started digging into a command-line based solution.

How to build a Bluetooth-connected digital signage fleet

Use Golioth Connectivity to create Bluetooth-enabled Digital Signage fleets. This demo shows how you can create an LED matrix that shows different informational callouts. We also show how you can easily provision a new device onto your fleet with certificates.

Get started with Bluetooth and Golioth Connectivity

Golioth just announced Bluetooth Support...but how can you get started? This post walks you through the installation steps and has a signup for an upcoming livestream on August 29th where we'll go through the entire workflow together.

Open sourcing the Tikk demo board

The Tikk is a demo board that showcases Golioth's Bluetooth-to-Cloud capabilities. It solders to a ProMicro form factor development board and has LEDs, motor drivers, sensors, NFC tag emulation, and a battery interface.

Creating an off-grid, solar powered Golioth Connectivity (Bluetooth) gateway

What happens when you're ready to utilize Golioth Connectivity (with Bluetooth support), but are far from a power point and network connection and want to ensure your Bluetooth nodes' data still shows up on the cloud? Utilize the power of the sun!

An Introduction to the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) with Kate Stewart of The Zephyr Project

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) from the EU was codified in 2024 to improve cybersecurity among all "digital" devices operating under the CE mark. In this post and video, we discuss what it is, what it means for your business, and the implications of using an open source ecosystem (Zephyr) that assists in reporting issues.

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