Windows 10 IoT Core Bluetooth Support for Raspberry Pi3

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Apologies for asking a time dependant question, but does anyone know when Microsoft are going to sort out there drivers for the Raspberry Pi 3's on-board Bluetooth chip?

Currently the console Device Settings just display the following exception error code relating to a fault with the OS files:

The device is not ready for use. (Excep_FromHResult 0x800710DF)

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Or does anyone know of a workaround to this problem?... Short of developing your own drivers and creating a custom OS image for the board.

Many thanks for your help.

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asked on Stack Overflow Jul 7, 2016 by Paul Andrew • edited Jul 7, 2016 by Paul Andrew

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Raspberry Pi 3 onboard Bluetooth support is in a future release of Windows IoT Core Insider Preview, per the page it should come soon, so please be patient.

The workaround is to use a compatible USB Bluetooth dongle, check out here to find the list.

If you want to develop your own driver and create a custom image for hobby or fun, you can find very good code samples in https://github.com/ms-iot/bsp/tree/master/drivers, and follow https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/iot/iot-core-manufacturing-guide to create custom windows IoT core image.

Update!!!

Onboard Bluetooth driver seems to be included in the latest preview build version 14376. I did not test it thoroughly but per the snapshots below, it looks very promising. enter image description here enter image description here

answered on Stack Overflow Jul 12, 2016 by Jackie • edited Jul 12, 2016 by Jackie

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