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Is it possible to connect to an external device via Bluetooth from iPhone. The target device is not an iPhone

I want to develop a toy car that I can use to control the iPhone. My toy car has a Bluetooth interface. So I'm wondering if I can connect to it from my iPhone. A toy car is not an MFI program (made for iPhone / iPod / iPad).

My iPhone mode is iPhone 4S.

If this is not possible, is there an alternative way?

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Without participating in the Apple Made for iPhone (MFi) program, your options are truly WiFi or Bluetooth LE. Wi-Fi is more hungry, and if you are not very careful in choosing chips, it will be difficult to implement them. Bluetooth LE is only supported on the iPhone 4S and the new iPad (i.e. 3rd-gen); it will probably be supported in future iOS devices, such as the new iPhone and the little-known “mini” iPad.

Just Bluetooth 4.0 is not enough, in my opinion, it should be Bluetooth 4.0 LE (low-energy option). Support for such devices is provided in the iOS 5.0 SDK, and then using the CoreBluetooth framework. See Apple documentation for CoreBluetooth [free developer registration required].

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/923794/

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