The document discusses the Xiaomi Mi Band fitness tracker, including its history through multiple models, key specs and features like step counting, heart rate monitoring and notifications. It also introduces a new early stage unofficial SDK developed by the author for the Mi Band to enable basic functionality like discovering, initializing and interacting with paired devices programmatically on Android.

1. Mi Band
Xiaomi Mi Band Overview

2. About the Author
Mauro Papa
Male, age 23. Bachelor's degree Engineering in
Computer Science. Cuban Salsa & Bachata dancer.
mauro.papa.94@gmail.com
/in/mauro-papa-3137b575/

3. Xiaomi Mi Band
Product History
Three RGB leds
under aluminum
surface
Mi Band 1 Mi Band 1A Mi Band 1S Mi Band 2
Three white leds
under aluminum
surface
PPG Heart Reate
measure sensor
OLED screen
with Touchkey
and PPG Heart
Reate measure
sensor

4. Specs page
Mi Band 1-1s
Release Date v1: July 22, 2014
Release Date v1s: November 7, 2015
Dialog
SmartBond
DA14580
Bluetooth 4.0
41.01 mAh
~ 30 days
+ Xiaomi Mi Band 1s: HR PPG SENSOR
ADXL362 3-axis
accelerometer
+ temp. sensor

5. Specs page
Mi Band 2
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Dialog
SmartBond
DA14681
Bluetooth 4.0
70 mAh ~
30 days
ADXL362 3-axis
accelerometer
+ temp. sensor
0.42 inch
OLED
PPG sensor
Touch Key

6. Xiaomi Mi Band
Fitness features
Pedo
meter
Heart
Rate
Measure
Smart features
Sleep
tracker
Burned
calories
Push
message
notify
Phone
Smart
Unlock
Call
alert
Alarm
clock

7. Xiaomi Mi Band
Available Apps
Tools & Mi Band
Best third party paid app. Available on
Google Play
2,99 €
GadgetBridge
Best open suorce free app. Available on
F-Droid
Free
Mi Fit
Xiaomi official app. Available on Google
Play & App Store
Free

8. Mi Band SDK
New early stage Xiaomi Mi Band Unofficial
SDK developed by my self

9. About the SDK
Mi Band SDK
Early stage SDK, most features will be implemented in
next days. Available on GitHub.
https://github.com/papamauro/MiBandSdk
TPSiV plastic
wristband
PROS:
- Works with
latest firmwares
- Extremely easy
to use
CONS:
- Most functions still
to be implemented
- Android
dependency still
not available

10. Xiaomi Mi Band SDK
SDK Tutorial: Introduction
Generic Bluetooth
Android Classes
declaration
Step 0
Add bluetooth permission to AndroidManifest. We suppose bluetooth is enabled.
Be sure your activity declares and populates the following Android objects

11. Xiaomi Mi Band SDK
SDK Tutorial: Discover & Initialize device
BTDeviceDiscovery
& BTDeviceBounder
SDK classes
Step 1
BTDeviceDiscover class searches for available XiaomiMiBands. BtDeviceBounder instead
saves the founded device MAC Address in the application context and returns a bluetooth
device (MonitorDevice) object.

12. Xiaomi Mi Band SDK
SDK Tutorial: Call functionalities methods
MonitorDevice
SDK class
Step 2
Once we get the Monitor Device object, which represents the mi band itself, we are able
to call the functionality method we are interested in (e.g. vibrate() )