Case study

KardiaMobile 6L Unlocked: a direct BLE ECG client

KardiaMobile 6L Unlocked reconstructs the BLE exchange used to obtain ECG samples from the AliveCor KardiaMobile 6L. Android HCI captures inform the bonding sequence, derived unlock token, and two-channel sample framing; a Python client records the stream on Linux and writes CSV, PNG, and PDF outputs.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2026-09-24
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A KardiaMobile 6L, Linux Bluetooth adapter, BlueZ, Python 3, and bleak are required.
Limits: The sixth lead is not decoded; the raw stream contains two channels.
License: MIT license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{kardiamobile-6l-unlocked-case,
  title = {{KardiaMobile 6L Unlocked: a direct BLE ECG client}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ipanalytics/KardiaMobile-6L-Unlocked-Reverse-Engineering}},
  url = {https://github.com/ipanalytics/KardiaMobile-6L-Unlocked-Reverse-Engineering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/kardiamobile-6l-unlocked-case/}}
}

Plain text

KardiaMobile 6L Unlocked: a direct BLE ECG client. https://github.com/ipanalytics/KardiaMobile-6L-Unlocked-Reverse-Engineering (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/kardiamobile-6l-unlocked-case/

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README.md GitHub · ipanalytics/KardiaMobile-6L-Unlocked-Reverse-Engineering · Revision 9f1fb7e
docs/protocol.md GitHub · ipanalytics/KardiaMobile-6L-Unlocked-Reverse-Engineering · Revision 9f1fb7e