Bluetooth Device Scanning Function

This function uses the bluetooth module from the PyBluez library to scan for Bluetooth devices within range and returns a list of devices with their names.

Technology Stack : PyBluez, BluetoothSocket, RFCOMM, discover_devices

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def scan_for_devices():
    from bluetooth import BluetoothSocket, RFCOMM, discover_devices

    # Scan for devices within range
    devices = discover_devices(duration=5, lookup_names=True)
    return devices