v3.6.0 (#298)

## [3.6.0](https://github.com/OpenWonderLabs/node-switchbot/releases/tag/v3.6.0) (2025-08-27)

### What's Changed
- Housekeeping and update dependencies
- **BREAKING**: Fixed compatibility with `@stoprocent/noble` v2.3.4 and `@stoprocent/bluetooth-hci-socket` v2.2.3
- **Enhancement**: Added comprehensive input validation utilities (`ValidationUtils` class)
- **Enhancement**: Improved error handling with more descriptive error messages
- **Enhancement**: Added command constants to replace magic numbers for better maintainability
- **Enhancement**: Enhanced type safety with proper TypeScript assertions
- **Enhancement**: Improved buffer validation with configurable minimum length
- **Enhancement**: Better resource cleanup in error scenarios with try-catch-finally blocks
- **Enhancement**: Removed deprecated parameter checker in favor of modern validation
- **Fix**: Updated `noble._state` to `noble.state` for compatibility with newer noble versions
- **Fix**: Enhanced NobleTypes interface to properly support newer noble version
- **Code Quality**: Improved JSDoc documentation throughout device classes
- **Code Quality**: Standardized validation across all device classes
- **Docs**: Updated BLE.md and OpenAPI.md for new validation and error handling features
- **Internal**: Refactored device instantiation logic for consistency
- **Internal**: Improved test coverage for validation utilities and error scenarios
- **Chore**: Synced package scripts and documentation with latest development workflow

**Full Changelog**: v3.5.1...v3.6.0

Author: donavanbecker

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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/)
 
+## [3.6.0](https://github.com/OpenWonderLabs/node-switchbot/releases/tag/v3.6.0) (2025-08-27)
+
+### What's Changed
+- Housekeeping and update dependencies
+- **BREAKING**: Fixed compatibility with `@stoprocent/noble` v2.3.4 and `@stoprocent/bluetooth-hci-socket` v2.2.3
+- **Enhancement**: Added comprehensive input validation utilities (`ValidationUtils` class)
+- **Enhancement**: Improved error handling with more descriptive error messages
+- **Enhancement**: Added command constants to replace magic numbers for better maintainability
+- **Enhancement**: Enhanced type safety with proper TypeScript assertions
+- **Enhancement**: Improved buffer validation with configurable minimum length
+- **Enhancement**: Better resource cleanup in error scenarios with try-catch-finally blocks
+- **Enhancement**: Removed deprecated parameter checker in favor of modern validation
+- **Fix**: Updated `noble._state` to `noble.state` for compatibility with newer noble versions
+- **Fix**: Enhanced NobleTypes interface to properly support newer noble version
+- **Code Quality**: Improved JSDoc documentation throughout device classes
+- **Code Quality**: Standardized validation across all device classes
+- **Docs**: Updated BLE.md and OpenAPI.md for new validation and error handling features
+- **Internal**: Refactored device instantiation logic for consistency
+- **Internal**: Improved test coverage for validation utilities and error scenarios
+- **Chore**: Synced package scripts and documentation with latest development workflow
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/OpenWonderLabs/node-switchbot/compare/v3.5.1...v3.6.0
+
 ## [3.5.1](https://github.com/OpenWonderLabs/node-switchbot/releases/tag/v3.5.1) (2025-07-25)
 
 ### What's Changed