WiFi *and* BLE

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jrychter
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WiFi *and* BLE

Postby jrychter » Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:17 am

The ESP32 can do both WiFi and BLE, using a single antenna. But I'm having trouble finding out whether it is possible to use both at the same time. Is the ESP32 a "WiFi+BLE" chip, or an "either WiFi or BLE" chip?

By "at the same time" I mean something like doing both SoftAP and BLE beacon broadcasts.

This should theoretically be possible, but in practice depends on a lot of things (radio frontends, amplifier design, SDK capabilities, etc).

--J.

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Re: WiFi *and* BLE

Postby ESP_Sprite » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:28 am

Yes, the plan is to support both at the same time.

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Re: WiFi *and* BLE

Postby Greenja » Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:00 am

The chip will switch between WiFi and Bluetooth very quickly so it will appear to be simultaneous.

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Re: WiFi *and* BLE

Postby rudi ;-) » Sun Sep 18, 2016 6:59 pm

ESP_Sprite wrote:Yes, the plan is to support both at the same time.
ESP32 in QDL Bluetooth (R) qualified design listed

Declaration ID : D032523
Qualified Design: 87689
Specification Name : 4.2
Model : ESP32
Hardware Version Nr: 8.0.13.1
Software Version Nr: 8.3.14.1

where to download the bluetooth soft :?:

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Re: WiFi *and* BLE

Postby stock86c » Wed Sep 04, 2019 8:33 am

Hi guys,

sry to bump up this old post, but as i have a similar question, so i thought i'd ask here

https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/2619

Is this issue indicating that BLE and softAP co existence does not work ? If so, what are the plans to make it work ?

If it already works, are there any examples that show the possibility of making both work at the same time ? thx

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