WiFi *and* BLE

[jrychter]

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.

[ESP_Sprite]

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

[Greenja]

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

[rudi ;-)]

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



CONGRATULATION!

best wishes
rudi

[stock86c]

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