ESP32 BLE Arduino? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Thane of Cawdor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2017, 04:10:15 pm
content: Hey all!Has anyone had success in using the BLE capability of the ESP32 with the Arduino environment yet? If so, are there any libraries you've worked with that had good functionality?

author: Royce
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 31, 2017, 02:53:45 pm
content: Its not Arduino, and I have to confess to not having tried it yet, but this fellow has tutorials on BLE via the ESP-IDF. He's written some C++ classes that seem to simplify the process a good bit.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-czhEQLJbWMOl7Ew4QW1LpoUUE7QMOo

author: Thane of Cawdor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2017, 11:37:17 am
content: Thanks for that!

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2017, 12:14:20 pm
content: Last time I tried, it wasn't working. Nor the dual core aspect. That was a few moths ago though. It isnt a real update over the 8266 if you are using arduino.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2017, 08:40:30 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on August 25, 2017, 11:37:54 pmBut, you know, when the main reason to buy something does not work... I call that huge fail, not a bug.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2017, 10:40:18 am
content: Oh, I did not see my typo...

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2017, 06:55:03 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on August 26, 2017, 08:40:30 amThe chip is still twice as fast and has a couple of nice upgrades. But yeah, the ability to use both cores is nice.

author: TK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 26, 2017, 07:43:35 pm
content: I am not sure if the following guide is specific for the ESP32 Thing from SparkFun... it might work with any ESP32 boards.https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/esp32-thing-hookup-guide#installing-the-esp32-arduino-core

author: danadak
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 10:19:10 pm
content: PSOC has quite a good code base and video library.http://www.cypress.com/products/psoc-4-ble-bluetooth-smartRegards, Dana.

author: Thane of Cawdor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2017, 01:09:33 pm
content: Thanks for that, will have a look!

author: richardman
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2017, 01:38:56 am
content: If people are looking for other BLE solutions, I can recommend the ST BlueNRG lines. It can work as a coprocessor or you can put your code in the SoC itself so it has lots of flexibility on what you can do.Our newest product uses it and while we don't push all of the aspects of BLE, it seems to work well with good range. The API is relatively easy to use.

author: JaspaJami
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 17, 2018, 12:11:57 pm
content: I have done BLE communication between Android phone and ESP32 (i also tested between Win10 and ESP32). Komoot navigation app in sending navigation markers to ESP32. And i use Arduino enviroment.https://github.com/komoot/BLEConnecthttps://github.com/SensorsIot/Bluetooth-BLE-on-Arduino-IDE