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Re:Nutcracker Challenge: Blob-Free WiFi and BLE by pantalaimon on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @05:44AM (#24916950)
nrf5x and DA1469x - the firmware running on the BLE chip.

https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble/tree/master/nimble/d...

There is no PC here - those are microcontrollers.

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Re:Nutcracker Challenge: Blob-Free WiFi and BLE by jononor on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:15AM (#24917458)
Great! Was not aware that there was an open alternative to the SoftDevice for the Nordic NRF5x. That makes these chips even more attractive than before.
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Re:Nutcracker Challenge: Blob-Free WiFi and BLE by rasmantov on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @09:33AM (#24918534)
The open alternatives for the Nordic NRF5x are not at the same quality level as the Softdevice:

- the idle power consumption is noticeably higher, there are open bugs for more than 1 year about that

- They are not validated by the Bluetooth consortium. You're gonna need to get your own certification to claim product supports BLE.

If you're building a commercial BLE product - my advice: go with Softdevice.

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