Hello,
This is my first time taking a crack at embedded wifi, and I'm currently creating multiple wireless devices to pair with a usb dongle. The Antenna prototype is being sorted in Matlab to get a tuned footprint that—hopefully—fit the enclosures to be refined down the road.
The peripherals will have some switches, potentiometers, and a few sensors. Per a colleague's recommendation, I was directed towards the Nordic product line: specifically the nrf24l01 for either ESB or Gazelle. As that line is depreciated, I started looking at the 52840 since it supports USB, Gazelle, ESB, and Bluetooth 5 out of the box.
Since I'm planning on pairing the peripherals to an accompanying USB dongle and power efficiency is high on the list, it looks like Gazelle may still be the better the better protocol to use in this scenario. Is that observation correct or is it fairly irrelevant? It appears the only benefit to Bluetooth 5 would be if I were trying to connect it to other Bluetooth compatible devices, and this was actually a no-go per the use case.
