BLE 5 vs BLE4 programming

RE: BLE 5 vs BLE4 programming

bjorn-spockeli — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 05:32:10 GMT

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RE: BLE 5 vs BLE4 programming

terrence — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 20:41:22 GMT

Thank you for that clarification.

RE: BLE 5 vs BLE4 programming

bjorn-spockeli — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:50:03 GMT

Hi Terrence,

you are correct that Bluetooth 5 introduced several new features like High-Throughput(2Mbit/s) and Long Range. In order to use these BLE 5 specific features, both sides of the link(both devices) must support BLE 5. The rest of the Bluetooth Core Specification has not been changed to ensure interoperability with the older BLE versions.

So yes, BLE 4.1 and BLE 5 devices will still be inter-operable the same way as BLE 4.1 and BLE 4.2 devices are inter-operable.

Best regards

Bjørn