A2DP with nRF52840

[MichelCollet]

Is A2DP available with nRF52840 ? Or will it be delivered in 2017 ? Or is there any implementation of A2DP for nRF52840 elsewhere ?

Thanks, Michel

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

No, Bluetooth Low Energy is completely different from Bluetooth Classic, and you will not be able to implement A2DP profile. You would not be able to communicate with any Bluetooth Classic devices supporting A2DP.

[Leonard D'Cunha]

Hi Jorgen, what audio streaming support then does this article refer to: https://goo.gl/rmhP62

We are building a low-power audio device and keen to use Nordic IC, but one critical feature is being able to receive and play audio from a mid-range smartphone. Is there some proprietary stuff RFsen are doing and is it backward compatible with older BT versions / profile like A2DP ?

All posts on forum seem to say NO. But this article gives some ray of hope... ?

Thanks!

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

I'm not sure of the details of what audio streaming support the device in the news article is using, but as far as I know, all audio over Bluetooth Low Energy available today is proprietary solutions. Bluetooth SIG have not released any standards specifying audio over BTLE yet.

Audio over BTLE will not be compatible with Blutooth Classic devices, this use different packets and profiles not supported in BTLE.

Please have a look at this and this answer. We do have some audio capabilities in the Smart Remote 3 reference design. Some more details can be found in this thread.