Is it possible to send a beacon in the first second and receive a beacon in the second second?

[nordicdev]

Hi, I have an application, where I need to send beacons and listen to beacons. Is it possible to do both in the same code base, without tearing down the softdevice and re-initialising it? Can the peripheral and central example (experimental folder) do this job? If not, is there any other example that can do this? Thanks.

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

Yes, you can even do it in the same second! The S13x softdevice support concurrent peripheral and central operations, meaning you can advertise and scan at the same time. The latest version also support up to 20 connections.

The central and peripheral examples can be used as a starting point, or you can simply merge a peripheral and a central example into one application.

Best regards,

Jørgen

[nordicdev]

Thanks for the reply Jorgen!

[nordicdev]

Hi Jorgen, How much current would be consumed when nrf5182 is sending (once a secoond) and receiving (listening once a second) beacons at the same time ?

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

This will depend on the scan/advertising parameters. The main current consumption will come from scanning if you are constantly scanning for packets. Please have a look at this answer about calculation of current consumption while scanning.