Bluetooth 5

[Indialabs]

Hello All,

I want to build protoype by using bluetooth 5 development board and than eventually build a product?

can somebody please guide me as to how should i go about it?

thanks and regards, Abdul

[ketil]

Hi,

You should first purchase two nRF52840 Preview Development Kits to be able to experiment with all the new Bluetooth 5 features.

After you get a hold of the kits we recommend you follow the getting started guide.

After you have experimented with the kits and are ready to build a product you should use the nRF52840 PDK Hardware files as a reference for your custom PCB.

Ketil

[Indialabs]

thanks for an answer.

but i want to use it with android smart phone. what i have heard is android as of now doesn't support bluetooth 5.0. can you please put some light on this?

[ketil]

I asked our Android developers and they told me that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have the best support for Bluetooth 5 right now. Note that none of the phones on the market currently support the BT 5 long range feature.

[energy]

Hi,

Do you have any update about long range support ?

Does S8 (with last Android update) or S9 or any other phones have long range now ?

Thanks

 

[Bjørn Kvaale]

Do not believe so unfortunately. See this link for more info. You could ask Samsung directly to see if they have implemented this. The way I see it, if long range support for smartphones has been implemented, there would at least be one article or some forum comment somewhere. I have spent quite a bit of time looking & have not found any indication to long range support in smartphones at the moment.