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MTU Throughput test on custom board

Good day,

When testing our own board with a module (BT840) for communication range, we obtained the following results:
1. removal for a distance of 1m: 55-70 kB / s
2. removal for a distance of 3m: 15-30 kB / s
3. distance removal 5m: 5-12 kB / s

the experiment is as follows:

Settings:

mtu = 247;

Gap Event Length = 251;

Connection Inerval = 100 ms; (tried and 50, but did not notice the difference);

Power Level: +8 dbm

At the same time, your demo example (ble_app_att_mtu_throughput) shows a stable result at a distance of up to 10m (about 45 - 50 kB / s).

The code that performs the sending of notifications was taken from the example and adapted to our project. But the essence remains the same: adding data to the internal queue before receiving an error (NRF_ERROR_RESOURCES). After receiving an error, waiting for an event: data was sent (BLE_GATTS_EVT_HVN_TX_COMPLETE).

This means that the problem is either in our board or in the dongle. To check our board, I would like to use it in your demo example instead of one of the DCs.

in this connection questions:
- how to adapt the sample code so that it can run in the correct configuration on the user board. (that is, without additional button presses)?
- maybe there is another way to check the quality of communication on the user fee?

thanks, Max

  • Hi,

    So, I made minimal changes to the project of the example, namely: I refused to press the button, but just made a call to the desired configuration at the start. That was enough.

    Further, several experiments were conducted with this code and obtained the following results:
    1. PDK (tester) + PDK (dummy): average 500 kbit\s on distance ~10m;

    2. PDK (tester) + Our board (dummy) average 450 kbit\s on distance ~10m;

    3. Our dongle (tester) + Our board (dummy) average 80 kbit\s on distance ~3m;

    Problem device found! Waiting for an answer with recommendations from Fanstel.

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