does nrf52840 has ble 5. is it compatible with raspberry pi3?

[vidhi gupta]

hi ,

i am trying to make a project based on detection using ble 5 on raspberry pi 3.

plz help me with selecting correct and most appropriate ble 5 dongle for good range and fast speed.

[Simonr]

Hi

As Andrew says, the Raspberry Pi3 doesn't support BLE 5. But if you want BLE 5 USB Dongles based on the nRF52840 anyway, check out Fanstel, Raytac, and/or our own nRF52840 Dongle. Please note that our Dongle is not optimized for range, and is to be considered a development tool. I assume both Fanstel and Raytac probably have better optimized solutions for an actual product, although the Nordic Dongle will be easier to develop on.

Best regards,

Simon

[awneil]

Simonr said:

the Nordic Dongle will be easier to develop on

But the actual development will be much easier on a Dev Kit!

[awneil]

Simonr said:

the Raspberry Pi3 doesn't support BLE 5

But now we have the RaspberryPi 4: