Bluetooth 5.1 maximum range

[Siddharth Venkatesh]

Hi 

I am planning to use the nRF52833 for the AoA direction finding application. On that I had two questions.

1. Currently I have two nRF52833 DKs for transmission and receiving. I am planning on designing my own PCB and I want to use only the nrf52833 bluetooth 5.1 chip in it. My question is can I directly program the nRF52833 SoC or do I need to use another micro to talk to the SoC. 

2. What is the maximum range I can expect for this kind of application. How far can these special direction finding packets (with CTE) travel? Can I use a transmission amplifier if it cannot go very far?

Thanks

[Simonr]

Hi

You should also keep in mind that getting an accurate fix will be harder the further away devices are from each other, as the same difference in angle will mean a longer distance at 100m than at 10m. This is, of course, up to the requirements of your application, but remember that accuracy will decrease at increased range.

Best regards,

Simon