Coded PHY (Long range) on S113

Question

Hi, 
 Looking at the differences between S132 and S140 SoftDevice, I see there's lack of support for Long Range (Coded PHY) on the S132 (and S112 for that matter), which is understandable as nRF52832 and nRF52810 do not have that capability. 
 But as S113 is designed to run on nRF52840, nRF52833, nRF52811 (and possibly nRF52820 based on Case ID: 252943 ) which all have Long Range capability, is there a reason Coded PHY was omitted from S113? 
 Thanks 
 Shahar

Marjeris Romero · Accepted Answer

Hi again, 
 Coded PHY is a feature that puts requirements on both HW and SW. One factor that increases the flash usage is coded PHY itself, and the integration with the data length extensions. 
 One of the major reaons for not supporting Coded Phy on s113 is however the dependency on Advertising Extensions, which is a rather big feature. Hence, enabling Coded Phy on s113 would give a footprint similar to s140. 
 Coded PHY is still not a very widely used feature, partly because it has limited support on the phone side. Adding even just 4k to the S113 would affect all users of the s113 and only help a very small subset of them that needs this feature. 
 Best regards, 
 Marjeris

Coded PHY (Long range) on S113

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