Measure nRF8001 throughput

[awneil]

In the nRF8001 Arduino SDK, there is a "ble_bandwidth_test" example.

It says,

"The bandwidth is measured (sic?) with the nRF UART App in the Apple iOS app store"

But, as far I can see, the nRF UART App (either Android or iOS) simply allows you to send text, and displays any received text - I don't see any facility to measure anything at all.

So how, exactly, do I use the nRF UART App (either Android or iOS) to measure throughput?

Or is there some other App for that?

[awneil]

OK. So that comment is wrong: it is not the nRF UART App (either Android or iOS) that does the measuring.

The measuring is done done by the Arduino "Sketch", which then sends the result to the App over the BLE-to-UART link.

The App purely displays whatever it receives - it does not do, nor take part in, any measurement itself.

[run_ar]

Glad to see you figured it out. Please consider accepting your own answer.

[awneil]

Done. Please consider updating the documentation to more accurately describe the test and, in particular, how to use it. Cheers.

[run_ar]

Thanks, I added your feedback to our internal issue tracking system, so we will be aware of the problem when we create another release.