We have to pick a BLE very quickly , and up till now we used to work with modules which are expensive in mass but easy to work with (e.g RN4020)
I am looking for a chip with a VERY fast learning curve, that does not requires firmware flashing. It only has to be able to accept data as peripheral from mobile, and connect with an ARM processor ( such as SAMD21,etc).
- I can see that the 8001 is such an option, is it going to stay alive and not becoming obsolete ? is it too old to start with it now ? seems that everyone already using the new one .
- If so, what would be the most minimal circuit (link) for 8001 that we can use? something such as Adafruit module? (it seems to require too many components around) learn.adafruit.com/.../downloads
Any good new alternatives with high learning curve and no firmware flash required ? Thank you !