
You can interact directly with your device from this tutorial page by logging into your BLE central mode is not currently supported. The P2 and Photon 2 only supports BLE 5 peripheral mode at this time. Additional features were added in Device OS 3.0 and 3.1. It is not available in earlier Device OS versions. BLE support was in beta test in Device OS 1.3.0. The SoMs do not have built-in antennas.Ī good introduction to BLE can be found in the Adafruit tutorial.īLE is supported in Device OS 1.3.1 and later. The B Series SoM (system-on-a-module) requires the external BLE/Mesh antenna connected to the BT connector. The BLE protocol can use the built-in chip or trace antenna, or an external antenna if you have installed and configured one.
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Particle devices do not support Bluetooth 5 mesh. Particle devices do not support Bluetooth A2DP and can't be used with Bluetooth headsets, speakers, and other audio devices. When your Particle device is configured as a central device, it might gather data from a sensor like a heart rate sensor and upload it to the cloud over Wi-Fi or cellular, taking the place of a mobile phone app.īLE is intended for low data rate sensor applications. Computers with BLE support can also be central devices. Central devices are things like mobile phones and tablets that communicate with peripheral devices.It can also be programmed to be an iBeacon, to allow iOS apps know they are near a specific beacon. When your Particle device is configured as a peripheral, it might be attached to a sensor and provide that information to a mobile app. Peripheral devices are typically low-power devices like heart rate sensors, body weight scales, thermometers, proximity tags, etc.

Particle devices support both the peripheral and central roles: Bluetooth is used to configure your device from the Particle mobile apps for iOS and Android, and Bluetooth LE (BLE) can be used in your firmware to communicate with other devices that support BLE. Gen 3 devices (Argon, Boron, Xenon) support Bluetooth.
