BLE on Notes on offering?

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Just wondering if I see all the device connectivity options on the Notes, why there seems to be no BLE versions in the offering?

Regards
Rob Oudendijk

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Hi @robouden,

The core purpose of the Notecard is to backhaul data to Notehub over the Internet, and there is no standard BLE-to-Internet packet gateway (like there is for LoRa for instance).

Rob

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Rob,

Thanks for the reply. I was more thinking of a BLE connection from the Notecard to a Phone. For monitoring the data not to internet but for the user to see direct what is being sent even if the device can not send to the internet.

Regards,
rob

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Or provisioning credentials like WiFi for example, or local device control from the phone that doesn’t need roundtrip to Internet.

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Drew,

Yes. Good idea. Basically, you can do that already if you have a separate MPU like a ESSP32 running. But much elegant and saving on hardware would be built in BLE on the Notecard itself.

Regards,
Rob Oudendijk