© Philip Meitiner, Pradeeka Seneviratne 2020
P. Meitiner, P. SeneviratneBeginning Data Science, IoT, and AI on Single Board Computershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5766-1_8

8. Investigating the micro:bit Radio

Philip Meitiner1  and Pradeeka Seneviratne2
(1)
Yorkshire, UK
(2)
Udumulla, Mulleriyawa, Sri Lanka
 
In Chapter 7 we saw that the BLE offering on micro:bit is comprised of two completely different components:

  • A physical, onboard radio transmitter/receiver (antenna)

  • The BLE standards that govern what is transmitted, how it is transmitted and how messages received are handled

BLE acts as a manager: it governs how the antenna is used but is completely separate from the antenna. It is possible to bypass BLE and access the radio directly, to manage ...

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