(10-25-2020, 04:41 AM)Avamander Wrote: There was a thread on Twitter (https://twitter.com/SipeedIO/status/1319266151927435266) that mentioned a new series of Longan (RISC-V) boards. That chipset might be possible to use, assuming the vendor BT stack has BT Mesh support or there's an open stack that could do it.
Yeah, that coupled with the CNX articles
https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/10/24/...ice-point/
https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/10/25/...ent-board/
make the BL602 and BL604 very much of interest... ESP8266 but done better? Can it be true? Having this chip in the PineSocket sounds perfect... Wifi and BT5, decent amount of SRAM and Flash memory, plenty of GPIOs (hopefully without a bunch that need to be held high or low at boot like the ESP8266), competitively priced, and it looks like it will support mesh!!!! How well it does is yet to be determined, but it's a start!
Quote:Bluetooth mesh features
* Supports Relay, Friend Node, Low-Power Node (LPN) and GATT Proxy roles
* Support two provisioning bearers (PB-ADV & PB-GATT)
Sounds like a perfect application for a new chip and to break into the IoT market
