429 NRF52 Bluetooth (BLE) Tutorial. Does it consume less than the ESP32? (Feather, XIAO, ItsyBitsy)

January 10, 2025 Andreas Spiess

The NRF52 chips from Nordic should be much better for Bluetooth Low Energy projects than the ESP32. Is this true? Can we use them with the Arduino IDE? And which boards are available? Let’s have a closer look.

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Example code: https://github.com/SensorsIot/NRF52-video
Adafruit BLE introduction: https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-adafruit-nrf52840-feather?view=all
XIAO BLE: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AsR6JV
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Feather: https://amzn.to/3Lx46dW

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