Bluetooth LE controller

• Main features supported:

  • Peripheral Role

  • Central Role

  • Multiple PHYs (1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, Coded PHY)

  • Asymmetric Connections

  • Public/Random/Static Addresses

  • Network/Device Privacy Modes

  • Extended Advertising

  • Extended Scanning

  • Passive/Active Scanning

  • LE Encryption

  • LE Ping Procedure

  • HCI Test Interface

  • UART Test Interface

  • Randomized Advertising Channel Indexing

  • Sleep Clock Accuracy Update - Mechanism

  • ADI Field in Scan Response Data

  • HCI Support for Debug Keys in LE - Secure Connections

• Main capabilities supported:

  • Simultaneous scanning 1 Mbps and Long Range

  • Scanning and advertising in parallel

  • 24 connections as a central role

  • 24 connections as a peripheral role

  • Any combination of central and peripheral roles (24 connections maximum)

  • 8 connections with a 7.5 ms connection interval

  • Two advertising sets in parallel

  • 26 Accept List entries

  • 36 Resolvable Private Address (RPA) entries

  • Up to six Chain Packets per Extended Advertising set

  • Enhanced Notification on end of - Scanning/Advertising/Connection events

  • Connection event counters associated to Bluetooth LE packet reception

  • Timestamp associated to Bluetooth LE packet reception

  • RF channel info associated to Bluetooth LE packet reception

  • NXP proprietary Bluetooth LE Handover feature

  • Decision Based Advertising Filtering (DBAF) - Experimental feature

  • Advertising Coding Selection (ACS) - Experimental feature

  • Channel Sounding - Experimental feature

    Note:

    Project configurations that require usage of the Bluetooth LE controller including all Bluetooth LE examples require the Radio Subsystem (NBU) Firmware to be re-programmed with the firmware provided in the SDK under middleware\wireless\ble_controller\bin.

Parent topic:Wireless connectivity middleware overview