Why Use a $2.60 BLE Module? Introducing the EMB1061!

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  • čas přidán 20. 08. 2024

Komentáře • 44

  • @AndreasSpiess
    @AndreasSpiess Před 3 lety +15

    Super project! Unfortunately I did not find the discord Link.

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety +3

      Fixed it, thank you for mentioning! I forgot to put it haha

  • @baremetaltechtv
    @baremetaltechtv Před 3 lety +1

    looks awesome! I hope you can find some people to help you with this. I would, but despite fixing computers, soldering kits together etc, I've never learned to code. I rely on amazing people like you to give me the tools I need to cobble together my own projects, so you definitely have my gratitude.

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      Thank you so much! There's nothing wrong with cobbling together projects, and usually you learn something along the way! That's basically how I learned to code and do hardware. I'm hoping one day this can be mature enough to support things like Arduino and platformio. Hopefully some people can realize that with me

  • @MoesKeckeEcke
    @MoesKeckeEcke Před 2 lety +1

    Now only a sample project is needed with this as a CR2032 Bluetooth "Key" for unlocking or presence detection for IoT/Garage Door/Light control.. 1000ms advertisement time pause should be low enought to feel like direct unlocking :-P

  • @roadeycarl
    @roadeycarl Před 3 lety

    I wish I knew enough to help out. Good luck!

  • @catchemcordero3631
    @catchemcordero3631 Před 3 lety +1

    Just bought 2 of them ! Let's do this

  • @sharanara
    @sharanara Před 3 lety

    I honestly might have to pick me up one of these - even if I probably wouldn't have a use for it for who knows how long until I actually come up with some sort of idea. I'd figure part of the reason why they're able to make it so cheap is due to the fact BT 5.x is the standard at this point so you can get 4.x chips cheaper then.
    As for the project, I'd help if I could. Though I only really know Java and JavaScript, not any C variants, though that'll change in the coming year or two.

  • @guser210
    @guser210 Před 3 lety +1

    I like to use your template as a starting point if you don’t mind, I’ll shared the code and videos of the process for anyone interstellar in learning about this chip.

  • @digitalzoul57
    @digitalzoul57 Před 8 měsíci

    I hope you still maintaining the repo I have this error Error in `BlueNRG_Stack_Initialization() 0x48` from the stack initialization

  • @avejst
    @avejst Před 3 lety +1

    Wow, Interesing project
    Thanks for the heads up! :-)
    hm. No Tindie to EU!

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      Updated with the shipping to EU and UK. Let me know if your country still isn't included. Sorry the price is so expensive

  • @ndrgrenzgaenger
    @ndrgrenzgaenger Před 3 lety +2

    Great Project, would love to try it. Will the development boards be available again some time soon?

  • @AdityaMehendale
    @AdityaMehendale Před 3 lety +1

    If it's 8051-based, assembly may not be a far cry - 8 bitters are pretty straightforward :)

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety +1

      It's based on the BlueNRG-1. It's actually pretty complex, and the BLE stack definitely would be hard to work with. Also the blue energy one has an integrated cortex m0, so it's 32 bit

    • @AdityaMehendale
      @AdityaMehendale Před 3 lety

      @@CalebMarting Ah, I misunderstood. m0 is a different matter altogether.
      Now that Andreas Spiess is involved, I'm sure your project will get a lot of visibility :) Good luck!

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      Thank you!

    • @AdityaMehendale
      @AdityaMehendale Před 3 lety

      BTW - I have already pleaded on the STMicro CZcams channel to remove the IDE paywall hurdles, with reference to your video. Perhaps more of your viewers could do the same.. Let's see if and how they react ;)

  • @defaulttool
    @defaulttool Před 3 lety +1

    time to make it 667 to get the spirits from f*** with me

  • @mwault
    @mwault Před 4 měsíci

    First, thanks, and great work - The debugger works great ! (Im using an st-link flashed as a j-link - which i recomend) Sadly I'm having a noob issue with building (am new to VSCode) - I get:
    Executing task: make
    $SRCS is [src/BlueNRG1_it.c src/main.c ]
    PRE
    if not exist libs mkdir libs
    /usr/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
    make: *** [pre-build] Error 1
    BTW Have you tried the EMB1082? This is even more powerful/cheap, but also a nightmare..

  • @etoilexxx2007
    @etoilexxx2007 Před 3 lety

    Fyi, the EMB1061 is based on the ST BlueNRG-132.

  • @JKowala
    @JKowala Před 3 lety

    I'm a bobbiest, and I bought some of these thinking they would be similar to the Bluetooth (BLE) CC2541. They are not. I agree that there is very little guidance or documentation available. I was successful in getting two CC2541(s) to ‘pair’ (connect) to each other using AT+INQ and AT+CONN commands via microcontrollers and used a pass-through-uart function. The EMB1061 doesn’t seem to have any AT commands that can do this. I'm disappointed for that reason. Your project is beyond my skill level, but I wish you the best of luck.

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      Actually there are AT commands that are supported, if you bought boards from me though, they are programmed with a different firmware. You can definitely reupload the AT firmware though and I can provide you a link to download that if you would like
      The nice part about this chip is the ability for it to work standalone instead of needing an extra mcu, which is what my code is an example of

    • @JKowala
      @JKowala Před 3 lety

      @@CalebMarting Sure... I would like to try another firmware with additional AT support (functions).. Thank you.

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      Do you have an Stlink v2 by the way? You will need one to program it. I'll get a little guide together for you

    • @JKowala
      @JKowala Před 3 lety

      @@CalebMarting I just Google'd that. No I don't. I have an FTDI USB-to-serial cable. I normally program PIC microcontrollers using various programmers. (older 8-bit stuff) using assembler. I'm an assembler type, not 'C'. I can cobble together something over time.....

    • @JKowala
      @JKowala Před 3 lety

      @@CalebMarting I did a little research. I just bought (on ebay) a cheap St-link V2 knock-off. I can use it regardless. Cheers.

  • @ivansy7156
    @ivansy7156 Před 2 lety

    still out of stock. when can I order?

  • @icraftcrafts8685
    @icraftcrafts8685 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi. Thanks for posting this video and your work on the toolchain. The pdf in your video says v5.2 for bluetooth. is that a typo or is that unrelated to ble 5.0 (or 5.2)? [it's at 1:29]

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      I believe it's a typo, it supports 4.2. however for the price, and with the amount of things that use Bluetooth 4.0, Bluetooth 4.2 support will be around for a long time. It's still viable!

    • @icraftcrafts8685
      @icraftcrafts8685 Před 3 lety +1

      @@CalebMarting Ok thanks very much for responding so quickly and clarifying the version info. I will be sure to get involved with this soon as it could be useful in pet tracker or something of the sorts :)

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      Awesome thank you!

  • @iloveshw
    @iloveshw Před 3 lety +1

    Fork this template link doesn’t work on github

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      I'll look into that tonight!

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      Someone else was able to get it to work. What specific issue were you having?

  • @MadlyParakeet
    @MadlyParakeet Před 3 lety +2

    Let me. remind a couple houndred people..
    CTJET99 [Principia Game videos.]

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety

      I've come a long way haven't I?

    • @MadlyParakeet
      @MadlyParakeet Před 3 lety

      @@CalebMarting you did! (:

    • @sharanara
      @sharanara Před 3 lety

      But let's be honest, the KSP and SimplePlanes videos were better.

  • @alexanderwolfe8782
    @alexanderwolfe8782 Před 3 lety

    Weird that these things are on alibaba but not aliexpress, I guess the lack of toolchain means no small scale demand at all.
    Have you been able to get anything useful from the MXCHIP documentation? I'll message some pages I found on their website to you on discord

    • @CalebMarting
      @CalebMarting  Před 3 lety +2

      Nothing really from the MxChip documentation, they seem to only want you to use their pre-made AT firmware and not develop for the SOC. Also I emailed them but no response.
      Also it is a little weird that they're not on AliExpress but this chip has not been used in the hobbyist community until now so I guess it would make sense why it's on the business oriented site and not the consumer one. I expect that to change if we can get people using this chip!