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Question about SoC vs Module wireless

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Hello everyone,

 

This is my first post here. We are currently working on a graduation project and bought an MSP-EXP430FR5994MSP-EXP430FR5994 at Farnell to do some programming. Now, we are looking for wireless communication options. I have a hard time understanding the difference between a SoC and a module. I have read that SoC take longer to program and require more knowledge about RF-engineering. Does this mean that SoC never have antennas?

A possible candidate of ours is the nRF52810. However I see now that this is a SoC. Since we are limited in time, does this mean this is not a good option for us?

Also, I hear about BLE devices with built in microcontrollers. Would this then be a SoC?

 

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

Kind regards,

Robbin

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  • Hi Robbin,

     

    Wireless in general usually needs a bit of time to get up-to-speed with, and some communications protocols are harder to use than others.

    You've not mentioned which particular wireless option you'd prefer, or what it is required for (for instance to transmit a short message, or to stream lots of data) so it is hard to recommend anything : ( I wouldn't say that BLE can be rapidly learned and implemented if you've not used it before.

    I don't want to put you off exploring wireless, but if it isn't core to your project then I'd question if it is worth attempting at short notice.

    If it is core to your project, I'm afraid you need to spend the time investigating, it's not something that can be covered in a few paragraphs in comment response.

    You could also explore Arduino and Adafruit tutorials, to see what wireless options they discuss and use.

    Or if you're from a software degree background then maybe a Linux-based system (like Raspberry Pi) could be used, since then normal network communication (say over WiFi) could be used, and there are lots of BLE examples for Linux and Pi too.

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  • Hi Robbin,

     

    Wireless in general usually needs a bit of time to get up-to-speed with, and some communications protocols are harder to use than others.

    You've not mentioned which particular wireless option you'd prefer, or what it is required for (for instance to transmit a short message, or to stream lots of data) so it is hard to recommend anything : ( I wouldn't say that BLE can be rapidly learned and implemented if you've not used it before.

    I don't want to put you off exploring wireless, but if it isn't core to your project then I'd question if it is worth attempting at short notice.

    If it is core to your project, I'm afraid you need to spend the time investigating, it's not something that can be covered in a few paragraphs in comment response.

    You could also explore Arduino and Adafruit tutorials, to see what wireless options they discuss and use.

    Or if you're from a software degree background then maybe a Linux-based system (like Raspberry Pi) could be used, since then normal network communication (say over WiFi) could be used, and there are lots of BLE examples for Linux and Pi too.

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