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# Overview
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This is a C++ BLE library for the ESP32 that uses the NimBLE host stack instead of bluedroid.
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The aim is to maintain, as much as reasonable, the original bluedroid C++ API while adding new features
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and making improvements in performance, resource use and stability.
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**Testing shows a nearly 50% reduction in flash use and approx. 100kB less ram consumed vs the original!**
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*Your results may vary*
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### What is NimBLE?
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NimBLE is a completely open source Bluetooth Low Energy stack produced by [Apache](https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble).
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It is more suited to resource constrained devices than bluedroid and has now been ported to the ESP32 by Espressif.
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# Arduino Installation
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Download as .zip and extract to Arduino/libraries folder, or in Arduino IDE from Sketch menu -> Include library -> Add .Zip library.
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`#include "NimBLEDevice.h"` at the beginning of your sketch.
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Tested and working with esp32-arduino v1.0.2 and 1.0.4 in Arduino IDE v1.8.12 and platform IO.
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# ESP-IDF Installation
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### v4.0+
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Download as .zip and extract or clone into the components folder in your esp-idf project.
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Run menuconfig, go to `Component config->Bluetooth` enable Bluetooth and in `Bluetooth host` NimBLE.
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Configure settings in `NimBLE Options`.
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`#include "NimBLEDevice.h"` in main.cpp.
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Call `NimBLEDevice::init("");` in `app_main`.
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### v3.2 & v3.3
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The NimBLE component does not come with these versions of IDF.
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A backport that works in these versions has been created and is [available here](https://github.com/h2zero/esp-nimble-component).
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Download or clone that repo into your project/components folder and run menuconfig.
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Configure settings in `main menu -> NimBLE Options`.
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`#include "NimBLEDevice.h"` in main.cpp.
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Call `NimBLEDevice::init("");` in `app_main`.
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# Using
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This library is intended to be compatible with the original ESP32 BLE functions and types with minor changes.
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See: [Breaking API Changes vs Original](docs/BREAKING_API_CHANGES.md) for details.
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Also see [Improvements_and_updates](docs/Improvements_and_updates.md) for information about non-breaking changes.
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### Arduino specific:
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See the Refactored_original_examples in the examples folder for highlights of the differences with the original library.
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More advanced examples highlighting many available features are in examples/NimBLE_Server, NimBLE_Client.
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Beacon examples provided by [beegee-tokyo](https://github.com/beegee-tokyo) are in examples/BLE_Beacon_Scanner, BLE_EddystoneTLM_Beacon, BLE_EddystoneURL_Beacon.
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Change the settings in the nimconfig.h file to customize NimBLE to your project, such as increasing max connections (default == 3).
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**Note To increase max connections in Arduino it is also required to change the controller max connections defined in sdkconfig.h.**
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This is located in your Arduino/hardware/espressif/esp32/tools/sdk/include/config folder.
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The values in `sdkconfig.h` you will need to change are:
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```
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#define CONFIG_BTDM_CONTROLLER_BLE_MAX_CONN 3
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#define CONFIG_BTDM_CONTROLLER_BLE_MAX_CONN_EFF 3
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```
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In `nimconfig.h` the value is:
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```
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#define CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS 3
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```
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Espressif has stated the hard maximum connections is 9.
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# Acknowledgments
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* [nkolban](https://github.com/nkolban) and [chegewara](https://github.com/chegewara) for the [original esp32 BLE library](https://github.com/nkolban/esp32-snippets/tree/master/cpp_utils) this project was derived from.
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* [beegee-tokyo](https://github.com/beegee-tokyo) for contributing your time to test/debug and contributing the beacon examples.
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* [Jeroen88](https://github.com/Jeroen88) for the amazing help debugging and improving the client code.
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