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btstack
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bluekitchen / btstack

btstack

Dual-mode Bluetooth stack, with small memory footprint.

3Distinct people
4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
2.2KGitHub stars
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What it is

Dual-mode Bluetooth stack, with small memory footprint.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 12:54:37 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-02-11 14:15:53 UTC to 2023-08-03 10:34:42 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122023-02-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsFeb 62023-02-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-02-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-02-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 12023-05-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-06-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-06-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-06-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-06-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-06-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-06-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-06-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-06-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-07-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-07-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-07-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-07-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-07-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-07-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-07-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-07-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-07-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-07-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-08-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJul 31

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Mar 62023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 132023-03-13 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-20 00:00:00 UTC000
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What Hacker News says

4 sources
From "Show HN: PicoVGA Library – VGA/TV Display on Raspberry Pi Pico" (2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35120403 : > From https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/02/11/raspberry-pi-pico-w-... : >> The Raspberry Pi Pico W board was launched with a WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.2 module based on the Infineon CYW43439 wireless chip in June 2022 > bluekitchen/btstack is the basis for the Bluetooth support in Pi Pico SDK 1.5.0+: https://github.com/bluekitchen/btstack https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk/tree/master/lib /btstack > /? "pi pico" bluetooth 5.2 [BLE] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pi+pico%22+bluetooth+5.2
In Pico Serial Bootloader (2021)
> - RS232 RS232: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232 Serial Port: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_port > - UART UART: Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_asynchronous_receive... > - USB-TTL w/ configurable (3.3v/5v) voltage levels USB-to-serial adapter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-to-serial_adapter > Most commonly the USB data signals are converted to either RS-232, RS-485, RS-422, or TTL-level UART serial data. - SunFounder Thales Pi Pico Kit > Components > Slide Switch, Resistor, : https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/thales-kit/en/latest/co... Kepler has the 2040W: https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/kepler-kit/en/latest/ /? how to limit voltage to 3.3v: https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+limit+voltage+to+3.3v - Zener diode > Voltage shifter: https://en.wikipedia.org
Read the rest
/wiki/Zener_diode#Voltage_shifter - Voltage regulator > DC voltage stabilizer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_regulator#DC_voltage_s... - TIL electronics.stackexchange has CircuitLab built-in: https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/241537/3-3v-... . Autodesk TinkerCAD is a neat, free, web-based circuit simulator, too; though it supports Arduino and bbc:micro but not (yet?) Pi Pico like Wokwi. There is at least one RP2040 JS simulator: Wokwi appears to support {MicroPython, CircuitPython,} on {Pi Pico} and also Rust on ESP32: Wokwi > New Pi Pico project: https://wokwi.com/projects/new/pi-pico Wokwi > New Pi Pico + MicroPython project: https://wokwi.com/projects/new/micropython-pi-pico wokwi/rp2040js : https://github.com/wokwi/rp2040js https://www.hackster.io/Hack-star-Arduino/raspberry-pi-pico-... > - (optional) WiFi/Bluetooth (RP2040W Pi Pico W) /? "pi pico" bluetooth 5.2 [BLE] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pi+pico%22+bluetooth+5.2 : - From https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/02/11/raspberry-pi-pico-w-... : >> The Raspberry Pi Pico W board was launched with a WiFi 4 and Bluetooth 5.2 module based on the Infineon CYW43439 wireless chip in June 2022 bluekitchen/btstack is the basis for the Bluetooth support i Pi Pico SDK 1.5.0+: https://github.com/bluekitchen/btstack > MicroPython awesome-micropython: https://github.com/mcauser/awesome-micropython https://github.com/pfalcon/awesome-micropython : - There is a web-based MicroPython REPL, and it only works over HTTP due to WebSockets WSS, so it's best to clone that file locally: http://micropython.org/webrepl/ https://github.com/micropython/webrepl/ awesome-circuitpython: https://github.com/adafruit/awesome-circuitpython - microsoft/vscode-python-devicesimulator lacks maintainers and Pi Pico Support: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python-devicesimulator/w... https://vscode.dev/ is the official hosted copy of VSCode as WASM in a browser tab. YMMV with which extensions work after compilation to WASM and without WASI (node/fs,) in a browser tab. From "MicroPython officially becomes part of the Arduino ecosystem" (2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33699666 : > [in addition to the Arduino IDE support for Pi Pico now] For VSCode, there are a number of extensions for CircuitPython and MicroPython: > joedevivo.vscode-circuitpython: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=joedeviv... > Pymakr https://github.com/pycom/pymakr-vsc/blob/next/GET_STARTED.md > Pico-Go: https://github.com/cpwood/Pico-Go https://scratch.mit.edu/ has bbc:microbit (and LEGO Boost) extensions when you click plus at the lower left; but not (yet?) Pi Pico support: https://github.com/LLK https://github.com/LLK/scratch-gui/commit/421d673e714a367ff2... https://github.com/microbit-more/mbit-more-v2
In Show HN: PicoVGA Library – VGA/TV Display on Raspberry Pi Pico

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