Raspberry Pi Zero 2W BLE problem

[pietru2004]

CircuitPython version

Adafruit CircuitPython 7.3.3 on 2022-08-29; Raspberry Pi Zero 2W with bcm2837

Code/REPL

from adafruit_ble import BLERadio
ble = BLERadio()
ble.name

Behavior

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
  File "adafruit_ble/__init__.py", line 162, in __init__
RuntimeError: No adapter available

Description

I tried using Raspberry Pi Zero 2W in build BLE, but it is not being detected and sends error + I bought HM-10/AT-09/MLT-BT05 BLE module, but it is still undetected by the board.

Additional information

No response

[dhalbert]

The Raspberry Pi ports are very preliminary alpha. There is currently no support for the on-board radio.

You can run Linux on the Pi Zero and use Blinka and the adafruit_ble library to act as a BLE Central.

[pietru2004]

Well I wanted to just have drag and drop for code so I would not have to run hole linux (laziness), is there way to mayby use external BLE module ?

[dhalbert]

We support the AirLift ESP32 module via SPI, but that runs only as a BLE peripheral right now: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-airlift-breakout/circuitpython-ble.

The filesystem on the RPi's is not that stable right now: #5628. This port is currently highly experimental: you'd be better off with an nRF board for the best BLE support.

[pietru2004]

Well I just wanted to make more advanced tank steering car using rasbery pi. Well mayby I can try to connect the HM-10 I mentioned above to arduino and then setup some passthrou to rasbery pi.

Anyway thank you for your time. 🙂