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Circuit Playground Express with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?

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Hello everyone! I am pretty new to microcontrollers so I got a lot of silly questions. Really appreciate your time if you are answering this one.

I am programming my Circuit Playground Express as a mouse with built-in accelerometers. RN I am connecting my PC and playground with a micro USB cable to upload the sketch and receive the input from the microcontroller. Can I add a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi module to replace that cable? If so, may I have some suggestions on the kinds of modules and instructions/guides I should look into?

Thank you all!

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Re: Circuit Playground Express with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?

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There is a way to do all the development wirelessly, but you will need to change boards.

You have a Circuit Playground Express which does not support WiFi or BLE in any easily connected way, but you can use a Circuit Playground Bluefruit to do what you want. See the guide below and product page below that.

https://learn.adafruit.com/wirelessly-c ... cuitpython

https://www.adafruit.com/product/4333

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Re: Circuit Playground Express with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?

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mikeysklar wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:13 am There is a way to do all the development wirelessly, but you will need to change boards.

You have a Circuit Playground Express which does not support WiFi or BLE in any easily connected way, but you can use a Circuit Playground Bluefruit to do what you want. See the guide below and product page below that.

https://learn.adafruit.com/wirelessly-c ... cuitpython

https://www.adafruit.com/product/4333
Thanks for sharing that! They are really helpful. I saw the tools are for CircuitPython. Is there any Arduino compatible methods? Thank you!

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Re: Circuit Playground Express with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?

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The short answer is no. Adafruit does not currently provide a way to program / upload code using the Arduino IDE using OTA (Over The Air).

That being said people have cobbled together solutions using older bluetooth adapters like the HC-05.

In the short term is wireless is important CircuitPython will do it today. More OTA options are popping up so it is coming.

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