Powering BLE from a "Soft" Source

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Anonymous
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Hi,

   

Our power supply is not very stiff, during BLE operations we see a drop in the supply.  For example, when advertising, we see drops of ~200mV, associated with each advertising event.  The supply is kept at ~2.4V.

   

 

   

Will these drops affect the quality of the BLE signals?

   

 

   

Thank you

   

 

   

Rich

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rola_264706
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Get a better supply. You can never have too good of a power supply.  The Supply should never drop more than a few mV.

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rola_264706
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Get a better supply. You can never have too good of a power supply.  The Supply should never drop more than a few mV.

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Anonymous
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Let's assume that we are stuck with the supply we have.  I would like to know what supply voltage fluctuations have on the Bluetooth signal quality.

   

 

   

Rich

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rola_264706
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As this is a digital device and you have 200 mV drop on a 2.4 Volt supply that can have negative affects on your digital signals.  Why can't you get a voltage regulator to help improve the supply ripple?

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Anonymous
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We power from harvested energy and right now we are not able to regulate the supply.

   

I have not experienced any performance issues but as we head into certification....

   

 

   

Rich

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