BLE to Ethernet PoE Gateway
The project aims to use PicoW as a BLE-to-Ethernet PoE Gateway using WIZnet products.
Raspberry Pi - Pico W
x 1
WIZnet - W5100S
x 1
+ PoE Module
micropython - MicroPython
x 1
intro
Few days ago Raspberry Pi released new SDK that added missing feature to Pico W - Bluetooth support. For more information please refer to this RPi blog post.
In fact, this article was made after Victor, a Wiznet employee. I also wanted to have a BLE to Ethernet Gateway, and I just read the post and found out that I updated PicoW on Raspberry Pi.
Progress
I just connected the PicoW to the PoE board I had. The Pico WBLE does not consume much power. So this is possible.
I used the firmware that Victor made.
The LED is blinking. These are LINK and ACT LEDs. I configured it to keep giving data with BLE, and the ACT LED keeps blinking, so it seems to be working normally.
Complete!
It works very, very simple than you think. I can now get BLE data on Ethernet too!
For more information, see Victor Project for code!