Questions tagged [bluetooth]
For questions pertaining to Bluetooth setup, usage and troubleshooting on the Raspberry Pi, whether onboard or via a USB dongle.
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How to fix flickering of bluetooth menu in navigation?
I had a fresh installed Raspberry Pi 5 with Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit and from the beginning the Bluetooth dropdown menu was flickering. It was flickering even after I reinstalled the OS. The flickering ...
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One GoPro camera of 2 visible on Raspberry PI Z 2 W
I have two GoPro cameras. One is a Hero 10 Black and the other is an old GoPro Session. Both operate on bluetooth. If I use bluetoothctl and scan devices I see only the newer GoPro 10, but not the ...
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BLE device names missing in scans
When scanning for BLE devices using bluetoothctl, hcitool or anything else, I only get MAC addresses (not names) for my devices. The names are definitely advertised and I can see them when scanning on ...
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Raspberry Pi 5 lagging out when using bluetooth
Information: -Raspberry pi 5, 8GB Ram -OS: Official Raspberry pi OS (64 bit) -Official Raspberry pi 27W PSU -Using realvnc & IDE server(vscode) to access the pi -Generic TWS earphones and BT ...
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Bluetooth LE: “Unsupported Remote Feature (0x1a)” error when connecting nRF52840 central to Raspberry Pi Zero 2W peripheral
I’m working on a BLE setup where: A Nordic nRF52840-DK runs as the Central (it scans for devices with a specific name, then initiates a connection). A Raspberry Pi Zero 2W (64-bit Raspberry Pi OS) ...
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Push notification to Android device over bluetooth without an app
Is it possible to pair a Raspberry Pi with an Android phone over bluetooth, and then send push notifications directly from the Raspberry Pi to the Android phone without needing to install an app on ...
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Is it possible to measure Bluetooth RSSI level once connected on Pico using aioble
I can see that aioble.scan returns RSSI during a passive scan as an observer: async with aioble.scan(duration_ms=5000) as scanner: async for result in scanner: print(result, result.name(), ...
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Why is this so hard!!!! Get a Raspberry Pi 5 To Send Keystrokes to a PC with Python using Blutooth
I have a project that I am close to ditching because I am frankly stuck, and frustrated as hell. The project is to connect a touch screen to the Raspberry Pi5, and have it send keystrokes to a ...
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After cutting USB cable I have soldered D+ and D- to pi zero D+ and D-can I transmit data through Bluetooth?
I have a 5 dollar generic SNES gamepad clone. It connects through USB cable. I dismantled the controller and realized that I can solder D+ and D- cables to my Pi zero. Controller works with devices I ...
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Raspberry Pi: cannot pair Bluetooth smart remote
I am attempting to connect two different BlueTooth smart remotes that you can find online for <$10, that look like this: to my Raspberry Pi 4 running Raspbian (Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)). My ...
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Can you change a Pi's bluetooth device class on a Pi 4b and if so how?
I have a Pi4b with the digiamp hat. I want to stream audio from a google device but it doesnt see my pi as a speaker. It does Pair but doesnt appear as a speaker I can use. I want to try changing the ...
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Transmit bluetooth audio from iphone to pico w
I have successfully made my pico W advertise bluetooth using this tutorial. However with this raw code alone, i am able to detect the bluetooth from an older android phone, but not an iphone. I am ...
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Pairing a google speaker to a pi4b with digiamp hat
I have a Pi4b setup with a digiamp audio hat installed with raspbian. I'd like to stream from a google hub to it which I believe supports bluetooth 5. I also have a megaboom bluetooth speaker. The hub ...
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Play the same audio file over two bluetooth speakers at the same time using Raspberry Pi 4
I need to play the same .mp3 file (happy to convert if need be) over at least two Bluetooth speakers at the same time. With the speakers I have and my phone I run into now issues - so not a speaker ...
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Which customizable OS for audio streaming + bluetooth output?
I'm looking to build a system for multiroom audio streaming from Spotify. I've found a bunch of options, but most of them are ready-made, plug-and-go system images (like e.g. Balena sound, Max2Play...)...