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TOOL IDB-SWE-013
BLE advertising

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BLE advertising interval

Advertising interval, discovery latency, and current draw for connectable, scannable, and beacon modes. The trade-off between battery life and time-to-connect.

Advertising timeline interval — ms
CH 37 CH 38 CH 39 t → battery life — discovery typical wait: — ms
Engineering notes

Interval rules

  • BLE advertising interval = N × 0.625 ms, N ∈ [32, 16384] → 20 ms to 10.24 s.
  • iBeacon recommends 100 ms, Eddystone 1 s.
  • Connectable mode adds ±10 ms random delay anti-collision per packet.

Energy

  • Avg current ≈ (TX energy per event / interval) + sleep current.
  • Longer interval = lower average current but slower discovery.

Result

Live