| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-C5 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-H2 | ESP32-S3 | ESP32-P4 | | ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | # BLE Host-Only Peripheral VHCI Example This example uses the Bluetooth VHCI transport provided by ESP-Hosted. To use the VHCI transport in the application, the Bluetooth controller should be disabled and the default uart-transport should also be disabled (when the controller is disabled, by default the uart-transport is selected). The Bluetooth VHCI transport in ESP-Hosted should also be enabled. Refer to the `sdkconfig.defaults` file which has the required configuration. To test this demo, any BLE scanner app can be used. ## How to Use This Example Before project configuration and build, be sure to set the correct chip target using: ```bash idf.py set-target <chip_name> ``` ### Configure the project Open the project configuration menu: ```bash idf.py menuconfig ``` In the `Component config-> Bluetooth` menu: * Select `controller` to Disabled. * Disable `Nimble Options-> Host-controller Transport -> Enable Uart Transport`. In the `Component config-> ESP-Hosted config` menu: * Enable `Bluetooth Support-> Enable Hosted Bluetooth support` ### Build and Flash Run `idf.py -p PORT flash monitor` to build, flash and monitor the project. (To exit the serial monitor, type ``Ctrl-]``.) See the [Getting Started Guide](https://idf.espressif.com/) for full steps to configure and use ESP-IDF to build projects. ## Example Output This is the console output when `bleprph_host_only_vhci` is running on the ESP32-P4 and using the Bluetooth Controller of the ESP32C6 on the ESP32-P4-Function-EV-Board. The data is transferred through SDIO between the ESP32-P4 and ESP32-C6: ``` I (25) boot: ESP-IDF v5.4-dev-2793-g24047f9a04-dirty 2nd stage bootloader I (26) boot: compile time Sep 9 2024 16:23:48 I (27) boot: Multicore bootloader I (32) boot: chip revision: v0.1 I (34) boot: efuse block revision: v0.0 I (39) boot.esp32p4: SPI Speed : 80MHz I (44) boot.esp32p4: SPI Mode : DIO I (49) boot.esp32p4: SPI Flash Size : 2MB I (53) boot: Enabling RNG early entropy source... I (59) boot: Partition Table: I (62) boot: ## Label Usage Type ST Offset Length I (70) boot: 0 nvs WiFi data 01 02 00009000 00006000 I (77) boot: 1 phy_init RF data 01 01 0000f000 00001000 I (84) boot: 2 factory factory app 00 00 00010000 00100000 I (93) boot: End of partition table I (96) esp_image: segment 0: paddr=00010020 vaddr=40070020 size=2ae08h (175624) map I (135) esp_image: segment 1: paddr=0003ae30 vaddr=30100000 size=0000ch ( 12) load I (137) esp_image: segment 2: paddr=0003ae44 vaddr=3010000c size=00038h ( 56) load I (142) esp_image: segment 3: paddr=0003ae84 vaddr=4ff00000 size=05194h ( 20884) load I (154) esp_image: segment 4: paddr=00040020 vaddr=40000020 size=638b0h (407728) map I (226) esp_image: segment 5: paddr=000a38d8 vaddr=4ff05194 size=0b9a0h ( 47520) load I (237) esp_image: segment 6: paddr=000af280 vaddr=4ff10b80 size=02328h ( 9000) load I (244) boot: Loaded app from partition at offset 0x10000 I (244) boot: Disabling RNG early entropy source... I (258) cpu_start: Multicore app W (267) clk: esp_perip_clk_init() has not been implemented yet I (274) cpu_start: Pro cpu start user code I (274) cpu_start: cpu freq: 360000000 Hz I (274) app_init: Application information: I (277) app_init: Project name: bleprph_host_only_vhci I (283) app_init: App version: 1c568c9-dirty I (288) app_init: Compile time: Sep 9 2024 16:23:43 I (294) app_init: ELF file SHA256: ee5a16527... I (299) app_init: ESP-IDF: v5.4-dev-2793-g24047f9a04-dirty I (306) efuse_init: Min chip rev: v0.1 I (311) efuse_init: Max chip rev: v0.99 I (316) efuse_init: Chip rev: v0.1 I (321) heap_init: Initializing. RAM available for dynamic allocation: I (328) heap_init: At 4FF160B0 len 00024F10 (147 KiB): RAM I (334) heap_init: At 4FF3AFC0 len 00004BF0 (18 KiB): RAM I (340) heap_init: At 4FF40000 len 00060000 (384 KiB): RAM I (347) heap_init: At 50108080 len 00007F80 (31 KiB): RTCRAM I (353) heap_init: At 30100044 len 00001FBC (7 KiB): TCM I (360) spi_flash: detected chip: generic I (363) spi_flash: flash io: dio W (367) spi_flash: Detected size(16384k) larger than the size in the binary image header(2048k). Using the size in the binary image header. I (381) host_init: ESP Hosted : Host chip_ip[18] I (409) H_API: ESP-Hosted starting. Hosted_Tasks: prio:23, stack: 5120 RPC_task_stack: 5120 sdio_mempool_create free:181028 min-free:181028 lfb-def:139264 lfb-8bit:139264 I (414) gpio: GPIO[18]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 0| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 1| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 I (423) gpio: GPIO[19]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 0| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 1| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 I (433) gpio: GPIO[14]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 0| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 1| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 I (442) gpio: GPIO[15]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 0| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 1| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 I (451) gpio: GPIO[16]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 0| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 1| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 I (461) gpio: GPIO[17]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 1| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 0| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 I (470) H_API: ** add_esp_wifi_remote_channels ** I (475) transport: Add ESP-Hosted channel IF[1]: S[0] Tx[0x4000d110] Rx[0x4001b4aa] 0x4000d110: transport_drv_sta_tx at /home/kysoh/projects/esp_as_mcu_host/examples/bleprph_host_only_vhci/components/esp_hosted/host/drivers/transport/transport_drv.c:208 0x4001b4aa: esp_wifi_remote_channel_rx at /home/kysoh/projects/esp_as_mcu_host/examples/bleprph_host_only_vhci/managed_components/espressif__esp_wifi_remote/esp_wifi_remote_net.c:19 I (484) transport: Add ESP-Hosted channel IF[2]: S[0] Tx[0x4000d058] Rx[0x4001b4aa] 0x4000d058: transport_drv_ap_tx at /home/kysoh/projects/esp_as_mcu_host/examples/bleprph_host_only_vhci/components/esp_hosted/host/drivers/transport/transport_drv.c:238 0x4001b4aa: esp_wifi_remote_channel_rx at /home/kysoh/projects/esp_as_mcu_host/examples/bleprph_host_only_vhci/managed_components/espressif__esp_wifi_remote/esp_wifi_remote_net.c:19 I (493) main_task: Started on CPU0 I (503) main_task: Calling app_main() I (513) transport: Attempt connection with slave: retry[0] I (513) transport: Reset slave using GPIO[54] I (513) os_wrapper_esp: GPIO [54] configured I (513) gpio: GPIO[54]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 1| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 0| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 I (1693) sdio_wrapper: SDIO master: Data-Lines: 4-bit Freq(KHz)[40000 KHz] I (1693) sdio_wrapper: GPIOs: CLK[18] CMD[19] D0[14] D1[15] D2[16] D3[17] Slave_Reset[54] I (1693) H_SDIO_DRV: Starting SDIO process rx task I (1693) sdio_wrapper: Queues: Tx[20] Rx[20] SDIO-Rx-Mode[1] I (1733) gpio: GPIO[15]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 0| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 1| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 I (1733) gpio: GPIO[17]| InputEn: 0| OutputEn: 0| OpenDrain: 0| Pullup: 1| Pulldown: 0| Intr:0 Name: Type: SDIO Speed: 40.00 MHz (limit: 40.00 MHz) Size: 0MB CSD: ver=1, sector_size=0, capacity=0 read_bl_len=0 SCR: sd_spec=0, bus_width=0 TUPLE: DEVICE, size: 3: D9 01 FF TUPLE: MANFID, size: 4 MANF: 0092, CARD: 6666 TUPLE: FUNCID, size: 2: 0C 00 TUPLE: FUNCE, size: 4: 00 00 02 32 TUPLE: CONFIG, size: 5: 01 01 00 02 07 TUPLE: CFTABLE_ENTRY, size: 8 INDX: C1, Intface: 1, Default: 1, Conf-Entry-Num: 1 IF: 41 FS: 30, misc: 0, mem_space: 1, irq: 1, io_space: 0, timing: 0, power: 0 IR: 30, mask: 1, IRQ: FF FF LEN: FFFF TUPLE: END I (1783) sdio_wrapper: Function 0 Blocksize: 512 I (1793) sdio_wrapper: Function 1 Blocksize: 512 I (1793) H_SDIO_DRV: SDIO Host operating in STREAMING MODE I (1803) H_SDIO_DRV: generate slave intr I (1813) transport: Received INIT event from ESP32 peripheral I (1813) transport: EVENT: 12 I (1813) transport: EVENT: 11 I (1823) transport: capabilities: 0xd I (1823) transport: Features supported are: I (1833) transport: * WLAN I (1833) transport: - HCI over SDIO I (1843) transport: - BLE only I (1843) transport: EVENT: 13 I (1843) transport: ESP board type is : 13 I (1853) transport: Base transport is set-up I (1853) transport: Slave chip Id[12] I (1863) vhci_drv: Host BT Support: Enabled I (1863) vhci_drv: BT Transport Type: VHCI I (1873) H_SDIO_DRV: Received INIT event I (1883) rpc_wrap: Received Slave ESP Init I (2623) NimBLE_BLE_PRPH: BLE Host Task Started I (2623) uart: queue free spaces: 8 I (2623) main_task: Returned from app_main() I (2623) NimBLE: GAP procedure initiated: stop advertising. I (2633) NimBLE: Device Address: I (2633) NimBLE: 40:4c:ca:5b:9a:e2 I (2633) NimBLE: I (2643) NimBLE: GAP procedure initiated: advertise; I (2643) NimBLE: disc_mode=2 I (2653) NimBLE: adv_channel_map=0 own_addr_type=0 adv_filter_policy=0 adv_itvl_min=0 adv_itvl_max=0 I (2663) NimBLE: ``` ## Troubleshooting For any technical queries, please open an [issue](https://github.com/espressif/esp-hosted/issues) on ESP-Hosted on GitHub. We will get back to you soon. ## References * Bluetooth Implementation in ESP-Hosted: https://github.com/espressif/esp-hosted/blob/feature/esp_as_mcu_host/docs/bluetooth_implementation.md
To create a project from this example, run:
idf.py create-project-from-example "espressif/esp_hosted=0.0.16:bleprph_host_only_vhci"