STM32WB15 Dissapointment

Hi,

just from my limited experience, i would say:

+: on Arduino or ESP framework you get complex things done with just some calls. 

-: you dont know, whats really going on, in detail. (No documentation, whats chip/register settings are.)

+: on STM32, you have good documentation ( some thousand pages...) and you know, what you do.

-: until you get something complex working, it might need "learning" many hours (200+...)

So the real question is: can you use the ESP thing with the calls you need and dont need more detail - ESP !

or need some precision action, in detail you have to know, what happens - STM !

And ESP is (maybe) world leader in simple IOT , WiFi or BT access to ... , 

while STM is (maybe also) world leader in industrial, embedded controllers .

So for a good PWM motor controller, i would choose STM.

To connect wireless something, i would choose ESP.

Or , as i do, both : STM is the master for hardware , communicating with the ESP for the network things.

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@PLee.3 wrote:

I am now stuck at a stage where I have to rely on the ESP32 framework to provide a solution for my company 

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Why is that a problem for you?

For a commercial product, the cost of development - including the time for learning - has to be considered.

So, if an ESP (or whatever) does the job, then use that!

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@PLee.3 wrote:

Add to that if this was an industrial type solution we would have to flash each MCU twice just to get them up and running! 

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Not sure what you mean by that?

In an "industrial type solution", you'd have a programming system that would take the two files and program them both as a single operation.

Still almost 2 months in and can't get my BLE STM32 device to properly advertise some custom characteristics... The 2x flashing is the binary flash (plus BLE Stack Enable) + STM32 Program. There either needs to be some better literature/examples or I will just carry on using ESP32 or Nordic device...