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@per1234 per1234 added type: enhancement Proposed improvement topic: code Related to content of the project itself labels Aug 29, 2025
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codestyle unification
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HCI Uart changing supported devices
c358f71 
nina based devices will be supported through nina spi transport
changing the macro from exclusion to explicit inclusion
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removing mbed devices from uart transport
df7c623 
Since automatically excluded from previous exclusion preprocessor if
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changing paradigm for BLE local device
eccdbeb 
Since in the next version for BLE we are delivering HCI commands through
spi we don't need to restart the nina device for ble to run, thus
removing those commands from this library
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enabling hci through spi commands
2cb1a5a
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Adding dependency to WiFiNINA for boards using nina
c323ec3
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fixing ci for nina based boards
18c8cfc
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Tested with giga with mbed core on 46ed027 ✔️
Tested with MKRWiFi1010 on 46ed027 ✔️
Tested with portentac33 with zephyr core on 46ed027 ✔️
Tested with portentac33 with renesas core on 46ed027 ✔️
Tested with UNO Q with zephyr core on 46ed027 ✔️
Tested with UNO R4 WiFi with renesas core on 46ed027 ✔️
Tested with giga with zephyr core on 46ed027 ✔️

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Memory usage change @ 46ed027

Board flash % RAM for global variables %
arduino:esp32:nano_nora 🔺 0 - +68 0.0 - 0.0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:mbed_giga:giga 🔺 0 - +112 0.0 - +0.01 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:mbed_nano:nano33ble 🔺 0 - +48 0.0 - 0.0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:mbed_nano:nanorp2040connect 🔺 +4235 - +4348 +0.03 - +0.03 🔺 +164 - +180 +0.06 - +0.07
arduino:mbed_nicla:nicla_vision 🔺 0 - +40 0.0 - 0.0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:mbed_opta:opta 🔺 0 - +48 0.0 - 0.0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:mbed_portenta:envie_m7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
arduino:renesas_portenta:portenta_c33 🔺 0 - +56 0.0 - 0.0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:renesas_uno:unor4wifi 🔺 0 - +64 0.0 - +0.02 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:samd:mkrwifi1010 🔺 +2600 - +2672 +0.99 - +1.02 🔺 +64 - +80 +0.2 - +0.24
arduino:samd:nano_33_iot 🔺 +2592 - +2664 +0.99 - +1.02 🔺 +68 - +72 +0.21 - +0.22
arduino:zephyr:unoq 🔺 0 - +56 0.0 - 0.0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:giga 🔺 0 - +64 0.0 - +0.01 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:nano33ble 🔺 0 - +64 0.0 - +0.01 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:niclasense 🔺 0 - +60 0.0 - +0.01 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:opta 🔺 0 - +64 0.0 - +0.01 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:portentac33 🔺 0 - +64 0.0 - 0.0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:portentah7 🔺 0 - +64 0.0 - +0.01 0 - 0 0.0 - 0.0
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Board examples/Central/LedControl
flash		 % examples/Central/LedControl
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Central/PeripheralExplorer
flash		 % examples/Central/PeripheralExplorer
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Central/Scan
flash		 % examples/Central/Scan
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Central/ScanCallback
flash		 % examples/Central/ScanCallback
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Central/SensorTagButton
flash		 % examples/Central/SensorTagButton
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Peripheral/Advertising/EnhancedAdvertising
flash		 % examples/Peripheral/Advertising/EnhancedAdvertising
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Peripheral/Advertising/RawDataAdvertising
flash		 % examples/Peripheral/Advertising/RawDataAdvertising
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Peripheral/BatteryMonitor
flash		 % examples/Peripheral/BatteryMonitor
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Peripheral/ButtonLED
flash		 % examples/Peripheral/ButtonLED
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Peripheral/CallbackLED
flash		 % examples/Peripheral/CallbackLED
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Peripheral/EncryptedBatteryMonitor
flash		 % examples/Peripheral/EncryptedBatteryMonitor
RAM for global variables		 % examples/Peripheral/LED
flash		 % examples/Peripheral/LED
RAM for global variables		 %
arduino:esp32:nano_nora 68 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 0 0.0 32 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 28 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:mbed_giga:giga 112 0.01 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:mbed_nano:nano33ble 48 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:mbed_nano:nanorp2040connect 4318 0.03 180 0.07 4327 0.03 180 0.07 4327 0.03 180 0.07 4327 0.03 180 0.07 4327 0.03 180 0.07 4348 0.03 180 0.07 4348 0.03 180 0.07 4315 0.03 164 0.06 4251 0.03 180 0.07 4327 0.03 180 0.07 4235 0.03 172 0.06 4327 0.03 180 0.07
arduino:mbed_nicla:nicla_vision 40 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:mbed_opta:opta 48 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:mbed_portenta:envie_m7 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
arduino:renesas_portenta:portenta_c33 56 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 32 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:renesas_uno:unor4wifi 64 0.02 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.01 0 0.0 16 0.01 0 0.0 32 0.01 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.01 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:samd:mkrwifi1010 2664 1.02 80 0.24 2648 1.01 80 0.24 2648 1.01 80 0.24 2648 1.01 80 0.24 2648 1.01 80 0.24 2672 1.02 80 0.24 2664 1.02 80 0.24 2672 1.02 80 0.24 2600 0.99 80 0.24 2648 1.01 80 0.24 2608 0.99 64 0.2 2648 1.01 80 0.24
arduino:samd:nano_33_iot 2656 1.01 72 0.22 2640 1.01 72 0.22 2640 1.01 72 0.22 2640 1.01 72 0.22 2640 1.01 72 0.22 2664 1.02 72 0.22 2656 1.01 72 0.22 2664 1.02 72 0.22 2592 0.99 72 0.22 2640 1.01 72 0.22 2612 1.0 68 0.21 2640 1.01 72 0.22
arduino:zephyr:unoq 56 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:giga 64 0.01 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:nano33ble 64 0.01 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:niclasense 60 0.01 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:opta 64 0.01 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:portentac33 64 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.0 0 0.0 28 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
arduino:zephyr_main:portentah7 64 0.01 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 24 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
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arduino:mbed_nano:nanorp2040connect,4318,0.03,180,0.07,4327,0.03,180,0.07,4327,0.03,180,0.07,4327,0.03,180,0.07,4327,0.03,180,0.07,4348,0.03,180,0.07,4348,0.03,180,0.07,4315,0.03,164,0.06,4251,0.03,180,0.07,4327,0.03,180,0.07,4235,0.03,172,0.06,4327,0.03,180,0.07
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@pennam pennam merged commit e5520d4 into arduino-libraries:master Feb 24, 2026
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