I’ve got a project that the TP RP2350 seems like a great fit. But I was hoping to use BLE for interactivity from my phone, and I’ve been unable to even get a BLE advertisement running to then connect to the board from my phone.
What I’ve tried is the Adafruit BLE UART Python eval() Example. But this is failing right at the start:
Adafruit CircuitPython 10.1.3 on 2026-02-20; SparkFun Thing Plus RP2350 with rp2350a
>>> from adafruit_ble import BLERadio
>>> from adafruit_ble.advertising.standard import ProvideServicesAdvertisement
>>> ble = BLERadio()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "adafruit_ble/__init__.py", line 163, in __init__
RuntimeError: No adapter available
After some digging around, I thought I’d try something more simple with _bleio, but hit a wall there too:
>>> import _bleio
>>> _bleio.adapter.address
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
It seems like I’m missing something, but I’m not sure what. According to the Module Support Matrix, _bleio appears to be supported for this SparkFun Thing Plus RP2350.
WiFi, on the other hand, does seem to work:
>>> import wifi
>>> networks = []
>>> for network in wifi.radio.start_scanning_networks():
... networks.append(network)
...
>>> wifi.radio.stop_scanning_networks()
>>> networks = sorted(networks, key=lambda net: net.rssi, reverse=True)
>>> for network in networks:
... print("ssid:",network.ssid, "rssi:",network.rssi)
...
[redacted list of networks]
