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Microwaves typically run 2.500GHz, most bluetooth and wifi is from 2.400 to 2.480GHz to keep some space between them (so if you want to minimise WiFi/Microwave
by zh3 3y ago
Microwaves typically run 2.500GHz, most bluetooth and wifi is from 2.400 to 2.480GHz to keep some space between them (so if you want to minimise WiFi/Microwave issues on 2.4Ghz, use a low WiFi channel).
Bluetooth is adaptive and will hop frequencies to find quiet space in the range above, however microwaves are an intermittent source so when they go on the leakage will kill any bluetooth that's on a nearby frequency.
An easy way to see this is with a BBC microbit; you can measure the signal strength on channels 1 to 100 (2.4 to 2.5GHz in 1MHz steps) and so plot the local RF sources (WiFi, Bluetooth, Microwave, etc.).
- anotherhue 3y agoWhere are you getting 2.5? 2450 +/- 50 is what I have seen.
- zh3 3y agoFrom Nordic Semi (nrf52 chips behind most BLE/ANT+ implementations these days). Seems microwave ovens use the + side of the tolerance (2.45+0.5_ so they suggest sticking to 2.40 to 2.48 (channels 1 to 80 in their parlance).
- anotherhue 3y agoInteresting, I wonder if this might just be due to the dominance of one particular magnetron design / manufacturer. Thanks for getting back to me.