Should you throw away your CC41 HM-10 clones now that Android 8 is here? 42

Should you throw away your CC41 HM-10 clones now that Android 8 is here?
With the release of Android 8.0 (“Oreo”), I as well as others have noticed that they cannot find some HM-10 clone BLE modules when scanning for them with an Android 8.0 phone. Why is that happening and what can you do about it? tl;dr, the issue is due to a bug in the firmware of ...

HM-10 or CC41-A module? Automatic Arduino BLE module identification 97

HM-10 or CC41-A module? Automatic Arduino BLE module identification
Lately I am working a lot with Arduino, which is a new field for me, hence fewer posts. Arduino is a very popular entry level embedded electronics platform. My latest Arduino project features Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication. Arduino boards have no built-in BLE capabilities so I was looking to add a BLE module to ...