Wi-Fi vs. Bluetooth Low Energy

Chapter: 10 — Wireless Communication with the Pico W

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About This Poster

The chapter calls choosing between Wi-Fi and BLE "a decision every wireless project has to make" — this poster makes that decision concrete by comparing their range, power draw, and typical use.

How to Use

• Explore — click a wireless option to see its range, power, and use case.
• Quiz Me — test whether you can match a networking fact to the right option.
• Edit mode — open main.html?edit=true to drag the zone corner handles and calibrate boundaries once the poster image is generated.

Zones

1. Wi-Fi — longer range, routes through a router to the internet
2. Bluetooth Low Energy — short range, low power, direct device-to-device