Bluetooth Adapter
Bluetooth 4
Working with Direct-BT
CSR Chipsets
- LogiLink USB Bluetooth-Adapter Micro (USB-A, ID 0a12:0001, CSR8510)
- LogiLink Bluetooth Adapter (USB-A)
- TP-Link UB400 (USB-A)
- Startech USB Bluetooth 4.0 Dongle (USB-A)
Intel Chipsets
- Intel Wireless (Internal, ID: 8087:07dc)
- Intel Bluemoon Bluetooth Adapter (Internal, ID: 8087:0a2a)
BCM4345 Chipsets
- Raspberry Pi 3+ Bluetooth Adapter (Internal, BCM43455)
- Raspberry Pi 4 Bluetooth Adapter (Internal, BCM4345C0)
BCM20xxxx Chipsets
- Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1, part of BCM2046 Bluetooth (Internal, ID 0a5c:4500)
- Asus BT-400 Broadcom BCM20702A Bluetooth (USB-A, ID 0b05:17cb, BCM20702A1)
Bluetooth 5
Working with Direct-BT
Intel Chipsets
- Intel AX200 (Internal, ID 8087:0029)
- Intel AX201 (Internal, ID 8087:0026)
Realtek RTL8761BU Chipsets
ID 0b05:190e, USB-A, Asus BT-500 (RTL8761BU)
- Works well with Debian 12 (Kernel 5.14.0, using rtl8761bu_fw.bin firmware)
- For older platforms, see below.
- Firmware via ASUS or linux-firmware.
ID 0bda:8771, USB-A, Generic RTL8761BU
May need manual power-up, depending on firmware (see below).
Products:
- CSL - Bluetooth 5.0 USB Adapter Nano
- LogiLink BT0054 or BT0058
Firmware
- Files
rtl8761b_fw.bin
(Kernel 5.10) orrtl8761bu_fw.bin
(Kernel 5.14), sources- linux-firmware,
version 0x0d99646b (2021-06-09).
- Mgmt-Cmd SET_POWERED is not working!
- Realtek-OpenSource,
version 0x097bec43 (2020-01-10). See install notes here.
- Mgmt-Cmd SET_POWERED works.
- linux-firmware,
version 0x0d99646b (2021-06-09).
- Files
Realtek RTL8761?? Chipsets
May need manual power-up, depending on firmware (see below).
Expected to work fine on Kernel 5.14+ systems, like Debian 12.
- Devices
- TP-Link UB500 (USB-A, ID 2357:0604, RTL8761B??)
- Requires Kernel Patch 2021-09-30
- TP-Link UB500 (USB-A, ID 2357:0604, RTL8761B??)
- Devices
Not working with Direct-BT
- None known
Unknown if working with Direct-BT
- Other RTL8761 Chipsets
- SOOMFON Bluetooth Dongle (USB-A)
- Maxuni Bluetooth Adapter USB 5.0 (USB-A, ID: ???)