Nano 33 ble not finding ble devices

hello I am having trouble with my nano 33 ble its only finding like 3 devices when it should be finding close to a 100 and was wondering if someone would have any idea as to why that could be? I have two different boards and i was pretty sure that I set them up the same way one is working find and is finding everything but the other is not.

Welcome to the forum.

Check the antenna area for missing components. They are easy to rip off and have been causing short range issues for a few users.

Test your Arduino with your smart phone. You should be able to keep an active connection for many meters. Just connect with a generic BLE app and then walk slowly away.

Here is a link to a post from a long time ago with some tests I did reply #9 and a picture of the antenna area reply #18.

https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ble-very-weak-signal/631751/9

Take a look at this example Connecting Nano 33 BLE Devices over Bluetooth®

hey guys thanks so much for the tip as I think you guys are right the antenna doesn't quite look right like the picture so i think ill see if i can get a replacement. funny after all my looking into it never thought it would be a hardware issue and not a software issue. Thanks so much.

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