RE: Create a new desktop APP to replace nRF Connect for Desktop

Øyvind — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:40:58 GMT

Hello,

Nothing new from what is written below. For further assistance please register a new DevZone ticket.

Kind regards,
Øyvind

RE: Create a new desktop APP to replace nRF Connect for Desktop

Abhi74 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:02:59 GMT

hi,

I'm working on a similar project I have to make the application using c#. Do you have any suggestion how I can approach this. An open-source application is much appreciated.

RE: Create a new desktop APP to replace nRF Connect for Desktop

Karl Ylvisaker — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:34:41 GMT

Hello,

There are two approaches you can take to achieve this:

The first way is to use the pc-ble-driver which essentially is a serialization of the SoftDevice, so that you may control it using your own cpp program. This is the most straight forward approach, but the downside to this approach is that the pc-ble-driver is based on the nRF5 Softdevice, which is now in maintainance mode, and so the pc-ble-driver strictly speaking is deprecated.

The other alternative is for you to create your own serialization, for instance through starting out with one of the Bluetooth Central applications in the SDK, adding UART to it, and then program it to perform the connectivity commands you need based on commands sent to it over UART.

If the only connectivity functionality you need for the time being is the one you have described above (scan for DUT, connect, perform a write) then I would suggest going with the second approach, since that would be the simplest and most straight forward approach.

Please do not hesitate to let me know if you should have any follow-up questions, or if any part of this should be unclear! :)

Best regards,
Karl