Using ANT+ on my nRF52840 Dongle

Good afternoon.
I recently bought myself an nRF52840 Dongle with the expectation that it would support ANT (as stated in the documentation). I have a Garmin Edge device that I can connect a heartbeat sensor to. I want to use my nRF as a heartbeat sensor so that it transmits information via ANT+ protocol.
Unfortunately, I have not found accessible and clear information on how to use ANT. Can you please tell me how I can use ANT on my nRF52840 Dongle?
I read about a similar problem from another person, where you replied that the nRF Connect SDK currently lacks the ability to work with ANT on the nRF52 series (only nRF53).
Of course this doesn't solve my problem, so please advise how and where to use ANT on my nRF. A detailed answer is highly desirable so that I don't have more questions on this topic, as I am a beginner and haven't worked with nRFs before at all. If there are examples of simple code (and instructions how to run it) that uses ANT (more specifically ANT+) - I would be grateful.
Sincerely, Victor.

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  • Just read that SDK v2.6.0 (which was added on 14 March, just a couple of days ago) already has ANT support on nRF52 series devices.

    As I understand it, I may now have the following difficulties:
    1) I need to update the SoftDevice firmware (if I'm not mistaken, I need an S340). I need parallel (simultaneous) ANT and BLE support.
    I don't know how and by what means to do it, so please help me with it.
    2) I need at least simple test code that interacts with ANT (simple initialisation, for example).

    I would be extremely grateful. Sincerely, Victor.

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  • Just read that SDK v2.6.0 (which was added on 14 March, just a couple of days ago) already has ANT support on nRF52 series devices.

    As I understand it, I may now have the following difficulties:
    1) I need to update the SoftDevice firmware (if I'm not mistaken, I need an S340). I need parallel (simultaneous) ANT and BLE support.
    I don't know how and by what means to do it, so please help me with it.
    2) I need at least simple test code that interacts with ANT (simple initialisation, for example).

    I would be extremely grateful. Sincerely, Victor.

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