nRF52840 Dongle: Console log & Ant+

[Vint1k]

Good afternoon.

I have asked for help before regarding my nRF52840 Dongle and Ant+ and you have helped me a lot!
But I have one more difficulty - I have an error when initializing Ant+ (ant_init failed: -2).
Since I am writing code in nRF Connect SDK - I can't connect my Dongle directly. Instead I write a HEX file (zephyr.hex) to my Dongle using your Programmer. This actually makes the debugging process a bit complicated.

Hence the first question - can I somehow connect the Dongle to the console or not?
The second question is how do I fix this error? As far as I understand, I need the S340 firmware. I read about it somewhere. If so, please tell me how to download it using your Programmer.

Thank you very much for your help,
Sincerely, Victor

[Simonr]

Hi

Our ANT+ experts are currently out of office so please stand by for a conclusive answer to this. In the latest version of our documentation (and the NCS 2.6.0 release notes) there is no mention of ANT+ support for the nRF52 series, so AFAIK this was not added in NCS 2.6.0, and the following is the current status for ANT(+) :

 https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/device_guides/working_with_nrf/nrf52/features.html#supported-protocols 

Best regards,

Simon

[Vint1k]

Thank you very much.
I will be waiting for your ANT+ experts.
And, if you still can’t implement this on nRF Connect, tell me where is the information about setting up ANT+ on nRF SDK5 (I really need ANT+ for my device).