Using nRF51822 as a Controller to external host

[Adel Noureldin]

Is there a ready example to run nRf51822 as a controller to external host via HCI commands over UART or USB? e.g. I want to interface the Nordic chip with an open source host stack such as Bluez or Blue kitchen

[Wojtek]

It is not possible, nrf51 does not support HCI commands.

[Jackxl]

It is not true. HCI commands are supported. I implemented bootloader over HCI. But I think that nRF51822 could be only USB device.

[Hung Bui]

@Jackxl: I guess the question was about HCI interface to do Bluetooth, not the bootloader. 

However, Currently we have Zephyr stack that allow the BLE HCI interface on nRF5 (not using our softdevice)