NRF 5340 DK LE audio capability

[mohamed_13]

I am using an nrf5340 DK instead of the audio DK. Is BT LE possible with this DK. Is there any difference beween NRF5340 DK and audio DK in terms of microntroller. 

[Maria Gilje]

Hello,

Currently what we offer in nRF Connect SDK for LE Audio are the nRF5340 Audio applications, which supports the nRF5340 Audio DK only. You can modify the application to make it compatible with the nRF5340 DK, but you will need to add some more hardware to be able to use all the configurations the application has.

That being said, there are some LE Audio samples in Zephyr which supports the nRF5340 DK by default. These are the Broadcast Audio Source and Sink and the Unicast Audio Client and Server.

The SoC on the nRF5340 DK and the nRF5340 Audio DK is the same, the nRF5340 multicore SoC. So in terms of microcontroller the two DKs offers the same functionality. The difference is the form factor of the DKs. The nRF5340 Audio DK has specific hardware componentes which simplifies the development process for Audio applications: input and output audio jacks, HW codec/DAC, and labelled buttons for easy interaction, just to name a few.

If you are considering to use the nRF5340 DK for LE Audio development, please tell me some more about what your project is. You can read about the supported configurations for the nRF5340 Audio applications in the first link in my reply.

Best regards,

Maria