Implement Bluetooth mesh using nrf52840

[Sathishkumar S]

I have the SH6MDBT50Q BLE module, and I need the nRF SDK to implement a Bluetooth Mesh connection for transmitting and receiving data on both sides. I am using Segger Embedded Studio IDE and a J-Link Segger debugger for programming and debugging. Could you please guide me on the procedure or provide a user guide for implementation?

[Edvin]

Hello,

I am using Segger Embedded Studio IDE

So this means that you are working on the SDK for Mesh, v5.0.0?

In this case, the best hint I can give is to look at one of the samples, such as the light_bulb sample, and modify the model to have an array of bytes, instead of just one bit (on_off) and make all the devices publish on the same "channel" (virtual channel) that they subscribe to. 

In the nRF Connect SDK, which is our current SDK, we have a sample doing this. It is called "chat", and you can find it in NCS\nrf\samples\bluetooth\mesh\chat. This sample will take whatever you enter through UART, and publish it on a channel that the other nodes are listening to. So you will have a "chat over Mesh" functionality. This is fairly easy to modify to send whatever data you want to send to the other devices.

Best regards,

Edvin

[Sathishkumar S]

Hi Edvin,

I am facing an issue opening the nRF Connect SDK (downloaded via Visual Studio) in Segger Embedded Studio. Visual Studio opens the SDK folder, but in SES, I can only open .c files. How can I open the C:\ncs\v2.5.1\zephyr\samples\bluetooth\mesh folder in SES? or I need to convert the nrf sdk mesh folder into embedded studio file format?

[Hung Bui]

Hi,

If you are using nRF Connect SDK, please follow our documentation and tutorial. 
The best place to get started with nRF Connect SDK is the Dev Academy NCS fundamental course. 
Basically you don't use SES to open nRF Connect SDK project. You would need to install and use nRF Connect Extension on Visual Studio Code