Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

[Witali]

Hi,

does firmware or example source code exist for the PCA10000 USB dongle that implements the Bluetooth HID host? I would like to use it as receiver for the Nordic Smart Remote 2 Eval Kit running the HID over GATT (device) application.

[Håkon Alseth]

Hi,

It will connect and exchange data with the MasterControlPanel, but it will not act as a normal HID keyboard. The MasterControlPanel is made to debug your link and see if all your bits and bytes are correct, in terms of advertising/charateristics/data validation and other parameters. This is a debug solution only.

If you'd like to test your keyboard in it's natural environment, you will have to get a PC with Windows 8 (officially supports BLE HID-over-GATT) which has a certified bluetooth 4.0 (dongle or on-board).

Best regards Håkon

[Håkon Alseth]

The PCA10000 can be used as a bluetooth 4.0 master emulator tool for verifying and debugging your bluetooth low energy peripheral device (slave).

If you want to connect to a device with your phone, you should use the PCA10001 (the larger board) and program it with, for instance, the "ble_app_hrs" example application in our SDK.