Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Håkon Alseth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:21:02 GMT

Sorry, Andre. Your phone has the stock android bluetooth API, and that app uses the older samsung API for bluetooth low energy.

This app is "stock 4.3"-compatible: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.nordicsemi.android.mcp&hl=en

These are also stock-4.3 compatible: "nRF UART 2.0" and "nRF Temp 2.0"

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Andre — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:04:47 GMT

Hi, just tried that. It said the app is compatible with my device, the Note 3. When I run the app, it gives me a "Device is not supported" error message and then closes down. Running 4.3

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Håkon Alseth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:00:54 GMT

Hi Andre,

How are you searching for the device? Note that a conventional search for bluetooth devices may not list bluetooth low energy devices.

Instead, try discovering using "nRFutility" app in play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nordic.nordicbleapp&hl=en

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Andre — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:51:00 GMT

Thank you Hakon. So the PCA10000 doe not send out any Bluetooth 4.0 information. I just want to confirm that my Note 3 can see some sort of Bluetooth 4.0 device. The Laird BL600 DK I have also does not seem to transmit anything, so I have no way of knowing if my phone can see anything.

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Håkon Alseth — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:45:25 GMT

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.

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Andre — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:02:54 GMT

Does this mean that the PCA10000 USN stick does not transmit any Bluetooth 4.0 information? I just want to see if my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 can see any Bluetooth 4 device?

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Ole Morten — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:58:47 GMT

We don't have any Central device solutions yet, so there are no such reference designs. For information on future development, you should get in touch with the sales representative for your area. If you PM me your location, I can give you his contact information.

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Witali — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:11:28 GMT

Hi Hakon,

thank you for your response.

Are there any code examples / Hardware Eval-Kits for a Bluetooth low energy host from Nordic? Maybe I have missed something but so far I have only seen BLE device examples delivered with the Smart Remote 2 and the nrf51822 SDK.

RE: Bluetooth HDI Host on PCA10000

Håkon Alseth — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:57:03 GMT

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