Using nRF8001 To Advertise Battery Level

RE: Using nRF8001 To Advertise Battery Level

awneil — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:12:07 GMT

The Arduino SDK (which is now the preferred SDK for nRF8001) seems to have lost the battery feature from the Temperature examples.

:-(

RE: Using nRF8001 To Advertise Battery Level

David Edwin — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:48:22 GMT

you should be able to do so with the nRF51822 as well.

RE: Using nRF8001 To Advertise Battery Level

Gabriel — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:48:54 GMT

Hello,

I would like to do the same but with a nRF51822. Its possible to advertise the battery level with this chip?

The device will not connect to anything so that is why I'd like to include this information in the advertisement package.

If its not possible, what solution do you recommend me?

Thank you! :)

RE: Using nRF8001 To Advertise Battery Level

David Edwin — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:37:24 GMT

Hi,

The nRF8002 is a proximity solution, it does have a battery level monitor built-in however there are a few differences that may not be aligned to your requirements.

The battery level is never transmitted in the advertisements, it is available only by reading the battery level on the device.
The nRF8002 uses connectable advertisements, it does not use non-connectable advertisements

Thanks

RE: Using nRF8001 To Advertise Battery Level

David Day — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:59:51 GMT

Thank you. What about using the nRF8002 in this application? Would it work, or do you need to pair, connect, un-pair, etc.

RE: Using nRF8001 To Advertise Battery Level

David Edwin — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:51:49 GMT

Hi,

The nRF8001 requires a separate micro controller. You can use the ACI Broadcast command with the Battery level set as a Broadcast pipe to send non-connectable advertising with the Battery level.

There is an implementation called nRF Temp (that uses a micro controller with the nRF8001) and sends non-connectable advertisements of the temperature and battery level.

There is also an nRF temp iOS app that is available in the Apple app store, that works with the nRF Temp. The source code of the nRF Temp iOS app is available when you purchase the nRF8001 development kit.

The nRF Temp is available from an OEM and you can contact the OEM for customization or you can implement you own battery sensor and the nRF8001.

www.nordicsemi.com/.../Bluetooth-low-energy-temperature-sensor-platform-brings-low-cost-smart-monitoring-to-consumers-and-commercial-users-using-a-smartphone

Thanks