RE: Is there a sample application of nRF5340-DK and 7002-EK doing WiFi and BLE/Mesh ?

TexasLance — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:44:02 GMT

Hi, I appreciate the info.

--- Lance

RE: Is there a sample application of nRF5340-DK and 7002-EK doing WiFi and BLE/Mesh ?

tesc — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:33:38 GMT

Hi,

Although not Bluetooth Mesh, we do have the Wi-Fi: Bluetooth LE coexistence sample, which supports your setup of an nRF5340 DK with 7002 shield. I highly recommend looking into that one. Bluetooth Mesh uses the SoftDevice Controller under the hood, i.e. the normal BLE stack in nRF Connect SDK.

Please note that for Bluetooth Mesh, normal nodes (not GATT devices, and also not Low Power Nodes,) wants to be in RX at as near 100 % duty cycle as possible. (That is, when not sending data out, or in BLE connection events, it scans at 100 % duty cycle.) This does have some implications, when mixing Bluetooth Mesh with other technologies, since any time spent for other protocols will lead to less listening time for Bluetooth Mesh - which affects packet loss. Depending on priorities and requirements, it might also lead to less time for the other protocols.

[quote user=""]I think a sample of Mesh Client(s) sending data to the world via wifi (using http or mqtt) would be really useful (unless there is some other architecture that most customers use to get data from Mesh sensors out to the world).[/quote]

We don't have such a sample at the moment, no. Neither do we have any similar samples that I am aware of. Given that we do have both BLE and Wi-Fi, it may make sense to combine the two for an SDK sample showcasing that scenario.

When we haven't done so yet, it might be in part due to resource constraints (gateways tend to require external memory and/or more powerful devices), in part low demand (compared to general (non-gateway) Bluetooth Mesh devices), and possibly other reasons. For input on and questions about future plans and roadmaps, please reach out to our regional sales team for your area. Either through the "Sales related questions" form at https://www.nordicsemi.com/About-us/Contact-Us, or directly if you are already in contact.

Regards,
Terje