https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/126146/architecture-advice-commercial-multi-link-central-using-nrf52840-dongle---pc-ble-driver-vs-custom-usb-cdcHi Nordic Team, I am currently developing a commercial product using the nRF Connect SDK (NCS) . The system consists of several nRF52 peripherals and a PC-based application that communicates with them via an nRF52840 Dongle . I am trying to determineen-USTelligent Community 13Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:11:56 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/557084?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:11:56 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:b20dfa50-9e44-4aa2-88fd-eb64420c1d0bHung Bui<p>Hi Jinqi,</p> <p>Going with Option B is definitely the recommended path compare to option A of using pc-ble-driver.&nbsp;<br />pc-ble-driver tool has not been updated since 2019 as far as I know.&nbsp;<br /><br />You can either make your own BLE - UART/USB protocol to control the chip from PC or you can use the already made BLE Shell library.&nbsp;<br />You can take a look here:&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/guides/nrf-connect-sdk-guides/b/peripherals/posts/using-bluetooth-shell">devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../using-bluetooth-shell</a><br />and here:</p> <p><a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/115393/ble-central-with-usb-cdc-shell">devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../ble-central-with-usb-cdc-shell</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>