https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/126750/how-to-use-nrf52-dongle-to-connect-to-a-device-in-pythonI have an NRF52840 dongle programmed with the connectivity firmware and I want to use it as a central device to connect to a peripheral, and I want to set this up in Python. I have successfully used the Blatann python library to connect to my deviceen-USTelligent Community 13Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:10:40 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/559812?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:10:40 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:17b9bcc8-337a-407c-af7c-a77fa2f76ffetesc<p>Hi,</p> [quote user=""]using the pc-ble-driver-py library seems to be outdated?[/quote] <p>Since pc-ble-driver-py is serialization of the old SoftDevice from nRF5 SDK, it is still at the feature set which it had back when nRF5 SDK was put in maintenance mode a few years back, ref.&nbsp;<a href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/nordic/nordic-blog/b/blog/posts/nrf-connect-sdk-and-nrf5-sdk-statement">nRF Connect SDK and nRF5 SDK statement</a>.</p> [quote user=""]just directly communicating to the dongle using pyserial seems complicated and I cannot find documentation on this either?[/quote] <p>I suggest having a look at Bluetooth HCI: You can run the&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/ncs-latest/page/zephyr/samples/bluetooth/hci_usb/README.html">HCI USB</a> sample from nRF Connect SDK on the dongle, then find a suitable BLE Host for the PC.</p> <p>Regards,<br />Terje</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>