Direction Finding in Thingy91x_nrf5340

[VinayKotadamakki]

Hello team,

I wanted to implement direction finding using BT for nRF5340 available in Thingy 91x.

Please let me know is it possible to implement or any pre available examples supports this feature.

Thanks and regards,

Vinay

[Øyvind]

Hello Vinay, 

The Thingy:91 X is a prototyping platform for cellular IoT based on the nRF9151 System-in-Package. The nRF5340 SoC is primarily used to add USB connectivity to the Nordic Thingy:91 X, where it acts as a USB composite device exposing two UART interfaces of the nRF9151 to a USB host as two CDC ACM devices used for logging and debugging. The Connectivity bridge application also implements a Bluetooth LE UART service which is disabled by default.

Programming another sample on the nRF5340 will disable the USB connectivity and leave only JTAG interface for programming.

Kind regards,
Øyvind

[VinayKotadamakki]

Hi Oyvind,

Thank you for your response.
Yeah, I understood your point. And I agree what you said.

But we are currently focussed on validating some functionality based on Thingy 91x nrf5340 SoC. 

So I was asking about the direction-finding application. Whether any example available for this feature to test using BLE or not. Or is there any possibilities we can check Direction-Finding using nRF5340 in Thingy  91x.

Thanks and regards,

Vinay

[Øyvind]

Hello, 

due to the fact that the Thingy:91 X is a prototyping platform for cellular IoT based on the nRF9151, none of our samples are tested for thingy91x/nrf5340/. That said, there is no reason for it to not work, but be aware that it will basically "brick" the Thingy:91 X.

• Bluetooth: Direction finding central
• Bluetooth: Direction finding connectionless locator
• Bluetooth: Direction finding connectionless beacon
• Bluetooth: Direction finding peripheral

You can try to build these and test on the device.

Kind regards,
Øyvind