Inquiry about HID keyboard demo with nRF52840 Dongle as central and nRF52833 as peripheral (NCS v3.3.0)

Hi,

I am using NCS v3.3.0 and would like to implement the following setup:

  • Central: nRF52840 Dongle (connected to PC via USB)

  • Peripheral: nRF52833 acting as a HID keyboard

Are there any suitable demos that work directly for this use case?

I have tried the following:

  • ncs/v3.3.0/nrf/samples/bluetooth/central_hids (on the Dongle)

  • ncs/v3.3.0/nrf/samples/bluetooth/peripheral_hids_keyboard (on the nRF52833)

These two can be paired and work together, but they only output debug logs via UART. The keyboard input does not appear on the PC as a real HID device.

I also looked at ncs/v3.3.0/nrf/applications/nrf_desktop as a potential central solution, but it does not seem to pair with peripheral_hids_keyboard.

Could you please advise:

  • Are there any other example applications I should look into?

  • Or is there a better approach to make the nRF52840 Dongle act as a USB HID bridge to forward keyboard reports from the nRF52833 to the PC?

Thank you for your support.

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