nRF Connect for Windows 10

[gaminn]

Is there nRF Connect or similar program that enables development of BLE applications for Windows 10 (using native BLE API - ideally universal windows platform)?

[Hung Bui]

Hi Gaminn,

What do you want to do with the tool? Do you need a generic tool with multifunction like what we have with the nRF Connect or you want to develop your own application on Windows 10 to connect to your BLE device ? If you simply want to make an application you can have a look at this heart rate example. It uses the native Windows10 APIs so no dongle required.

Other than that I don't know of any similar tool like nRF Connect on Windows 10.

[gaminn]

It would be great if you have Windows BLE examples. Please note that there is now Universal Windows Platforms (UWP) since Win10 - you have one code that runs on all PC, tablet, phone. There are examples of UWP BLE code. I was succesfull in scanning nearby BLE devices, pairing them with Windows (they then appear in device manager like any other HW you use), but I have been never able to read/write gatt. For me the UWP BLE api often throws exceptions or return null objects. I found no documentation or no support for this.

[Jim Hewitt]

@gamin - I am having the same issue.  Looks like there is a need to enable services.  Have you been able to resolve?