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Using nRF51422 for sending bluetooth packets

Hi, I started using the nRF51422 kit today. Downloaded nRFgo Studio, Master Control Panel, nRF Connect, BLE Sniffer, Wireshark 1.10 (after figuring out that you don't support higher versions), Keil µVision, S110, S120, S130 stacks, and nRF5-SDK files.

I ultimately need to make a program that can transmit acquired data over bluetooth from the chip, but of course I want to test the templates first to understand the functionality.

To test the kit I installed the SDK zip files package in µVision, and ran the peripheral_blinky example. So far so good, the LEDs changed at the 20 Hz frequency I set them to. Now I wanted to test the chip's bluetooth connectivity, so I followed the guides laid out in the ble_peripheral_app_beacon example. I configured it to build the flash softdevice and not the default application. When I turned it on, no LEDs were flashing. I opened Master Control Panel and connected through the COM port, but it didn't find any signals. I then tried with nRF connect and Wireshark with the same null results.

It seems most likely that I'm completely misunderstanding the application of this chip and/or the SDK templates, but I just can't figure out how to get this chip to send anything over bluetooth to my computer. Help?!

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  • Thanks for the quick reply, Jørgen. I'm now following the BLE advertising tutorial from that list, but I've hit another stumbling block. I was under the impression that you could find the bluetooth device from your computer, but it seems from all the tutorials that you either need the dongle, or a BLE compatible phone...Is there no way to just connect the chip to a computer through TeraTerm (or Termite as you suggested in the tutorial)?

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