Hello, i am a beginner, i have a doubt that my UART project is building without the softdevice being flashed and the output is not seen on the pins. I wanted to configure some pins as output and assigned them VDD. I used SDK12.2.0. In what cases is Softdevice required to be flashed?
I used nrf51422.
If you want to use Eclipse GCC, this blog may be a bit easier to get started. There are simple UART examples with and without BLE.
This example code bellow is all you need to write as code in order send and receive UART <-> BLE with a custom service. This code works seamlessly with all nRF5x series. It uses SDK12 for nRF51 series and SDK13 for nRF52 series.
#include "app_util_platform.h"
#include "app_scheduler.h"
#include "istddef.h"
#include "ble_app.h"
#include "ble_service.h"
#include "blueio_board.h"
#include "uart.h"
#include "custom_board.h"
#include "iopincfg.h"
#define DEVICE_NAME "UARTDemo" /**< Name of device. Will be included in the advertising data. */
#define MANUFACTURER_NAME "I-SYST inc." /**< Manufacturer. Will be passed to Device Information Service. */
#define MODEL_NAME "IMM-NRF51x" /**< Model number. Will be passed to Device Information Service. */
#define MANUFACTURER_ID ISYST_BLUETOOTH_ID /**< Manufacturer ID, part of System ID. Will be passed to Device Information Service. */
#define ORG_UNIQUE_ID ISYST_BLUETOOTH_ID /**< Organizational Unique ID, part of System ID. Will be passed to Device Information Service. */
#define APP_ADV_INTERVAL MSEC_TO_UNITS(64, UNIT_0_625_MS) /**< The advertising interval (in units of 0.625 ms. This value corresponds to 40 ms). */
#define APP_ADV_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS 180 /**< The advertising timeout (in units of seconds). */
#define MIN_CONN_INTERVAL MSEC_TO_UNITS(10, UNIT_1_25_MS) /**< Minimum acceptable connection interval (20 ms), Connection interval uses 1.25 ms units. */
#define MAX_CONN_INTERVAL MSEC_TO_UNITS(40, UNIT_1_25_MS) /**< Maximum acceptable connection interval (75 ms), Connection interval uses 1.25 ms units. */
void UartTxSrvcCallback(BLESRVC *pBlueIOSvc, uint8_t *pData, int Offset, int Len);
static const ble_uuid_t s_AdvUuids[] = {
{BLUEIO_UUID_UART_SERVICE, BLE_UUID_TYPE_VENDOR_BEGIN}
};
static const char s_RxCharDescString[] = {
"UART Rx characteristic",
};
static const char s_TxCharDescString[] = {
"UART Tx characteristic",
};
uint8_t g_ManData[8];
BLESRVC_CHAR g_UartChars[] = {
{
// Read characteristic
BLUEIO_UUID_UART_RX_CHAR,
20,
BLESVC_CHAR_PROP_READ | BLESVC_CHAR_PROP_NOTIFY,
s_RxCharDescString, // char UTF-8 description string
NULL, // Callback for write char, set to NULL for read char
true, // Notify flag for read characteristic
NULL, // Callback on set notification
NULL, // pointer to char default values
0, // Default value length in bytes
},
{
// Write characteristic
BLUEIO_UUID_UART_TX_CHAR, // char UUID
20, // char max data length
BLESVC_CHAR_PROP_WRITEWORESP, // char properties define by BLUEIOSVC_CHAR_PROP_...
s_TxCharDescString, // char UTF-8 description string
UartTxSrvcCallback, // Callback for write char, set to NULL for read char
false, // Notify flag for read characteristic
NULL, // Callback on set notification
NULL, // pointer to char default values
0 // Default value length in bytes
},
};
uint8_t g_LWrBuffer[512];
const BLESRVC_CFG s_UartSrvcCfg = {
BLESRVC_SECTYPE_NONE, // Secure or Open service/char
BLUEIO_UUID_BASE, // Base UUID
BLUEIO_UUID_UART_SERVICE, // Service UUID
2, // Total number of characteristics for the service
g_UartChars, // Pointer a an array of characteristic
g_LWrBuffer, // pointer to user long write buffer
sizeof(g_LWrBuffer) // long write buffer size
};
BLESRVC g_UartBleSrvc;
const BLEAPP_DEVDESC s_UartBleDevDesc {
MODEL_NAME, // Model name
MANUFACTURER_NAME, // Manufacturer name
"", // Serial number string
"0.0", // Firmware version string
"0.0", // Hardware version string
};
const BLEAPP_CFG s_BleAppCfg = {
{ // Clock config nrf_clock_lf_cfg_t
#ifdef IMM_NRF51822
NRF_CLOCK_LF_SRC_RC, // Source RC
1, 1, 0
#else
NRF_CLOCK_LF_SRC_XTAL, // Source 32KHz XTAL
0, 0, NRF_CLOCK_LF_XTAL_ACCURACY_20_PPM
#endif
},
0, // Number of central link
1, // Number of peripheral link
BLEAPP_MODE_APPSCHED, // Use scheduler
DEVICE_NAME, // Device name
ISYST_BLUETOOTH_ID, // PnP Bluetooth/USB vendor id
1, // PnP Product ID
0, // Pnp prod version
true, // Enable device information service (DIS)
&s_UartBleDevDesc,
g_ManData, // Manufacture specific data to advertise
sizeof(g_ManData), // Length of manufacture specific data
BLEAPP_SECTYPE_NONE, // Secure connection type
BLEAPP_SECEXCHG_NONE, // Security key exchange
NULL, // Service uuids to advertise
0, // Total number of uuids
APP_ADV_INTERVAL, // Advertising interval in msec
APP_ADV_TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS, // Advertising timeout in sec
0, // Slow advertising interval, if > 0, fallback to
// slow interval on adv timeout and advertise until connected
MIN_CONN_INTERVAL,
MAX_CONN_INTERVAL,
BLUEIO_CONNECT_LED_PORT, // Led port nuber
BLUEIO_CONNECT_LED_PIN, // Led pin number
NULL // RTOS Softdevice handler
};
int nRFUartEvthandler(UARTDEV *pDev, UART_EVT EvtId, uint8_t *pBuffer, int BufferLen);
// UART configuration data
static IOPINCFG s_UartPins[] = {
{BLUEIO_UART_RX_PORT, BLUEIO_UART_RX_PIN, BLUEIO_UART_RX_PINOP, IOPINDIR_INPUT, IOPINRES_NONE, IOPINTYPE_NORMAL}, // RX
{BLUEIO_UART_TX_PORT, BLUEIO_UART_TX_PIN, BLUEIO_UART_TX_PINOP, IOPINDIR_OUTPUT, IOPINRES_NONE, IOPINTYPE_NORMAL}, // TX
{BLUEIO_UART_CTS_PORT, BLUEIO_UART_CTS_PIN, BLUEIO_UART_CTS_PINOP, IOPINDIR_INPUT, IOPINRES_NONE, IOPINTYPE_NORMAL}, // CTS
{BLUEIO_UART_RTS_PORT, BLUEIO_UART_RTS_PIN, BLUEIO_UART_RTS_PINOP, IOPINDIR_OUTPUT, IOPINRES_NONE, IOPINTYPE_NORMAL},// RTS
};
const UARTCFG g_UartCfg = {
0,
s_UartPins,
sizeof(s_UartPins) / sizeof(IOPINCFG),
1000000,
8,
UART_PARITY_NONE,
1, // Stop bit
UART_FLWCTRL_NONE,
true,
APP_IRQ_PRIORITY_LOW,
nRFUartEvthandler,
false,
};
// UART object instance
UART g_Uart;
int g_DelayCnt = 0;
void UartTxSrvcCallback(BLESRVC *pBlueIOSvc, uint8_t *pData, int Offset, int Len)
{
g_Uart.Tx(pData, Len);
}
void BlePeriphEvtUserHandler(ble_evt_t * p_ble_evt)
{
BleSrvcEvtHandler(&g_UartBleSrvc, p_ble_evt);
}
void BleAppInitUserServices()
{
uint32_t err_code;
err_code = BleSrvcInit(&g_UartBleSrvc, &s_UartSrvcCfg);
APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);
}
void HardwareInit()
{
g_Uart.Init(g_UartCfg);
}
void BleAppInitUserData()
{
}
void UartRxChedHandler(void * p_event_data, uint16_t event_size)
{
uint8_t buff[128];
int l = g_Uart.Rx(buff, 128);
if (l > 0)
{
BleSrvcCharNotify(&g_UartBleSrvc, 0, buff, l);
}
}
int nRFUartEvthandler(UARTDEV *pDev, UART_EVT EvtId, uint8_t *pBuffer, int BufferLen)
{
int cnt = 0;
uint8_t buff[20];
switch (EvtId)
{
case UART_EVT_RXTIMEOUT:
case UART_EVT_RXDATA:
app_sched_event_put(NULL, 0, UartRxChedHandler);
break;
case UART_EVT_TXREADY:
break;
case UART_EVT_LINESTATE:
break;
}
return cnt;
}
int main()
{
HardwareInit();
BleAppInit((const BLEAPP_CFG *)&s_BleAppCfg, true);
BleAppRun();
return 0;
}
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