Possible to make an RPi3 as a Mesh proxy client/server?

RE: Possible to make an RPi3 as a Mesh proxy client/server?

Matthew K — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:20:43 GMT

How to add mesh into nRF5 SDK v14.1 BLE application? This tutorial will be a good start for me! Hope to see a future release about solving the Limitation - Permanent storage of provisioning and configuration on flash. Additionally, working on the above RPi3 concept together will be great, too. Thanks~

RE: Possible to make an RPi3 as a Mesh proxy client/server?

Bjørn Kvaale — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:12:32 GMT

Take a look at this devzone question. This case could also be helpful. This high throughput demo could also be interesting for you. Before Bluetooth 5, it was not recommended to stream audio over Bluetooth Low Energy, but with Bluetooth 5 this definitely is a possibility. It should definitely be possible to merge the streaming example with the mesh example, but it could take a bit of work.

RE: Possible to make an RPi3 as a Mesh proxy client/server?

Matthew K — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:41:10 GMT

This is awesome! Before asking an additional question, I have added some inquiries in the "Nordic Thingy:52 node.js/Raspberry Pi demos blog". When streaming, I can't figure what BLE service, or something, is used. My point is can I merge both the streaming example (or other examples from the node.js/Raspberry Pi demos) and the Mesh example into a single firmware application for the PCA10040? If so, looks like choosing what PCA10040 board for connecting to the RPi will be my next assignment for me. Thanks for your time!

RE: Possible to make an RPi3 as a Mesh proxy client/server?

Bjørn Kvaale — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:35:48 GMT

Nice illustrations! Have you taken a look at the Nordic Thingy:52 plus Raspberry Pi demos? In the demos, a Raspberry Pi is used as a gateway to connect the Thingy:52 to the Internet. Here's also a great blogpost that might be helpful. I would suggest taking a look at the infocenter too. Let me know if that helps or if you have other questions regarding this case. :)