nrf51822-listen to beacon

[alikob]

Hello,

Is there any sample code in SDK example, to show how to use nrf51822, to both broadcast a beacon and also to listen to a beacon from another 51822. Also I am using BLE400 kit which uses S110 softdevice only. Thanks

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

S110 softdevice is Peripheral-only stack, which cannot be used for scanning. However, it should not be any issue to switch to S130 softdevice, which support concurrent peripheral and central/observer role.

There is no specific examples in the SDK doing exactly what you are asking, but we do have BLE Central & Peripheral examples, that can do both advertising and scanning. Just remove anything related to connections, and modify the advertising data to match your beacon requirements.

Best regards,

Jørgen

[alikob]

Hi Jørgen,

Thanks so much for quick reply, I think I have an issue with my nrf51822 module which is made by Waveshare.com running S130 softdevice using Keil IDE, this module has a QFAC version, 256K flash/32K ram. I never could successfully compile and run SDK13 with S130 on this module. I am not sure why? If you know the reason, please explain. The only SDK is working for this module is SDK10/S110 . At least you gave me a good answer, that this feature is doable, so I need to find another nrf51822 hardware that can be use with SDK13/S130, to accomplish what I need. Thanks again