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Another processor with NRF52

I have created a program on Arduino which does audio/video output and takes input from accelerometer and camera module. I was able to move accelerometer code to NRF52 with @martinbl e.g.

On other posts it was mentioned with softdevice running we might get problem with audio output. Also i was not able to create any e.g. with audio/video on NF52.

Now i was thinking of having another chip like avr or arm processor which can take commands from NRF52 via rx/tx and run audio/video etc. By this Nrf52 will only be responsible for BLE connection and other chip for processing commands.

Am i completely wrong or is this right way? If i am right can you please recommend any chip which is used commonly with NRF52 and is rx/tx best way to communicate with primary nrf52 chip?

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  • Well nRF52 has enough power and peripherals to run as single chip in most embedded systems. But it requires certain embedded SW and HW development skills to over come all challenges. You can indeed take opposite approach to just wire multiple of chips over SPI/I2C/UART and let each of them do more or less single function (sensor data gathering, radio communication, audio input, audio output...) In normal commercial product this would be probably unacceptable because of high BOM and manufacturing cost but for prototyping/small batch/hobbyists this approach is fine as well.

    I won't advise you on what chips you can pair with nRF52 because basically everything what can do UART/SPI/I2C/I2S will work.

  • ..like SDK examples, release notes etc. are written for people who already have a clue about embedded programming or at least want to take it seriously. If some artist or hobbyist or whoever have great idea but don't want to spend on his/her blinking-whatever more then 2 weeks then he/she should find professional and pay him for the job rather then complaining that embedded programming on nRF5x cannot be learned in one week. Again just my opinion.

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  • ..like SDK examples, release notes etc. are written for people who already have a clue about embedded programming or at least want to take it seriously. If some artist or hobbyist or whoever have great idea but don't want to spend on his/her blinking-whatever more then 2 weeks then he/she should find professional and pay him for the job rather then complaining that embedded programming on nRF5x cannot be learned in one week. Again just my opinion.

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