raspberry pi bluetooth 5

[bachgroupMM]

Hi

I am researching options for my bachelor project which happens to be about bluetooth 5, where I am looking to develop a smartlighting system using Bluetooth 5 mesh.

• I am looking to use a RaspberryPi to represent nodes in a BT mesh network but I need upgrade to Bluetooth 5. Is it possible to use one of Nordic's solutions with the RaspberryPi, to give it Bluetooth 5 capabilities?

• Is it possible to program a chip with Bluetooth 5 capabilities with one of your development kits and then move it to another print or mount it to the RaspberryPi, or are the chips only compatible with your development board?

[ketil]

Hi,

Sounds like a fun bachelor project!

Are there any reasons you absolutely must use a RaspberryPi?

I think the easiest solution would be to use several nRF5 development kits as nodes and our nRF5 SDK for Mesh for development. We even have example code for light control which you could use as a reference and starting point.

If this is an acceptable solution then please take a look at the following resources:

• nRF5 SDK for Mesh - Overview
• nRF5 SDK for Mesh - Getting started
• nRF5 SDK for Mesh - Light Switch Demo

Ketil

[bachgroupMM]

Hi again,

I started off wanting to use RaspberryPi's for the project due to my experience using them, but after looking into the nrf52 series I realized that this must be a better solution for what I am trying to accomplish.

Is it possible to use one nrf52 DK for development, then push software changes to other nRF52810 chips using the OAT feature or connecting it to the board? Or is it necessary to get multiple nRF52 boards for each SoC?

[ketil]

According to this section on Compatibility: "The mesh stack is also compatible with the nRF52810 platform, but not supported by the current build system." Are you going to design your own custom boards with nRF52810? If not, the simplest solution will be to order several development kits. The supported boards are listed under Compatibility linked above.

[LeoLiuhui25]

Hi,

Do you have any progress? I also want to use nRF52832 to work with Raspberry Pi 3 as BLE central device with mesh capability.  Which interface are you using to communicated with the chip? Are you using CLI or something like AT command? I used to use AT command on SDK version 9 several years ago but the code on SDK 14 changed a lot.