https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/34249/can-nrf52-decoded-other-ble-deviceHi Nordic team I would like to have golden version BLE DK as a BLE receiver. Is the NRF52 compatible with other brand BLE DK or market product? As I know the BLE device always take the role as peripheral, which means the central is a phone oren-USTelligent Community 13Wed, 16 May 2018 06:47:58 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/132175?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 16 May 2018 06:47:58 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:1e7a8b69-ff66-4813-bd47-2cbec3416683Joakim Jakobsen<p>Hi!</p> <p>The nRF52 is compatible with other brands or market products, yes. <br />As long as the BLE device on the other end is following the Bluetooth specification, there shouldn&#39;t be any problems.</p> [quote user=""]As I know the BLE device always take the role as peripheral, which means the central is a phone or a PC.[/quote] <p>The BLE device is not necessarily always the peripheral. There is no problem that other devices than a phone or a PC acts as the central.<br />We have <a href="http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.sdk5.v15.0.0/examples_ble_central.html?cp=4_0_0_4_1_0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">central examples</a> for our devices available in the SDK. You can test this using our DK&#39;s. <br />For example, we have a matching HRS <a href="http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.sdk5.v15.0.0/ble_sdk_app_hrs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">peripheral</a>/<a href="http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.sdk5.v15.0.0/ble_sdk_app_hrc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">central</a> example that you can take a look at.</p> <p>Let me know if you have further questions. <br />Best regards, <br />Joakim.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>