NFC provisioning example on Github

[Vince]

I want to demo the NFC provisioning example on Github.  Unfortunately this app is not complete.

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-NfcProvisioning

 

Is a complete example (ideally an APK file or Android App on the Google Play Store or the project) to perform NFC provisioning available?

Vince

[Vince]

Yes, I use the Thingy App, but the Thingy App uses for NFC for pairing only.  I want to use NFC to provisions, like you show in this Github project and in the screenshot on the right.  Can you provide the completed project for this NfcProvisioning App?

https://github.com/googlesamples/android-NfcProvisioning/blob/master/screenshots/1-main.png

[Bjørn Kvaale]

Is this NFC provisioning project related to WiFi? What do you mean by using NFC to provision? I have only heard of this term related to Bluetooth Mesh, not Bluetooth Low Energy. We at Nordic have not written this sample application, so I cannot provide you with the completed project unfortunately. We have two different github pages: Nordic Semi & Nordic Playground. 

[Vince]

Bjorn,

Thanks.  You may be referring to "pairing" as in your YouTube video https://youtu.be/B5UB_St7jAM.

 

But there is more info at:

https://www.slideshare.net/NFC-Forum/bt-ssp-usingnfcfornfcworldcongress2014part1final

and

https://www.slideshare.net/NFC-Forum/bluetooth-secure-simple-pairing-using-nfc-workshop-part-2

 

We have the firmware that is supposed be on the nRF52 for the GitHub Project.  But it is not clear what app is needed on the smartphone.  Do you know?

[Bjørn Kvaale]

Like I mentioned previously, the Thingy:52 together with the Thingy smartphone app provides everything you need to pair a smartphone (Android or iOS) with the Thingy:52 device. This is the best example of nfc pairing that works out of the box that we currently have available.

If you have an nrf52 development kit, you could also take a look at one of the experimental nfc pairing examples from our Nordic SDK. Like the Youtube video you posted, you should in theory be able to pair the dev kit with any smartphone that has an nfc reader. According to the documentation link, you do not need a smartphone app to pair the phone with the nrf52 dev kit.