RedBear nano v2 as Dongle

[mrmrtowers]

Hello, Is it possible to use a RedBear V2 with the DAPlink as a Bluetooth dongle, apparently, the DAPlink can function as a USB-UART bridge. I'm new to SoC and am trying to use the Redbear to connect nRF52832 powered smartwatches to a Raspberry Pi.

[mrmrtowers]

I want to gain experience! And up until Nordic released their Bluetooth 5 dongle (recently) there were no alternatives. I had asked around on the forum before. I'd like to have the options to improve my system as I become more knowledgeable in the field. This is a postgrad project at Uni.

[mrmrtowers]

Awesome thanks a lot! I'll check it out.

[awneil]

Hmm ... jumping straight into advanced stuff like BLE isn't really a great way to start learning how to use microcontrollers!

That's like learning to drive on a 6-axle articulated truck!!

mrmrtowers said:

I had asked around on the forum before

On which forum?

Remember that this is a forum for developers doing the inner workings of BLE devices - so not really the place to find end-user products! An RPi forum would probably be a better place to ask that sort of thing...

[mrmrtowers]

Yeah its a bit of a leap :) thanks for the help. My project was going to start out with me creating a smartwatch using the nRF52832, thankfully I've just gone about bought some from China. Basically, I want to attempt to remove the proprietary nature of them requiring a smartphone and vendor-specific app. I am going to try the bottom driver first and then try and use UART to communicate between the watch and the RPi through the Redbear.

[awneil]

I would suggest that a better way to achieve that goal is to use the high-level GATT support in an OS like Linux, Android, Windows, or whatever - rather than getting bogged-down with all the low-level implementation details and constraints of a microcontroller.

On a microcontroller, you will still have to understand all the high-level GATT stuff anyhow.