nrf52 desktop bluetooth program

RE: nrf52 desktop bluetooth program

Bjørn Kvaale — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 08:08:31 GMT

[quote user="Berker ISIK"]HID examples don't need any usb dongle,is it true? [/quote]

Yes, this should work. I would test it out & see for yourself.

[quote user="Berker ISIK"]How HID device's data read by computer,is there a simple way similar ComPort to see data? [/quote]

You can read the data via nRF Connect for PC. In Linux, there are some tools that can be used to read HID descriptors (see link 1, link 2). These two links may also be helpful: link 3, link 4. Hope that helps!

Update: I would also take a look at this devzone case if I were you. You may be able to use SimpleHIDWrite.

RE: nrf52 desktop bluetooth program

Berker — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:21:26 GMT

Thanks for replies.

I use Win10 OS. Just to clarify, HID examples don't need any usb dongle,is it true?

Also, there is a comment in other link(recommended by @awneil) "HID doesn't need any other 3rd party softwares)".

How HID device's data read by computer,is there a simple way similar ComPort to see data?

Thanks

RE: nrf52 desktop bluetooth program

Bjørn Kvaale — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:18:31 GMT

awneil Thank you for mentioning this. Yes, this is correct. Native BLE support was first introduced in Windows 8.

RE: nrf52 desktop bluetooth program

awneil — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:54:09 GMT

[quote userid="25682" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/39303/nrf52-desktop-bluetooth-program/152528"]Are you using Windows 8 or Windows 10? [/quote]

Note that Win 7 has no native BLE support at all.

The appropriate MS documentation is here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/hardware/jj159880(v=vs.85).aspx

RE: nrf52 desktop bluetooth program

Bjørn Kvaale — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:44:50 GMT

Hi Berker,

Normally, we recommend users to use a 52 dev kit or 52840 dongle connected to usb to act as the connectivity board to another nrf52 dev kit. Are you using Windows 8 or Windows 10? Windows 8 is notorious for having a few issues regarding BLE & connecting to another nrf5x device. Windows 10 is a lot better in that regard.

Depending on which Windows version you are running, I would recommend taking a look at the HID keyboard or HID mouse example from the latest sdk v15.2.0. You should then be able to connect the 52 DK directly to the BLE chip on the Windows computer.

Regarding the simple desktop program, I would recommend looking at nRF Conect for Desktop.

Kind Regards,

Bjørn