BLE 5.0 on nRF52

[Mehdi]

Hi,

I'm developing BLE 5.0 applications as a peripheral on nRF52832 under Windows, based both SDK14 and SDK15 (Softdevice S132).

I don't have any smartphone that supports the BLE 5.0. So, I want to interface my peripheral applications with nRF52 DK as a Central without developing a central application.

How Can I do this?

Best Regards,

Mehdi.

[awneil]

Mehdi said:

BLE 5.0 applications

What, exactly, do you mean by that?

Note that there are many optional features that allow people to call their application "BLE 5" - so which ones are you actually interested in?

eg, the nRF52832 does not support the BLE 5 Range Extensions ("Coded PHY"):

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/39532/is-it-only-nrf52840-s140-which-support-bt5-long-range-coded-phy

Mehdi said:

I want to interface my peripheral applications with nRF52 DK as a Central without developing a central application. How Can I do this?

• Just put the basic Central functionality on the DK, and communicate with the PC via COM port
• Use the pc-ble-driver
• Look at Serialisation.

[tesc]

Hi,

Let me add to the list of central options.

You can use nRF Connect, either for desktop or for mobile. It lets you connect to any BLE peripheral, bond, use the characteristics, etc. At least that would be the quickest and easiest way to just get started.

Regards,
Terje

[awneil]

nRF Connect for desktop need to be used with a Dongle - so be sure to select a dongle which supports the BLE5 features you require!

nRF Connect for mobile would require a "Bluetooth 5" mobile - which mehdi says (s)he doesn't have.

And, even if (s)he did have a mobile which said "Bluetooth 5" - it would be hard to find what that actually means.

[Mehdi]

Hi Tesc,

Thank you for your quick replay.

How to make sure that the established connection is BLE 5.0 ?

Best Regards,

Mehdi.

[Mehdi]

Hi Awneil,

Thank You for your reply. i can use nRF Connect with nRF52 as DK.

Best Regards,

Mehdi.

[awneil]

Mehdi said:

How to make sure that the established connection is BLE 5.0

As already noted, there are many things which could make a connection "BLE 5".

So you'd need to check that whichever one(s) you requested has/have been accepted.

[Mehdi]

Thank You Awneil.