I am developing mesh beacon on battery operated nrf52832

[ud23]

Hi all I am developing the beaconing example form nrf52832 nrf sdk mesh3.1 I compile the code and run but I don't find document on provisioning the beacon.

Other question is how can I add the ERROR_CHECK(sd_power_dcdc_mode_set(NRF_POWER_DCDC_ENABLE)); for make the nrf5238 for reduce in power.

Any other points to reduce the current in example code for beacon.

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

You can use use Interactive PyACI(Take a look at "Interactive mesh provisioning and configuration") or you could modify the Light switch provisioning example. 

You can enable the DC-DC by calling the function in main.

Have a look at this regarding what you can consider to reduce power usage. 

[Mttrinh]

ud23 said:

DC Dc mode not working both in main() and inti() function

Do you get any errors?

ud23 said:

How can I Change mesh advertising time to 5 sec ?

Yes, you can change the parameters in the nrf_mesh_config_bearer.h header file. Note: The minimum advertising interval is set by default to 20ms. If you set it lower than that, you might get bad interference between nodes.

An additional comment on battery operated mesh nodes, mesh is not meant to be used for battery powered devices at the moment. That is because mesh nodes must listen for incoming packets most of the time. Therefore, the radio will be on quite a lot, making it infeasible to make this device battery operated. You do have low power nodes and friendship feature, that you can have a look at.

[ud23]

Ok fine so without provisioning I can't use Beacon example.Means if I Programmed 5 board with mesh beaconing code they wont transfer beacon data in mesh right.

I will look the lpn and friendship  feature.

And Nordic thingy have mesh which is operated on battery and its working good so any difference in thingy and sdk mesh I guess both uses mesh SIG right