Connection 3B+ ARMv8 and NRF 52840 Dongle

Question

Hello, 
 I'm trying to use the nrf52840 Dongle on the Raspberry 3B+. I didn't achieve to run an appImage downloaded from your site. When i'm executing the app nothing happens. 
 So, may you give a clear instructions about the dongle use on the latest raspberry please ? 
 Thank you so much!

Stian Røed Hafskjold · Accepted Answer

Hi, you can check out the pc-ble-driver: https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-ble-driver 
 It contains BLE central examples for heart rate monitor and heart rate collector. It communicates with the nRF52840 dongle over UART. 
 The steps outlined in the README do not work on raspbian, but I was able to get it to run by compiling cmake, catch2 and asio from source. 
 Here are the steps I had to take in order to compile the examples: 
 $ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential git autoconf libudev-dev ninja-build libboost-dev

$ cd ~
$ wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.14.4/cmake-3.14.4.tar.gz
$ tar xvf cmake-3.14.4.tar.gz
$ cd cmake-3.14.4
$ ./bootstrap
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ hash -r

$ cd ~
$ git clone https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
$ cd Catch2
$ cmake -Bbuild -H. -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
$ sudo cmake --build build/ --target install 

$ cd ~
$ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/asio/files/asio/1.12.2%20%28Stable%29/asio-1.12.2.tar.gz
$ tar xvf asio-1.12.2.tar.gz
$ cd asio-1.12.2
$ autoreconf -i
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

$ cd ~
$ git clone https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-ble-driver
$ cd pc-ble-driver
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake -G Ninja ..
$ cmake --build . 
 
 Then flash the following connectivity hex file to the dongle: connectivity_6.0.0_usb_with_s140_6.1.1.hex 
 You can use the nRF connect programmer software to flash the dongle. From your computer, not the RPi. 
 Insert the dongle in the RPi and run the *_v6 examples in the pc-ble-driver/build/examples folder. 
 Also check out this on how to get started with the examples: https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-ble-driver/tree/master/examples

Connection 3B+ ARMv8 and NRF 52840 Dongle

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