Wireless Technology support needed for my wearable design

RE: Wireless Technology support needed for my wearable design

Nguyen Hoan Hoang — Fri, 31 May 2019 00:30:43 GMT

You can try this module. There is a link on the project page to setup Aduino IDE to use with nRF52832. You can start from there and move on to more advanced level using SDK directly.

www.crowdsupply.com/.../blyst-nano

RE: Wireless Technology support needed for my wearable design

MCU bomber — Thu, 30 May 2019 21:57:03 GMT

Yeah..you're right...whole point of a student is to learn...But I am right now into a project where I am designing the wearable....So, I am little bit constrained with time. Sorry for that mistake "Arduino is not an MCU", that's right it is a company. I meant to say that I am okay with AVR based MCU's as of now.

RE: Wireless Technology support needed for my wearable design

awneil — Thu, 30 May 2019 21:52:01 GMT

You said you're a student - the whole point of a student is to learn!

You said you're "majorly interested in wearable" - I think you'll find that 98% of wearable design is based on ARM Cortex in one form or another.

ARM Cortex is not essentially different from any other microcontroller.

[quote userid="80185" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/47989/wireless-technology-support-needed-for-my-wearable-design/190120"] I started learning about ARM MCU's in the recent days only[/quote]

So you really need to cover those basics first before moving on to advanced topics like BLE and wearable applications!

[quote userid="80185" url="~/f/nordic-q-a/47989/wireless-technology-support-needed-for-my-wearable-design/190120"]Arduino like MCU[/quote]

"Arduino" is not an MCU.

There are Arduino versions on ARM Cortex MCUs.

I believe that there is an Arduino version for nRF52, but that's a 3rd-party thing - nothing to do with Nordic.

RE: Wireless Technology support needed for my wearable design

MCU bomber — Thu, 30 May 2019 21:37:32 GMT

Thanks for that instant reply awneil....As I have referred the nRF52832 chip, it is mentioned that it comes with an ARM-COrtex M4 chip.....but I barely know ARM programming, I am good with Arduino like MCU's. Sorry for very basic questions but I really can't work with ARM Cortex MCU, I started learning about ARM MCU's in the recent days only.

So, are there any ways to get me to interface the nRF devices with my design?

RE: Wireless Technology support needed for my wearable design

awneil — Thu, 30 May 2019 21:30:22 GMT

The Nordic nRF52 series chips are what's called "System-on-Chip" (SoC) - meaning you get the complete system of microntroller and radio on one chip.

So you don't need any separate microcontroller.