nRF52 direct connection to Win10

[cacaomeravigliao]

Hi everyone,
I need to send data (coming from many sensors) from a nRF52 to PC via Bluetooth. I have a custom board with nRF52832 and I am using the nRF52 Development Kit (connected to PC via USB) to receive data on PC.
The service I am using is Nordic UART Service.

Now my question is:
How can I connect the custom board directly to PC and receive data via Bluetooth?

I know there are a lot of other similar questions here, but I would like to receive a more direct answer.

I have Windows 10, so there is BLE Support.

Do I need to develop a custom service on the board and a custom software for PC?

Thank you!

[awneil]

So you need to study the Windows Developer documentation:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/devices-sensors/bluetooth-low-energy-overview

https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/tree/master/Samples/BluetoothLE

cacaomeravigliao said:

Do I need to develop a custom service on the board

No

cacaomeravigliao said:

and a custom software for PC

Yes.

[cacaomeravigliao]

Ok. Thank you for the useful links!

Right now I am using the development kit connected to PC via USB to receive data sent by custom board.

Do you mean if I develop a custom software for PC I can remove the development kit and receive data directly from the custom board?

[awneil]

cacaomeravigliao said:

Do you mean if I develop a custom software for PC I can remove the development kit and receive data directly

Assuming that your PC has BLE built in, Yes.

[cacaomeravigliao]

Yes. I am using a dedicated BLE USB dongle.

Thanks!

[awneil]

So assuming that the dongle uses the standard Windows APIs.

Otherwise, you'll have to contact the dongle manufacturer if they're using their own proprietary API or SDK or whatever ...

[cacaomeravigliao]

awneil said:

So assuming that the dongle uses the standard Windows APIs.

What if the Bluetooth is integrated in the PC? Is this problem still present?

Maybe it's better to use the BLED112 dongle...

[awneil]

If the BT is integrated in the PC I'd have thought it would be (almost) a given that it'll be using the standard Windows APIs ?

I'd have thought that a 3rd-party aftermarket add-on is at far greater risk of being "proprietary".

None of this is anything to do with Nordic.

[cacaomeravigliao]

awneil said:

If the BT is integrated in the PC I'd have thought it would be (almost) a given that it'll be using the standard Windows APIs ?

Yes, at least PC producers must guarantee that.. I hope!

Anyway I can continue to use Nordic UART Service on my custom board and develop a software for PC which reads from the dedicated characteristic of this service, right?

[tesc]

Hi,

cacaomeravigliao said:

Anyway I can continue to use Nordic UART Service on my custom board and develop a software for PC which reads from the dedicated characteristic of this service, right?

Yes, that is correct.

DevZone is primarily focused on the nRF side of things, and our PC tools such as nRF Connect does not use the Windows API. (Instead they rely on using an nRF dongle and serializing the SoftDevice.) That in turn means we have little (if any) knowledge on using the Windows API, but I am sure there are other forums out there that will be helpful.

Regards,
Terje