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!

[Dmitry]

Hi,

if your project is something more serious than a toy or a smart wristband, I would recommend to stay on your original solution (a board connected to PC). We have spent too much time to get our device working with different Windows builds, problems with pairing, etc... Having nRF52 on both sides, you'll never fall into compatibility issues, your device will work with any Windows version (even XP), and there will be no problem to connect it, for example, to Linux or MacOS. The easiest way to exchange data is to use UART peripheral that can be routed to virtual COM port on the devkit and is visible from Windows side as a serial port (that's enough for development, for production it's better to build a board with a hardware USB-to-UART converter, as debug UART is not very stable).

Just sharing my experience...

[awneil]

Dmitry said:

build a board with a hardware USB-to-UART converter

Or use an nRF52840 - which has USB ...

[cacaomeravigliao]

Also the Nordic USB dongle nRF51 could be a smart idea. Just to have a small object, but the concept is the same.

Thanks!

[awneil]

The nRF51 is rather old, and not recommended for new BLE designs.

It won't support all of the features of the nRF52 - which may or may not matter to you ...