ANT and Zephyr Combo

[captainmohyal]

Hi.

I am curious to know if it is possible to use the ANT-only Softdevice with the Zephyr RTOS. The goal is to create a BT BR/EDR + BLE 5.0 + ANT+ device all on the same chipset. 

Thanks,

cm

[Einar Thorsrud]

Hi,

This will not work for two reasons:

• Most importantly, there is no BT BR/EDR HW support in any Nordic chips. 
• Secondly, the ANT SoftDevice is not compatible with Zephyr. So you must stick with the nRF5 SDK for now if you want ANT support.

[captainmohyal]

Thank you for the quick reply. A few follow ups:

1. So even though zephry provides a BR/EDR stack, it is not possible on the n52s due to hw limitations. Do I understand this correctly? Are there any Nordic offerings that do not have this limitation?

2. Are there any plans with ANT on Zephyr?

Thanks,

cm

[Einar Thorsrud]

Hi,

captainmohyal said:

1. So even though zephry provides a BR/EDR stack, it is not possible on the n52s due to hw limitations. Do I understand this correctly? Are there any Nordic offerings that do not have this limitation?

Yes, that is correct. BR/EDR requires a completely different radio and is not supported by any HW Nordic has to offer.

captainmohyal said:

2. Are there any plans with ANT on Zephyr?

Not that I am aware of. Please contact sales for more information, as they are in a better position to comment on pans and possible future products.