Seeking guidance on how to construct a Bluetooth Mesh Application - starting points

[pkupers]

I would like some guidance on how to start a project using the nRf52840 - i.e., what sample programs would I start with?
The project is a remote control lighting application where a smart phone using the off-the-shelf "Blueterm" android app will send serial ASCII commands through a Bluetooth mesh network comprised of several nRF52840 dev boards - where each board is controlling one light fixture - receiving the serial commands and writing them on the nrf52840 UART pins.

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

I suggest you to go through our Bluetooth Mesh documentation:

Basic Bluetooth Mesh concepts

nRF5 SDK for Mesh architecture

Quick start guide: Mesh demonstration

From the use-case you are describing I think the UART coexistence example will be a good starting point.

[pkupers]

Hello,

I followed the instructions to build the UART Coexist example but I cannot see that it is working.

Can you please tell me if I have my environment setup correctly? my target board is the nrf52840 dev board using the 15.2 SDK (PCA10056). Attached is the project.

ble_app_uart_coexist.zip

[Mttrinh]

Hi,

Sorry I forgot to mention that there are no UART Coexist example for the nRF52840 at the moment, only nRF52832. You would need to implement uart into mesh examples yourself, have a look at this documentation on how you can integrate nRF5 functionalities into a mesh example. Use the UART Coexistence example as a reference.