RSSI Implementation for PCA20035 on BLE UART

[Dheeraj]

Hi,

I am specifically looking for RSSI implementation using the BLE module on nrf52840 SOC. How to obtain the RSSI values for asset tracker application on Nordic Thingy:91(nRF9160 SiP)?

I want to perform a BLE scan based on the timeout values and sort the result by RSSI implementation with nRF52840 for PCA20035 and pass the BLE_SCANLIST_ENTRIES over UART.

Looking forward to your help. Please guide me the correct way and let me know how to proceed to start the RSSI measurement.

Thanks

[Heidi-Irene Harvey Sollie]

Hi!

Unfortunately, we don't have anything out-of-the-box for what you're describing. So you will have to implement this on your own. 

If you take a look at this ticket, it explains how to modify the lte_ble_gateway example to run on the nRF9160 on the Thingy:91 and the hci_uart sample to run on the nRF52840 on the Thingy:91. You could try modifying the hci_uart sample to also read RSSI value from radio packets received and then sending this to the nRF9160. This is just a suggestion. 

I think we will need some more information on exactly what you want your application to do before guiding you any further. What do you want the nRF9160 to do with the received BLE_SCANLIST_ENTRIES, for instance?

Best regards,

Heidi