I am trying to broadcast an advertisement packet from a Nordic board nrf52840 It does not broadcast

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I am trying to broadcast an advertisement packet from a Nordic board nrf52840. 
 I have downloaded the latest nordic sdk and am loading the ble beacon example to the device. However, using nrf connect I can not see any advertisement being broadcast. I wish to know where my setup is wrong. The PCA is 10056. At the moment I just want to broadcast the device's name and see it. I am using sdk version 16.0. 
 Is there a decent setup guide anywhere as I tried to follow : devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../ble-advertising-a-beginners-tutorial 
 But I never go an advertisement out from my device.

Mttrinh · Accepted Answer

Hi, 
 Note that the BLE beacon example do not have the device name in the advertisement packet. To see if the device is advertising see if the LED is blinking on the DK then the device is advertising. 
 If you only want to broadcast the device name and see it in the nRF Connect app, you can use any other ble peripheral examples from the SDK. I would suggest you use the ble_app_uart example to test. Also remember to flash over the softdevice, this will be done automatically if you are using Segger Embedded Studio(SES).

Thomas · Answer

I have solved this issue. I had to use the NRF connect to browse for ble devices using the board. Then when i flashed it with the software(beacon) it began to advertise correctly.

I am trying to broadcast an advertisement packet from a Nordic board nrf52840 It does not broadcast

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