simple transceiver using nRF52 series for proprietary Mesh development

[vikrant8051]

I wanna know that, is latest SDK has demo example which will convert nRF52 SoC

to act like basic 2.4 Ghz transceiver (who should by default remain in Receiver mode &

switch as transmitter just before sending some data)  like nRF24L01 ?

Goal is to develop propriety Mesh n/w. 

[Joakim Jakobsen]

Hi. 

I'm not sure if I understand exactly what you are asking here, so let me know if I've misunderstood your question. 

Bluetooth Mesh mainly works as you described above. The nodes that form the backbone of the network, will always (almost) stay in RX mode listening for packets, and only switch to TX when they have packets to send or relay further into the network.
This is because BLE Mesh is based on BLE advertising/scanning. Using advertising and scanning is how the Mesh network communicates. A node will broadcast it's message to every node listening and nodes that receives this broadcast will, if configured to be a relay node, relay this message to the rest of the network. This is how the network can cover large distances and areas. This also means that the power consumption will be a lot higher compared to regular BLE devices, because the devices does not go to sleep.

Note that it is possible to configure nodes to go to sleep and only wake up send or receive messages from the Mesh network (ref: friend nodes and LPN). 

Our nRF5 SDK for Mesh can be downloaded here: 
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-tools/Software/nRF5-SDK-for-Mesh/Download 

Documentation can be found here: 
nRF5 SDK for Mesh v3.2.0

Best regards, 
Joakim Jakobsen