Using native MacPro Bluetooth radio to connect to NRF52 device

[meme]

I built a device using the nRF52832 SOC, have programmed it with the Version 16 SDK>ble_app_uart_pca10040_132 using Segger Embedded Studio.  I am able to connect to the nRF52 using the OSX nRF Connect app using an nRF52840 dongle.  I can also connect via the mobile App on an iPhone as well.  I am able to send and receive information between each.

I would like to connect to the nRF SOC using the native Apple MacBook Pro Bluetooth radio so I do not have to use the dongle.  However the Nordic device does not appear as a connectable device in the Apple Bluetooth application when it is searching for BlueTooth devices. Are there additional steps needed in the BLE setup code on the nRF52 SDK that I need to perform to make my device discoverable by the Mac?  My goal is to connect to my nRF52 device using native OSX software/hardware then use the Bluetooth connection for bidirectional UART connection.

[Vidar Berg]

Hello,

The nRF Connect for desktop app uses Serialized Softdevice APIs (Nordic Bluetooth stack) to control the nRF52 device. It's similar to the serialized setup described in the SDK documentation except that the Application processor is a PC in this case (Running a serialized application).

For native BLE communication, you will need to have an app built on the Core Bluetooth framework (nRF connect is not).