thread border router

RE: thread border router

richelfla — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:56:38 GMT

don't you have some ideas about host processors or microcontrollers that i can use?

RE: thread border router

Edvin — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:14:33 GMT

I see,

In that case, you should look into the NCP example from thread (the one that is usually connected to the border router).

The border router repository that we use is found here. There are some parts missing, the NFC Daemon (which is not our property).

Other than that (the repo) I don't know much in detail on how the border router works. You would need your wifi chip to do what the border router does today.

The NCP use a standardized protocol. I suggest that you look into Openthread's border router repository and documentation.

RE: thread border router

richelfla — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:48:57 GMT

it's really a border router that i want. i've forgotten to say that i have a master card with wifi connection on which i want to plug the child board i have described.

RE: thread border router

Edvin — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:37:13 GMT

Hello,

This depends on what you want to do with your border router. Are you sure that a border router is what you are looking for at all?

Typically, the border router is the link between your openthread network and the internet, assigning IP addresses, and forwarding packets to and from your thread devices to the great big internet.

Is that what you need?

That would not be possible with the nRF52840, because it doesn't have WiFi or Ethernet.

If you are talking about a thread Leader, then all nodes can be the thread leader, making it possible to maintain the network without connecting it to the internet.

BR,

Edvin