Getting started with MBN52832 BLE Module

[Moshe Baker]

Hi,

We are starting evaluation using:

"The MBN52832Development Kit (MBN52832DK) is an evaluation and application development kit for MBN52832 BLE Module"

is there some default FW which receives data via SPI or UART and sends it over BLE to the PC?

or do we have to develop this FW and burn it ourselves?

if so, which IDE environment should be used? I see .eww file is in the SDK. do I need IAR? If so, is it free?

Thanks,

Moshe

From sheet:

The MBN52832 Development Kit (MBN52832DK) is designed to facilitate application development using the Nordic nRF52 SDK.

[Simonr]

Hi

Yes, we have example .hex files for SPI examples as well. They can be located in the following paths: <InstallFolder>\examples\peripheral\spis & <InstallFolder>\examples\peripheral\spi. Please check out the API for SPI and UART over on our Infocenter.

Best regards,

Simon

[Moshe Baker]

hi,

I Cannot find this folder in the zip file. I'm looking at "DeviceDownload.zip\nRF5SDK160098a08e2.zip".

Also I think you misunderstood. I'm looking for an existing hex file which listens on SPI and sends over BLE, similar to the ble_app_uart provided by Jay above.

[Simonr]

Okay, sorry for the misunderstanding. No, we don't have an example that implements SPI and BLE like the ble_app_uart example. If you'd like something like that I suggest implementing SPI instead of UART in the ble_app_uart example. Keep in mind that the SPIS and SPI examples are located in the peripheral folder and not the ble_peripheral as they do not have BLE included.

Best regards,

Simon

[Moshe Baker]

OK thanks

[Moshe Baker]

I see in the code the maximum UART BAUD rate is 1Mb - UART_BAUDRATE_BAUDRATE_Baud1M.

I thought UART could do more. We need the physical line to be faster than the BLE. In this case there are the same. Can we make the UART baud rate faster? What is the maximum SPI rate supported?

[Moshe Baker]

Another question: For developing the PC app side, assume we are using the nRF52840-dongle you recommended above, where can I find a code example in C# for doing this, implementing the NUS profile? I see there is JS/Node.js code of nrf-connect, but this is somewhat distant from our .NET environment. 

Also i see in the Android app - nRF Toolbox - there is a UART app. So basically I'm looking for an equivalent C#/Windows code sample. 

Thanks!

[Moshe Baker]

Another question: Do we need to use this specific dongle or can we use any BLE dongle exposing a COM port? We are looking for a "closed" dongle product.