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Serial interface to interact with an nRF52840 dongle running a mesh stack

Hi,

Can I use the serial interface to interact with an nRF52840 dongle running a mesh stack?

If so is this limited to UART or can the USB connectivity be used?

If any of this is possible are there any pre-built hex files you could point me at.

Thanks in advance

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  • Hi,

    It should work out-of-the-box with the nRF52840 DK, yes.

    For the Dongle, on the other hand, you would not only have to port the example over to a new board, you would also need to change serial transport from UART to USB, for both the serial application running on the nRF and for the Python script. I would definitely go for a DK.

    You can make Bluetooth mesh applications, using the nRF5 SDK for Mesh, for any board with the nRF52840 on it, but the SDK comes with ready-made examples only for the boards listed in SDK compatibility documentation.

    So while perfectly possible to run a mesh application on the Dongle, it requires more work. We always recommend using a DK for development, as a DK provides more buttons, LEDs, headers for connecting to GPIOs, and also comes with a J-Link programmer on-board. (The DK can also be used to program external boards such as Dongles or custom boards, for development purposes.)

    Regards,
    Terje

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