N5 series start kit (nRF51422) Bluetooth help needed?

[Lynch006]

Hello,

I have recently got a n5 start kit nRF51422. I went through all the set up procedures in the user guide, installed all the correct programs/drivers etc.. My unit and dongle came pre-loaded with ANT softdevice s210. I did the little demo of turning on led's and pressing the buttons, that worked fine.

I want to use the nRF51422 for sending data through Bluetooth low energy(BLE). This requires me to load a Bluetooth stack/softdevice to my unit? Depending on the IC revision of you nRF51422 allows you to use only certain versions of the S110, S120 and S130, would that be correct? (nRF51 Series Compatibility Matrix) How do you tell what IC revision your unit is?

Next i would like to know do i have to install a Bluetooth softdevice to my usb dongle for the two units to talk? What program do i use on my pc to interact with it?

Is there any Demo applications for Bluetooth to show my dongle and unit are talking?

Any guides, tips, example codes etc would be great.

Any help would greatly be appreciated and thanks in advance, Luke.

[mohBOSS]

To use nRF51422 for sending data through BLE, you need to load the right softdevice(using nRF go Studio).The choice of softdevice depends on the role of your chip.

Concerning the dongle, you can load the firmware using the Master Panel Control.

Examples are available in SDK.

[Lynch006]

Hello mohBOSS,

Yes i have nRFgo studio, i can download no problem, its just choosing the correct softdevice. when you say role, are you talking about master or slave role?

Could you give me a link to the examples in the SDK as im finding it very hard to find anything?

Thank you for your reply.

[mohBOSS]

Hi Lynch,

the roles are: Broadcaster,Observer,Central,Peripheral. The S110 SD supports the Broadcaster and peripheral roles. The S120 SD supports the Observer(scanner),Central role.

In this link you can download all necessary tools you'll need (SDK,SD,SD Specification,..).

I hope this will help you.

Regards,

mohBOSS.

[Lynch006]

I will be using mine in a peripheral role so I will need the S110 Softdevice. I noticed in the link you sent me it is for the nRF51822 while mine is nRF51422, will the softdevice from a nRF51822 work on a nRF51422?

It is just the cause of downloading the correct softdevice, opening nRfgo studio, device manager, nRF51 programming, program softdevice, browser computer for the previously downloaded softdevice and program the board?

Thanks once again, Luke.

[mohBOSS]

In fact, for BLE applications, the softdevice is the same for nRF51822 and nRF51422.

I'm sorry, I didn't understand your second question. Can you edit it ?

[Lynch006]

That is good to know.. I had taught as much but it was never stated anywhere. It doesn't matter which versions of S110-S130 I use does it (i.e. compatibility from nrf51822 to nrf51422)?

Just basically when I have chosen the correct softdevice I use nRFgo studio to program it to the board?

One last question (hopefully), the application program. I now have my softdevice programmed, I would now like to program an application for BLE, is there any BLE demo/examples (easy to use) out there that I can program to my board and just show that the BLE is working? I see there is a uart app for iphones, maybe talk to that. I also have a usb dongle as part of my starter pack, program that for BLE and have them talking.