Hardware needed to use nRF on desktop

[BOUMA]

I used nRF connect on iOS to get values from a device. I can see the characteristic property as indicate: when connected it displays the values I need.

1- Is there any way to get ESP32 as a client to display and send the values to a cloud?

2-What hardware do I need to allow scanning with desktop nRF? Will I be able to store the values there?

THANK YOU

[Karl Ylvisaker]

Hello,

1. Yes, there is. As already mentioned by Nguyen you will need to configure your ESP32 to act as a central that scans for BLE devices, and that connects(or picks up advertisements) from your nRF Device. A brief search on public repositories on GitHub yields multiple results that you could take a look at where people have already used the ESP32 as a scanning central device.

2. If you are referring to the nRF Connect desktop application, it is made to automatically be used with all the series 51, 52 and 53 Development kits and dongles. If you are intending to create a central device that collects some sensor values before processing/moving them elsewhere, you will have to create the firmware for that central yourself - but there are plenty of examples available to have a look at, regarding how this could be done. I personally am not familiar with using the ESP32 for this, but I would recommend looking at github for inspiration regarding this.

If this does not answer your questions or if things are still unclear, please do not hesitate to let me know!

Best regards,
Karl